Following up a pair of well-received EPs, Brooklyn-based rock trio
Highly Suspect make their album debut with the hard-driving
Mister Asylum. Led by singer/guitarist
Johnny Stevens and featuring twin brothers
Rich and
Ryan Meyer on bass and drums, the Cape Cod natives signed with 300 Entertainment, who paired them once again with producer Joel Hamilton (
Elvis Costello,
the Black Keys,
Wu-Tang Clan). The album's muscular sound has earned the band comparisons to acts like
Kings of Leon and
Queens of the Stone Age. [
Mister Asylum was also released on LP.] ~ Timothy Monger