I guess that’s how you know you made it…
It’s hard to point to a hotter band in the country/rock scene than Treaty Oak Revival right now. Riding the success of their patented grunge influence mixed with country, the East Texas band has hit some career milestones this year. Between making their late-night TV debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live back in April, releasing their highly anticipated acoustic album, The Talco Tapes, back in May and hitting the road on their Bad State Of Mind Part 2 headlining tour, Treaty Oak Revival has been a force to be reckoned with.
Riding the waves of the release of the aforementioned The Talco Tapes, frontman Sam Canty recently made an appearance on fellow Texas artist Jarrod Morris’ podcast, The Jarrod Morris Vibe. In case you weren’t familiar with Morris, beyond making some incredible music himself, the “Coyote” singer has been producing some of the best podcast episodes in country music lately, talking with the likes of Parker McCollum, Cody Jinks, William Clark Green and more.
During the interview, Canty opened up on a plethora of topics, including his wife’s impact on his sobriety, Kody West’s influence and impact on Treaty Oak’s success, a potential new track titled “Sh*t Hill” and more.
On the topic of criticism, Canty noted that Treaty Oak surprisingly did not receive much hate at first, “When we first started out, we just saw nothing but positive comments. Like everyone’s saying, ‘Oh, I love this band. They’re so great. Their music’s great; their music is awesome.'”
With that being said, however, now that they’re receiving more attention, praise and notoriety off of the success of projects such as Have a Nice Day, they’re starting to get some hate online: “Since we’ve released a few projects under our belt, now we finally started to get haters and people hating on the music.”
Canty welcomes the pushback, telling Morris he likes to see it, “It’s fun to see ’cause I’ve always wanted to have people [pushback]. ‘I’m like, come on, man. You can’t like it that much.’ Not everybody can like it that much. You gotta find something you hate about it. Then people start doing it, and I’m like, ‘Oh yeah! I knew it!”
It’s safe to assume the hate that Canty is referring to stems from both their rowdy live shows, which feature their patented beer tossing, as well as their aforementioned blend of country and grunge. While that might not be for everyone, especially country purists, there’s absolutely no denying that Treaty Oak is producing some of the most exciting music in both the country and rock scene right now. As the saying goes, you know you made it if you have haters.
Watch the clip here and the full podcast below: