Six weeks ago we were blessed with hearing what could very well be our album of 2023, Dirty Honey’s sophomore release ‘Can’t Find The Brakes. It’s an incredible collection of songs that ignite our musical passions and restores our belief in all things rock n’ roll, so much so we just needed to talk to guitarist John Notto & bass player Justin Smolian about its creation.
In the words of our very own Mark Diggins, “This is the best Bluesy Hard Rock record since The Black Crowes dropped ‘Southern Harmony’. That’s the biggest, boldest compliment I can give. ‘Can’t Find The Brakes’ sounds like a band capable of anything – with a rhythm section like you wouldn’t believe, a singer with that has that certain something that so few have and a guitarist who knows that less is so much more, but more is even more! Dirty Honey is the Rock band that they said they would never make anymore: the saviours of American Hard Rock.”
And for that reason alone we needed to find out more about the album that could very well sit atop of our tree, come the end of the year.
