Hey everyone!
Rounding out the month of April with another edition of Artist Spotlight! This week, we're staying in the Boston area and checking out the sounds of Old English! The band consists of Pete Kendall on guitar, Dale Bales on bass, and Russ Sternglass on drums. All of the members of the band went to school locally at the Berklee College of Music where their highly skilled education shows in full force here as the band is ridden with prog rock melodies that hearken back to The Grateful Dead with some slight Mars Volta influence lurking around somewhere, laid back guitar rhythms that are incredibly soothing and provide a sustainable melodic punch that lasts all the way through, and the drums round everything out and give all the songs that extra spark that makes them stand out from all the other bands currently out there today. One thing that you might notice about these guys as you're listening to them is that some of the songs have the absence of vocals. This purely instrumental approach is an excellent way for the audience to focus squarely on the ambient rhythms running amok throughout their music and spot out the different sounds and then listen to them individually to see how they sound when they're all combined together. A great local band with a wealth of potential for greater success down the road. Some tracks for you to check out include "Worthy Adversary" and "December".
For more information on Old English, head on over to their Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/oldenglishband The band's EP is available for listen on their ReverbNation page at: www.reverbnation.com/oldenglishband so you can check out for yourself the sweet sounds that they've unearthed just for you. If you wish to download the EP and name your own price (including 0), head on over to the group's BandCamp site at http://oldenglishband.bandcamp.com and do your part in supporting local music any way you can!
Note: For local area concertgoers, they'll be playing at The Rosebud in Davis Square, Somerville on May 4th at a show being put on by Unregular Radio. If you wish to buy advance tickets for just $5, cruise on over to http://www.unregularradio.com/local-music-tickets/100-unregular-radio-presents-a-rich-old-red-night
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