The Alabama Shakes

But I like how little they sound like any of the things you'd expect them to sound like from their name -- they're not an old man hat band, they're not a nu-Southern cockrock band, nothing twee about them, yet muscular without being obnoxious. Interesting mix of prog and soul influences. At times they remind me of Field Music, although with totally different vocals. Also hear some Bowie.

Their prog influences when I once saw them live at a festival came across as too bombastic.

I actually wonder if you could call them "Festival Rock" -- that slightly bluesy, slightly rootsy, slightly amorphous, too-earnest-to-be-indie category of bands that are big with the Bonnaroo crowd -- My Morning Jacket, Black Keys, etc.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/mar/29/alabama-shakes-drummer-steven-william-johnson-arrested-on-child-abuse-charges

Really awful.

Probably dangerous territory to make any assumptions, but seeing that his ex-wife first accused him in 2018, I'm starting to wonder how much of this played into Brittany Howard distancing herself from the band around the same. At least it puts her cagey answers about the status of the band into greater clarity. Before learning about this, I wouldn't have minded another Shakes record, but given how terrific Jaime was, I'll be happy to follow her promising solo career.

Yeah, the bassist is the only Shakes member she carried over to Jaime, because they were the tightest. I've just been working under the assumption the band was dead for several years now.