New Music: Jeff Hulett’s “Little Windows”

Just north of folk and just south of folk rock is where you’ll find “Little Windows.”

Credit: Jeff Hulett

Jeff Hulett is a Memphis music institution.

He’s still recognized as a founding member of Snowglobe, an indie rock band with enough traction in the Oughts to (at least) land them a bio page on MTV’s webpage for their spin in in Craig Brewer’s $5 Cover series. That recognition remains more than a decade later as the band self-released their most recent album(s) “The Climb and The Fall” earlier this year.

During his tenure, Hulett was the band’s drummer. Though, he regularly lent lyrics, arrangements, and melodies to the band’s expansive, signature style. Even back then, Hulett couldn’t sit musically still. He was always busy with side projects that brought him from the drum throne to the microphone.

His new music is totally stripped down compared to Snowglobe’s big arrangements with horns, big guitars, and multi-layered harmonies.

Just north of folk and just south of folk rock is where you’ll find “Little Windows,” the new record from Jeff Hulett and the Hand Me Downs. The artist says if you like Tom Petty, Okkervill River, The Beatles, and Neil Young, “then, buckle up.”

“These acoustic folk-rock songs are a blend of hopefulness and melancholy, life and death, the mundane and magical,” Hulett says. “While many songs recognize and react to loss, there’s also a sense of hope in seeing those we miss and love again.”

For a taste of Hulett’s style from something familiar, check his version of “Holiday Road” on SoundCloud. For a taste of his humor and lyrical chops, listen to “Sassy Girl,” a sweet folk song about the theft of a Sasquatch statue from a Memphis sidewalk.    

“Little Windows” is now available on Spotify (above) and Apple Music.