Atlanta-based alt/blues rock quartet, Brother Hawk, announce the release of “Quittin’ Time” ahead of their new album, The Clear Lake, due out May 11, 2018. Engineered by TJ Elias (Mastodon, Blackberry Smoke, Cut Copy) and mastered by Billy Bowers (AC/DC, L7, Kingston Falls), the group’s album delivers “a heartfelt slab of emotionally charged blues rock.” (Creative Loafing) The Clear Lake represents an understanding that the love in one’s life is everything, and it’s important to understand that and embrace it. The Clear Lake is a place where love leads an individual to find peace and understanding.

In this interview spotlight, I chat with Brother Hawk about motivations, the latest project, challenges and more.

Full Q&A along with links and music below.

Where are you from and what style of music do you create? (In your own words, not necessarily in marketing terms or by popular genre classifications.)

We are from Atlanta, GA and we make honest and heartfelt rock ‘n’ roll.

What led you down this path of music and what motivates you to stay the course?

Everyone in the band fell in love with music at an early age and none of us ever fell out. I think unless you have some kind of random success that’s what it takes to stay the course. None of us are motivated to do this by anything other than our love for it. It’s exactly what we want to be doing.

How is your new release different than previous ones? Did you set out to accomplish anything specific?

This is our first release after we’ve really established ourselves. “Big Medicine” in 2016 was our first full length and we toured the US and Europe on the back of it. I think we’re coming from a place of confidence in what we do that we didn’t have before, at least not to this extent. This is also our first record with Allan (drums, even though he’s played more shows with us already than any of our other drummers combined. I think bond we’ve created over the last few years of touring really shows. We’re all very proud of this record.

Do you face any challenges as an indie musician in a digital age? On the flip side, how has technology helped you (if it has)?

I think technology has made it where you can be successful and remain an indie musician. Before it seemed like you couldn’t really do this for a living without the traditional label/management arrangement but we’re obviously in a different place than that in 2018. I would say the only drawback is saturation. We’re at a place any and everyone can release whatever whenever, there’s more music to navigate than ever so it can be harder to get noticed. I wouldn’t call it a bad thing but it can be a challenge.

Where can we follow you online and hear more music?

Brotherhawkatl is our handle for everything, instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc. you can also access all of those from our website Brotherhawkatl.com​​

Anything else before we sign off?​

thanks so much for taking the time to ask us questions about who we are and what we love to do! – JB and Brother Hawk