Our January 2009 Artist of the Month is the The Union Line, a band that hails from Orange County, but whose sound is not breezy surf music.  The band's tunes seems more rooted in the fertile landscape of the south or old west, perhaps spilled from a bottle of bourbon in a honky tonk bar.    In fact, there is a definite antebellum vibe to this band (hey, the name is The Union Line, after all), with music that seems to echo from a past filled with heartache and stained with blood, stumbling out of some godforsaken saloon.   So cinematic is this mood, you'd probably feel disappointed if you saw one of the band members sipping on a latte in Starbucks or playing a videogame on a computer. 

A remarkably new band (they formed just last year), they already have one self-released, self-titled record under their their belts and are on a national tour this month.   They seem to be coalescing into a musical force with great potential for the future.   We brought the band in for a live session last fall.  As you can see from the session videos below, they have a definite presence.    Look for our interview with the band at a later date.