Drew Holcomb is shaking things up with his forthcoming album, Dragons. For the past 13 years, he and his three-piece band, Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors, have cultivated a holistic fan base with their uplifting Americana music and familial life force—Holcomb’s wife, Ellie, is both a frequent guest vocalist of the quartet and inspiration to its frontman’s music. The album is a significant sonic shift from the band’s previous six LPs. Holcomb linked with producer Cason Cooley (American Authors, Ingrid Michaelson) to bedeck his new songs with synthesizers, sampled strings, and, on one occasion, a drum machine. These new, stylized elements give Dragons a cosmic sound, setting it apart from the singer’s all-acoustic discography. And, next month, the band brings the Moon River Music Festival back to Chattanooga for its…
