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OverviewAlbum: HomeArtist: Brothers McClurgGenre: Gospel, Roots RockLabel: SprigRelease Date: March 31, 2015Standout Tracks: “Still”, “Hem”, “Lord Lord Lord”ReviewIn 2012, a worship band out of Buffalo, NY, released an under-appreciated LP. Join the Sound by Brothers McClurg was released with little fanfare and, as one might expect, performed poorly. Subsequently, they were released by their label, and they retreated back to Buffalo to regroup.Fast forward three years. Chris and Anthony Hoisington, the brothers of Brothers McClurb, return to the scene with Home (and also a fine EP, Around the Mic). It represents a rededication to the legacy of music and their family’s musical heritage tracing back to The McClurg Family Singers (a southern gospel group led by Pastor Bill McClurg, their maternal grandfather). It’s not that the group had abandoned that sound for their prior album – it was just buried in arrangements.With the marketplace seemingly flooded with other acts jumping in on the roots-driven country