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Indiana Queen
12+ albums
americanacountryalt countryalternative countrylgbt
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Indiana Queen is an alt country band that resides in Nashville, TN. Fronted by openly queer Kevin Thornton, the band is blazing a new path in a traditionally conservative genre. The Huffington Post said, “There are traces of Hank Williams. The pulse of “Jolene.” Chord progressions that originated in the Baptist Hymnal. However, these influences meet at an unexpected crossroads with Antony and The Johnsons, Roxy Music and Tom Waits.” about their latest album “This I Do Carry Unto The End.” indiana queen country bandNo Depression said, “Thornton succeeds in calling up the ghost of that great spirit of true country music outsider artists who eventually gain wider acceptance. He walks the same independent road of Hank Williams and Townes Van Zandt and carries the same confidence Waylon Jennings brought to country music in the early ’70s.” Recently, their newest video “I Don’t Know What To Do” went viral with 75k views in it’s first week. Cosmopolitan, The Huffington Post, The Advocate and The New Yorker all featured the video. The new album “I Built A Fire” takes country roots and spins them from an usual perspective. “I have no interest in pretending to be someone else. I don’t care if Nashville isn’t ready for it.” said Thornton in reference to his sexuality. “The album is country, but let’s be serious there is nothing traditional about Indiana Queen.” The new album was recorded on a vintage Tascam 246 four track tape machine and mixed by Lij Shaw at The Toybox studio in Na
