Road house rock, through and through. Or as the Bandcamp bio reads: “Songs of heartbreak, chrome, and hospitals.” Sounds like a rough night! Are we hearing a little Bad Religion or are we crazy? Spiffied up for the brunch crowd and cut with an admixture of Monkees meet Replacements. That’s a cocktail to guarantee you won’t miss work in the morning, but you’ll probably still feel like trash. Humpday.news
The Give are Bill Howard, George Lanides , Patrick Owens, Jim Reilly, and Michael Tocker.
Their debut EP, Summers Over, provided fresh powerpop from Massachusetts. The single Massachusetts was voted in the Top Ten by WRSI in 2019. Anchored by a solid rock and soul sensibility, with stellar songwriting to boot, The Give draw on such influences as The Feelies, Radio Birdman, Glen Campbell, Reigning Sound, Wild at Heart, Television, Gladys Knight, and plaid.
Their most recent release, Hotelworthy, features all new material recorded and mixed at Sonelab Studios in Easthampton, Massachusetts by Justin Pizzoferrato (Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh). Start listening.
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Massachusetts 2:360:00/2:36
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Little Angel 3:140:00/3:14
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Flowers 3:210:00/3:21