Blanche - America's Newest Hitmakers EP

I've discovered quite a few bands by making sure I get to gigs early enough to catch the soundcheck. Blanche supported The White Stripes on their UK arena tour in 2003 and I saw them play at the soulless non venue known as Nottingham Ice Arena (seriously, I've seen some great bands there, but the gigs are never perfect due to the venue sucking the atmosphere out of any situation). Blanche were great though, much better than the headliners that night (and I'd decided that even before Jack White acted like a spoilt petulant child when we met him after the show). Their sound is best describes as Alt Country and "America's Newest Hitmakers" was a limited edition sampler EP on sale on this tour to promote their forthcoming album due the following year.

The EP consists of 4 Tracks from the album, and one exclusive track "Red Head". It's a good track but to be honest, if you dig the band then get the album "If We Can't Trust The Doctors" instead. Here's opening track "Do You Trust Me?"...