This Texas trio have been playing their burgeoning TX scene, and touring nationally, for five years with artists like Pedro, Camden, and Hot Water Music. Their new full-length on Pluto Records is called "Heartstrings," and is a solid example of indie-pop sensibility meeting emotive persuasion. Their colorful, chiming, sometimes ruckus guitar bridges bring to mind Seattle's Wes Dando and Tacoma's Nobstreater (R.I.P.). Their explosive, climatic choruses can hold their own with the likes of Appleseed Cast and Brandtson, and have a polished rock feeling that distinguishes them from the herd of warblers, almost in that same Sunny Day-U2ish sense as like Mack, the Coffeeman (Movies with Heroes). Interesting lyrics, too.
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The Phantom Tollbooth 2001Reviewed by Shari LloydThis three piece from Texas has spent five years honing their skills and it shows. The band played together for over two years before recording their first e.p., which they released independently (and later caught the attention of Takehold Records, who re-released the e.p. in 1999). They play a brand of pop-punk with equal doses of emo-pop thrown in like pros. While the album starts out on a…Similar sounding releases
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