Artist Spotlight: Arrows Over Athens

Starting off your Friday and headed into Boston Calling weekend with a brand new edition of Artist Spotlight! Appropriately enough, we touch base with a band from Westfield, MA that goes by the name of Arrows Over Athens. The band consists of Randy Burlingame on lead vocals and guitars, Mimi Herrick on backup vocals and bass, and Mike Gelinas on drums. The band has an intense, in your face attitude with hard rocking rhythms greeting you warmly in its own way with echoing vocals and Mimi's musical presence drawing comparisons to Hayley Williams of Paramore with its bold and vivacious energy running rampant throughout the melodic outbursts located sporadically throughout their music. I was impressed with the band's enthusiasm when I first heard them, and their approach to crafting heavy and hard hitting tracks that showed off the band's bold attitude that makes them stand out proudly from their contemporaries coming up in the scene, and also gives them a hidden advantage as well. A terrific up and coming band looking for their next big break in the scene. Some tracks for you to discover from them include "And I Will Move The Earth" and "Thirty Years Peace".

For more information on Arrows Over Athens, move on over to their Facebook page here and give them a quick 'Like' if you enjoy what you hear. The band is on Twitter as well from this central location here and find out when the band will be making their way towards the Boston area with a concert appearance. All of their music is available from their record label's Bandcamp page called Take This to Heart Records, found from over here and experience the magic emanating from the western part of the state.