It's probably a safe assumption to say that pretty much everyone knows at least one other person who is in a band. There's always a friend of yours or a friend of a friend that just joined a new band or is trying to get one going. Everybody's doing it. Frankly, I would too if I had the slightest idea how to play an instrument because people that are in good bands ooze cool. I just write about bands instead. Here's the thing though about all these bands your friends are in... majority of them most likely are horrendous and not oozing cool. I'm not trying to be mean, but let's be real. It's a daunting task to find good bands. Even bands that are signed to record deals, let alone hometown bands making records in their basement. But I guess you have to start somewhere, right?I have known a character by the name of Bobby Washburn since I was a wee little one. I've known the kid for quite some time now. I'm talking like playing tag and red rover red rover send Bobby right over kind of shit. Recently, he read my blog and asked if I would write a review for his band that he is in, The Keeping (Bobby plays the guitar). Of course I said I would because I'm the nicest person on the block. After I said I would do it, I got to thinking how much his band was going to suck (just being honest, Bobby). For an outgoing, upbeat person, I can be real cynical and pessimistic. For some reason and I have no idea why, I thought his band was going to be hard core, death metal stuff and I can't tell you how much I hate that "music." So, here I am, completely regretting the fact that I agreed to do this review when Bobby tells me he is going to send me some of his music via the internets. So, I'm sitting and I'm waiting and I'm preparing myself for some rinky-dink recordings of some horrible pile of crap music when I get a link to six songs from The Keeping. Here goes nothin', I thought.
Wrong. I was wrong. Real wrong. I believe the phrase is "pleasantly surprised." It was real, legitimate, well produced music and was absent of any hard core, death metal. These are songs I can already hear being played on the radio. Given a chance, they will be. The melodies are catchy as hell, the lyrics will make girls round the world swoon (including me), and the lead singer (Thomas, from what MySpace tells me) has a perfect voice for the music he is singing over. My personal favorite is "Daybreak." I was relieved and really proud of my friend. If you know me at all, you know that I love comparing bands to other bands. I'm really good at it and always dead on. That being said, The Keeping reminds me a lot of The Fray. I bet they get that a lot and that ain't a bad thing. I believe The Fray is an extremely successful band with a handful of singles on the radio, so if people compared my band to them, I'd be pumped.
I don't know any of the other four band members but I do know that they are all talented musicians that genuinely enjoy the music they are making and that comes through loud and clear in the songs.
Check em out and don't say I never did anything for you!
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