VOLK is Nashville die-hard rock duo and tour rats, Eleot Reich (drums, vocals) and Christopher Lowe (guitar, vocals).

Since meeting in Berlin in 2013 at a brothel-turned-bar called Madame Claude’s, VOLK’s work ethic can’t be questioned. They are known for making the music they want with little regard for genre, historically landing in cowpunk territory with heavy guitars, hammering drums, and a flair for country-western. Clocking miles like it’s going out of style and recording regularly has paid off as they’ve shared bills with Electric Six, Drivin N Cryin, Supersuckers, The Dead South, Charley Crockett, and Diarrhea Planet.

In their travels, VOLK connected with producer John Pedigo (Old 97’s, Joshua Ray Walker). They recorded their next full length album with Pedigo in Dallas, TX at Modern Electric Sound Recorders entitled “On the Other Hand, You Have Five Fingers.” In the Spring of 2023, they released their EP “Stand the Test” featuring the first song off said album.

“Recording with John has been great,” says Reich. “We start from this emotional and raw place, true to our live sound, then build from there. For ‘Stand the Test,’ the song kept growing in meaning from when I wrote it; first through Covid, then while recording, and now it’s turned out to be a break up song for myself that I wrote two years earlier.”

“These days I’m over the cool rocking virtuoso guitar thing,” says Lowe. “I just want to bring this Tom Morello, nebulous sound, where maybe you can’t even tell it’s a guitar. For ‘I Fed Animals,’  it’s like the id of a guitar with my Strat’s whammy bar and using octave pedals, where I’m feeling what weird ways my foot can move, weird places I can hold the pick on the strings to make the most jarring noises possible.”

Their next album with Pedigo is nearly complete and will include Dick Valentine, Chris Tait & Matt Van (all of Electric Six), Joshua Flemming of the Vandoliers and Ray Wylie Hubbard. They’re constantly touring, so keep an eye out for them in a city near you. One thing’s for sure, VOLK wants to bring their brand of badass swagger to your town and they’re going to do it on their terms while showing us all how to have a good time.