another new band for all of our readers. our inbox has been flooded with submissions as of late, and i’ve made promises in the company of myself to do everyone of these bands a favor and giving them some form of time. it’s probably not fun submitting free eps and getting ignored, so this is a pledge to do something nice.
anyway, empires are a relatively new band out of chicago. the band is currently on a run of releasing a few digital singles in anticipation of their upcoming EP bang, due out march 9th. in 2008, the band released howl, their debut full length, for free on the outskirts of bandcamp. however, they garnered about 60k downloads on word of mouth alone.
to describe the band, it’s nice to say that they’re a good ol’ rock and roll band, but do a seamless job of intertwining in their poppier sensibilities. with so many people getting uptight about genre tagging and obscure labels, i’m gonna go with the relatively obtuse tag and stick to it. the band is anthemic and melodic, and this shit is already stuck in my head after one listen of the EP – which we will definitely be keeping you posted on. also worth mentioning, just browsing through the band’s myspace pictures, album covers, et al. are very nicely designed, especially for being unsigned and independent. always glad to see a band into all aspects of their craft. hit the cut for their fairly older, but very cool music video for “spit the dark.”
in any case, the goods:
download “bang” in exchange for an email address here.
download howl, their debut full length:
-grizzly
