In honor of
a new "Grimm" tonight (after leaving things at an interesting point,
like they usually to do), I thought this would be a good time to review The
Band of Strangers. They were recommended by Bree Turner, who plays Rosalee on
the show and singer Ryan Saliman's sister-in-law in real life.
The Band of
Strangers is an Alt Country Rock/American band. Working out of Los Angeles, they were first started in New York. That seems appropriate for a band
with such far-flung roots. Simply going over their bio page, Saliman (who also
plays guitar and writes songs) has ties to Colorado before New York, Lianne
Ward (instruments and vocals) is from Massachusetts, guitarist Johnny Abella
has roots in the Philippines and Pennsylvania, drummer Chris Lovejoy was raised
in Texas between being born in and returning to New York, and bassist Matt
DelVecchio is said to have taken his music around the world and back, which
definitely includes Japan, England, Portugal, and school in Miami.
(I do not
know if there is any relation between Matt DelVecchio and Dan DelVecchio of
Face The King. Maybe.)
Most of the
band members are listed as playing multiple instruments, and you will
occasionally notice different sounds coming through. With the range of
expertise and experience among the members, they have a fair amount of options
open for how to fill in the sounds.
Currently
there is a 6-track EP available, with songs that dip into country, blues, and
folk. The most Americana-esque song may be "Bait N' Pole" which
references "The Crawdad Song", an American classic, but updates it
with rock guitar and possibly some innuendo. Songs like "Help" and
"When the Light Gets In" kind of give me a Gospel feeling, though it
is not a Gospel sound (which is I guess why I'm calling it folk).
My overall
favorite track was "The Black Bird Song", which stirred my emotions
musically and has a video with some pretty cool animation, so check that out.
Music is
available on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/when-the-light-gets-in-ep/id649989038
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