I should be asleep, but I gotta tell you about this band that someone recommended to me, first. Because the more I listen to them and watch them the more I start figuring just how fucking ridiculously talented this band is. I’m not even bullshitting you, this is pretty unreal stuff when you watch or hear them play. Really, it’s not surprising, they’re signed to the indie label Candyrat Records. Other guys on it? Andy McKee, Antoine Dufour—not a bad rep.
If you play an instrument, and know about playing music, this will probably be an even better song.
The basics: that’s what Wikipedia is for. But they’re from Buffalo, they used to be called This Day & Age, but they got a new member and changed their name to this peculiar one. They’ve decided to call themselves a jazz influenced progressive pop-rock band. I call it Jazz Rock, cause it’s simpler. And Jazz is the slickest, coolest, smoothest genre in music.
And that’s what this band is. Sonically, they’re tight as hell. Because what they play is so damn complex all the time, you don’t really notice it, but slowly you pick up on the individual sounds and rhythms these instruments are playing, and it blows your mind—it blew mine at least. The piano and the drums specifically, are reason enough to listen to this band. The drummer is insane. And the piano melodies are the main jazz element in this outfit. Who doesn’t love jazz piano?
The vocalist is the other big point. Off their new album, This Is What Happens, there’s 15 tracks worth of vocals to take in. The sound of this guy’s voice is damn grappling—it seems to form with the sound of the band around him, like a cup. It just fills it all in. Probably has to do with the mixing of the album—in that case, that is some sick mixing (you should hear the snares on this thing), but the timbre and the projection of his voice is just so perfect—technically, and stylistically for these songs.
It’s a versatile vocalist for a versatile band too, they switch up time signatures for multiple tracks, their chords and rhythms are very diverse, and the overall sound is a clean, polished, and cohesive. Everything’s neat and tidy, but its still full and lush
Is it rock? Is it jazz? Is it pop (stylistically, anyway)? Don’t know. Don’t care. It’s awesome, is what it is.
They have 3 releases, 1 EP and 2 albums, their latest is mentioned above.
[shouts to Preet for showing me! Thanks, bro!]
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