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[ROCK] You may well have heard The Record Company covering The O’Jays classic “Love Train” in a Coors Light commercial back a few years, but as the L.A.-based trio’s debut for Concord proves, they aspire to something grittier and significantly more potent than watery brew. Released this past February, Give it Back to You launched the single “Off the Ground,” which went on to top Billboard’s Adult Alternative Songs chart. With drums and bass making up two-thirds of the band’s tone, the melodies are left to front man Chris Vos, who decorates above the prominent rhythm section with guitars, lap steel, pedal steel, and harmonica. His low-end pipes create a dead serious, bluesy ethos that’s garnered daunting comparisons to John Lee Hooker. Edgy fem-duo Muddy Magnolias will open for them on Friday, October 21 at Tralf Music Hall, supporting their anticipated debut, Broken People (Third Generation), out last week. Their sound has been described as something likened to Indigo Girls inhabited by the Glimmer Twins—too good to miss, so arrive early.