My favorite band of the year is playing a very special, super intimate show tomorrow night at my favorite venue in the city, and you should be there. If you manage to spot me, I’ll even buy you a beer– since the Tank has the cheapest beer in Manhattan.
Details:
The Royal Chains
(With The Beards and Butterflies)
Thursday March 13, 2008
9pm doors / $6 / ALL AGES
New track, “Villainy,” from their live show a few weeks ago, to give you a little taste:
Villainy (Live) — The Royal Chains
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Alright, Resonator-ers! I’m back with some pretty special stuff– the Royal Chains have been so kind as to give me advance files of their finished masters for their forthcoming 7″, as well as some tracks that won’t be available on vinyl, and I am bringing it all to you lucky kids before it hits the merch table at their next show.
Their crowd favorite, “Crime Scene” is the lead single and it sounds great on record– but I have to say it is the parallel to Franz Ferdinand’s “This Fire.” Sure, it sounds good on your iPod, even approaching favorite status, but the energy these guys put into the track live just cannot be captured in a studio. If you dig this track at all you owe it to yourself to get to their next show (and Resonator will keep you abreast of when that is, of course).
Crime Scene — The Royal Chains
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“No Love in Your Punches,” which I’ve featured before, gets a great clean up in the studio and will see the b-side of the 7″, but my absolute favorite of the recorded tracks is “Girl On Fire.” Lead vocalist Adam Roddick’s just-barely tape-slipped vocals are, in and of themselves, an argument for the continuation of analogue production. Add to that the Beatles-worthy lead guitar and you’ve got an equally as hot contender for first single.
Girl On Fire — The Royal Chains
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Keep your eyes here for updates about their forthcoming live shows in March.
I’ve got three local artists up my sleeve that I think the world should be listening to in ‘08 and today I bring you the first– NYC based boys The Royal Chains have blessed Resonator with some fresh-out-of-the-studio tracks from their forthcoming EP.
The Chains craft bittersweet love songs from 60’s melodic pop sensibilities and au currant angst and neuroses. Guitarists and song-writers Adam Roddick and Ivan Malfa-Kowalski are the Davies brothers of the 21st century. Malfa-Kowalski’s Rickenbacker riffs are pure British Invasion while Roddick’s rhythm borrows heavily from early 90’s grunge, making for songs that are immediately familiar but off-kilter and beg for another listen (and another and another). The scathing disenchantment of Roddicks lyrics off-set by syruppy, cooing back up vocals are as perfectly balanced and insidious as a stiff gin and tonic. “Her faith was less than true but you still dug her,” he snarks on “No Love In Your Punches”, “you’ll dig her till your grave is deep enough for you.”
No Love In Your Punches — The Royal Chains
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Roman Radio — The Royal Chains
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If you check out their site you can hear also hear “Girl on Fire.” The Royal Chains will be playing in NYC at Pianos on Tuesday, January 8th and at the Annex for their Club NME night on Thursday, January 10th. I highly recommend seeing them in action while you can still say you saw them when.
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