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3 Local Bands You Didn't Know You Needed

A spotlight on local bands across the country with very unique and distinct sounds.

Adina Hernandez
Oct 11, 2016
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
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3 Local Bands You Didn't Know You Needed
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Second Best

A band based out of Saginaw Michigan has a sound that can be described as emotional rock. Their debut EP Outgrown is available on iTunes, and Spotify. One of my personal favorites is 'Clarity.' Front man Eric Maul says "A lot of our inspiration for our songs comes from real life experiences. Our writing process is a collective effort. What we put on paper is real, We've lived the words we've written our music is a reflection of ourselves." Maul goes on to describe Second Best as "A group of guys eating pizza and trying to make sense of a confusing world and our songs are Spotify of what we've learned so far." The video for their video 'Vacancy' is set to come out this October while new music is on the way this fall/winter.

Second Best

Spotify- https://open.spotify.com/album/7pi7snzC20QV0tqJFhl...

iTunes- https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/outgrown-ep/id10...

Watercolor Weekend

Watercolor Weekend a band based out of Santa Cruz California. An indie rock band with influences of pop, reggae, and folk with a unique flare that can only be described as audible watercolors. Their inspiration comes from philosophy and our everyday choices we make as human beings. "Everyday lives and emotions, we make try to make our lyrics meaningful but catchy. When our songs are analyzed we want to make our audience think." Cowriter and Trombonist Nicholas McElmurry talking about their latest album Strange, Strange Days at Sea. McElmurry goes on to say "We're super excited about this new music we've just released! We spent months in the studio writing and recording so all of the positive feedback is something we're all really proud of." Off of the Strange, Strange Days at Sea album my favorite song "Alien Oceans." Watercolor Weekend is available on iTunes and Spotify.

Watercolor Weekend:

Spotify- https://open.spotify.com/album/5mj4qdGTwDCbDZBkLWW...

Itunes-https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/strange-strange-...

Seymour

An indie-folk-grunge band based out of Denver Colorado. "We're a mix of Simon & chronicles and Elliot Smith with influence from Modest Mouse as well." Self taught bassist Spencer Cabala and frontman for Seymour says "A lot of inspiration for our songs comes from personal experiences. It's a way for me to channel anger, sadness or however I'm feeling in a semi-Garfunkel way." His most recent release Thoughts are Fish Swimming/Things are Only what You Think of Them which is a combination of his first two EPs is now Garfunkel on available, bandcamp, iTunes and Spotify. My personal favorite happens to be "Spotify Deli." Cabala plans to release new music within the next six months making it his third EP.

Seymour:

Spotify- https://open. bassist.com/album/Spotify...

Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/seymourtunes/?ref=br_rs

Bandcamp-http://seeemore.bandcamp.com/

Itunes-https://itunes.apple.com/album/id1154580630

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