June 6th, 2009 - Current Swell
Vancouver Island based band Current Swell is 4 guys on a mission.
Scott Stanton, Davers Lang, Louis Sadava, and Chris Petersen have a
unique style of music that is deeply rooted in folk and blues, reggae
inspired, and rock driven. the musical recipe is equal parts praire and
coastal, blending a couple of acoustic guitars, a lap slide, harmonica,
drums, bass, and 3 vocal mics. This formula amounts to a tightly
polished act and is pushing the boundary of what people know as "new"
music.
Looking back on the last 4 years, Current Swell has seen massive independent success. the release of "So I Say" in 2005 gained the group the instant momentum they needed to become one of the hottest new acts in British Columbia. That success garnered "what started out as a surf trip..." throughout indonesia and australia which "...turned into a full time musical mission. Playing tons of shows, earning many fans and writing like crazy." said Lang. When the guys returned , they commited to a relentless touring schedule to establish themselves across canada. The boys eventually found time between tours to lay down their next batch of songs and in June 2007, "Trust Us Now" was released. Just one year later they went back to work in the studio and they're 3rd album is due for a February 09 release on a Western Canadian Tour with Australia's Ash Grunwald. They are working with producer Todd Simcoe who has recorded with Xavier Rudd and the Be Good Tanyas.
Rogerthat are the sound of spiraling petrol prices, political scandal, a ready supply of the drug of your choice, roaming bikie gangs, botched invasion attempts, one raised finger to the man, a surfboard hitting that wave and fucking it all. They fly that freak flag up on high and into the sky. Swaying like the breeze, mind whistling like leaves, it's all in the way Bailey on vocals (with his Amish beard and anti-establishment grooves) make THIS band the very Zeitgeist of it all!
If ever there was anything lacking from our apocalypse as envisioned in childhood, it's in the sights THEY bring to our feverish minds – it’s in the second coming of the mad 70's blunt groove, Rogerthat style. Bikini girls on Harley's, swallowing swords and spitting out fire.
The breath of fresh air we needed, smoking out the room to an intangible haze. Walking the water and swimming the land. If ever there was a diagonal slide into sweet oblivion that needed magnifying with guitar, bass, drum and electrified amp, Rogerthat are the one to deliver it. They're a spaghetti western act of desperado with both guns blazing moments before the saloon goes down in flames.
devonandkevin met six years ago at an open mic at "The Well" in Kelowna and have been making music since then. Many other members have came and gone but, the two of them have always stuck with one another. Musically, they've grown since then into a two man acoustic performance that has become original to them and has taken them on a path that they would never of imagined possible. Playing music is their passion and what drives both their lives, making new melodies, creating new hooks, writing new words and being able to perform them to a live audience is what it's all about.
They have only one goal, and that is to share their music with as many people as possible. The energy that music brings to people or the energy that the people bring to the music is beyond anything that words can describe and that is what makes it a staple in the lives of both Devon and Kevin and others.
Looking back on the last 4 years, Current Swell has seen massive independent success. the release of "So I Say" in 2005 gained the group the instant momentum they needed to become one of the hottest new acts in British Columbia. That success garnered "what started out as a surf trip..." throughout indonesia and australia which "...turned into a full time musical mission. Playing tons of shows, earning many fans and writing like crazy." said Lang. When the guys returned , they commited to a relentless touring schedule to establish themselves across canada. The boys eventually found time between tours to lay down their next batch of songs and in June 2007, "Trust Us Now" was released. Just one year later they went back to work in the studio and they're 3rd album is due for a February 09 release on a Western Canadian Tour with Australia's Ash Grunwald. They are working with producer Todd Simcoe who has recorded with Xavier Rudd and the Be Good Tanyas.
Rogerthat are the sound of spiraling petrol prices, political scandal, a ready supply of the drug of your choice, roaming bikie gangs, botched invasion attempts, one raised finger to the man, a surfboard hitting that wave and fucking it all. They fly that freak flag up on high and into the sky. Swaying like the breeze, mind whistling like leaves, it's all in the way Bailey on vocals (with his Amish beard and anti-establishment grooves) make THIS band the very Zeitgeist of it all!
If ever there was anything lacking from our apocalypse as envisioned in childhood, it's in the sights THEY bring to our feverish minds – it’s in the second coming of the mad 70's blunt groove, Rogerthat style. Bikini girls on Harley's, swallowing swords and spitting out fire.
The breath of fresh air we needed, smoking out the room to an intangible haze. Walking the water and swimming the land. If ever there was a diagonal slide into sweet oblivion that needed magnifying with guitar, bass, drum and electrified amp, Rogerthat are the one to deliver it. They're a spaghetti western act of desperado with both guns blazing moments before the saloon goes down in flames.
devonandkevin met six years ago at an open mic at "The Well" in Kelowna and have been making music since then. Many other members have came and gone but, the two of them have always stuck with one another. Musically, they've grown since then into a two man acoustic performance that has become original to them and has taken them on a path that they would never of imagined possible. Playing music is their passion and what drives both their lives, making new melodies, creating new hooks, writing new words and being able to perform them to a live audience is what it's all about.
They have only one goal, and that is to share their music with as many people as possible. The energy that music brings to people or the energy that the people bring to the music is beyond anything that words can describe and that is what makes it a staple in the lives of both Devon and Kevin and others.
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