Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires are an Alabama-based rock band whose music is informed by the swagger of classic Southern rock, the energy and attitude of punk, the intelligence and personal lyrical stance of indie rock, and the deep grooves of R&B. The group's muscular, hard-hitting approach suggested a beefed-up variation on roots rock on their first album, 2012's There Is a Bomb in Gilead, but they turned up the guitars and sounded rougher and more raw on 2014's Dereconstructed. The socio-political leanings of their lyrics (as well as more experimental structures in their music) came to the fore on 2017's Youth Detention without sapping their rock & roll strength. Bains and his band made a conscious effort to hone their craft in the studio with 2022's Old-Time Folks, which was their most polished and stylistically ambitious project to date.