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\n\tSam Canty knows the power of a Treaty Oak Revival<\/a> concert, but he long ago stopped trying to make any sense of it. \u201cI can\u2019t believe I\u2019m making somebody feel like this or act like this,\u201d says the band\u2019s frontman of the crowd-surfing and beer-hurling that seems to follow the five-piece on the road.<\/p>\n \n\tAfter a two-year run in which the group went from clubs to theaters to arenas, buoyed by a string of platinum and gold singles and one of the most exciting live experiences in all of music, Treaty Oak Revival are on the brink of bona fide superstardom. The independent outfit\u2019s third studio album, the 14-track West Texas Degenerate<\/em> that dropped on Friday, is poised to remove that \u201cbrink\u201d caveat for good.<\/p>\n \n\tIt\u2019s also an album that finds a band who rocketed to fame in Texas with songs about prostitutes (\u201cFishnets\u201d) and whiskey (\u201cOde to Bourbon\u201d), growing up.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cThe point of this record was to show growth and what that means,\u201d Canty tells Rolling Stone<\/em>. \u201cOvercoming addiction, finding love, just stuff we haven\u2019t really talked about in our songs. We come from a small town where, when you were young it was drinking and partying and having a good time, and not really caring about the world or having any responsibility. Eventually, you get thrown into the real world and you realize that the real world doesn\u2019t care about your plans. You\u2019re going to assimilate whether you want to or not.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tWhat that real world even is for Treaty Oak seems to change by the hour.<\/p>\n \n\tThe band consists of Canty on lead vocals and Jeremiah Vanley on lead guitar, along with Vanley\u2019s nephew, Lance Vanley, on rhythm guitar. Cody Holloway plays drums and Dakota Hernandez stepped in on bass this summer after founding bassist Andrew Carey left<\/a> the band in June. They came together in Odessa, Texas, in late 2018, playing music as a hobby. They\u2019ll close out 2025 with back-to-back headlining gigs at Oklahoma City\u2019s Paycom Center and Dickie\u2019s Arena in Fort Worth, along with a New Year\u2019s Eve show at the Toyota Center in Houston. They\u2019re managed by the same management team \u2014 Bob Doyle & Associates, the only managers Garth Brooks has ever had \u2014\u00a0that oversaw Zach Top\u2019s rise to stardom. Four years ago, Treaty Oak were a local bar band in Odessa, so you\u2019d have to forgive the group for not yet fully grasping what it means to play to thousands, or on occasion, tens of thousands of fans every night.<\/p>\n