The last thing you’d expect to come out of Brooklyn in these modern times is a country band more comfortable in overalls than in skinny jeans.

But wander into a crowded listening room on the banks of the East River and this is exactly what you get–JP & the Gilberts, modern storytellers in a timeless setting, road-worthy and with chops to beat the band.

Not content to re-imagine the past, songwriting duo J.P. Gilbert and Trevor Williams have embraced their disparate backgrounds as North Jersey crooners and South Texas honky-tonkers as a means of looking to the future.

Part accordion-laden string band from the western plains, part sea of achingly intimate guitars, and developing a reputation as the ‘youngest old-timers east of the Mississippi,’ JP & the Gilberts will release their much-anticipated debut album, Introducing…, in late 2011.

Packed with tales of heartbreak from start to finish, Introducing… is whiskey-drinking music for the new millennium. Highly intoxicating; not to be consumed alone.

JP Gilbert

JP lives in Brooklyn.  He is kept by his two cats Lucifer and Molly.  He plays metal in J.A.C.K. and weird stuff in Abacus.

Trevor Williams

Trevor plays in Datus and is the mastermind of girl-crunk group Pep Rally.

Lily Maase

Can kick your butt in a guitar shredding contest, tell you what authentic Mexican food tastes like, and has awesome hair.

Adam Loudermilk

Adam Loudermilk was catapulted out of a decade-long affair with the stinky yet fruitful Denton, TX music scene, only to land on a remote concrete island run by an anarchist colony of clowns and marching bands. Luckily for him, JP and the Gilberts swept through on their swimming horses, guns a-blazing, absconding with a confused and bewildered Loudermilk. Hardened by his experiences, he now wears a cowboy hat, thick sunglasses, and responds to the name ‘Grampa Louvin’ with grunts and 2-word sentences.

Alex Hills

Alex likes drawing with crayons and also plays music with Datus and Abacus. He lives on food and water.

Booking and Management: Handmaid Music, 718.679.3665, gilbertsbooking@gmail.com.