The band’s name comes from a Dave Lamb lyric on the final Brown Bird record — a parting gift from a dying husband to the woman who would spend the next decade learning how to carry it. MorganEve Swain started The Huntress and Holder of Hands after Lamb’s 2014 death from leukemia, first as layered home recordings, then as a five-piece pulling from post-metal, blues, and Americana.
“Promethean,” the lead single from sophomore album, opens with patient restraint before a half-time groove drops around the one-minute mark — drums and group vocals swelling while fiddle lines thread underneath.
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‘Prometheus‘ gets his liver eaten daily for giving humanity fire. Swain asks the only honest follow-up: what do you do with a punishment that regenerates every morning? You rise with the tides. You keep playing.
*The song was submitted via SubmitHub. The editorial decision was made independently.
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