Friday, August 16, 2019

Band Review: New Chums

New Chums is a Phoenix-based indie band.

Their newest release, this year's "I Won't Let You Go", has kind of classic emo vibe, or I might just be primed to think that based on some of my current listening.

From the 2017 EP See It for Myself, I also notice some similarities to Neon Trees, based largely on the vocal delivery of singer and guitar player Seth Boyack.

That may be most audible on my favorite track, "The Right Thing", but it is the instruments that really stand out. Guitars by turns grind and then lightly transport, allowing the music and emotion to carry you away.

New Chums also contains Ben Hedlund on drums, Cassandra Clark on bass, and Matt Lloyd on guitar. Oddly, they have a song called "Disposable Music", but this is worth hanging on to for a  while.

https://www.facebook.com/newchumsband/

https://www.instagram.com/newchums/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6lRmzuFi7-hcccqeq7sIMg

https://twitter.com/newchumsband

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