Artist Spotlight: The Field Effect

To wrap up the week with Artist Spotlight, we explore with a little hometown flavor from Boston's own The Field Effect. The group consists of Doug Orey on lead vocals and guitar, Nick Grieco on guitar, Annie Hoffman on bass, and Adam J. Hand on drums. The band has a melodic, straightforward sound similar to the likes of Wilco and Elliott Smith, but with a more upbeat tone in terms of lyricism and sound that immediately brightens up your day the moment you listen to it, and allows you to move forward with your day with a great deal of optimism and positivity. I stumbled across these guys randomly while listening to the radio one day, and I was impressed with the band's musical kinship eloquently displayed on record, and their ability to communicate with their listening audience in such a direct and positive way that it really makes you appreciate the goodness that comes out of these guys hearts, and what they have to offer you musically. A great local band that I have a good feeling we'll be hearing more from in the months to come. Some recommended tracks to have a listen at from them include "Ogunquit, ME" and "What If I".

To find out more info about the band, and to 'Like' them on Facebook, head on over here and get a sense of what the group is like upfront. The band can be followed on Twitter as well directly from here and find out what the guys in the band are up to this very minute. To check out their latest release titled "Cartography", head on over to their Bandcamp site from here and click on their official website here for more wide-ranging info pertaining to the band.