FEEDBACK AS REQUESTED: REVERBNATION BADASS BLUESROCK (BADGERSTATIC)

 FEEDBACK AS REQUESTED: REVERBNATION BAD ASS BLUESROCK (BADGERSTATIC)

Something like a Phenomena!

ARTIST: BADGERSTATIC

TRACKS: ANOTHER ONE FOR THE PILE, DIG DEEP, TELL IT TO THE RIVER,

PLATFORM: REVERBNATION

FANS: 21, 700

VIDS PLAYS: 3,900
TOTAL SONG PLAYS: 40,900
LABEL: INDEPENDENT

LOCATION: PENNSYLVANIA U.S
OTHERSITES: TWITTER PAGE

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FAN FEEDBACK TO BADGERSTATIC 20/05/13:

The opening notes of DIG DEEP remind me of the start of the Alice In Chains track: No Excuses.  You did not mention on your fan bio page what your musical influences or similar sounding artists to you are.  But for me it wouldn't be too far a stretch to say that your singing at times reminds me of the late Alice in Chains frontman: Layne Stanely, and with good effect too. 

Furthermore why stop there with comparisons? I will be using tracks from the major label artists BECK (MELLOWGOLD), as well as KASABIAN (SELF-TITLED) - as templates to refer to while talking about tracks; DIG DEEP,  TELL IT TO THE RIVER,  and ANOTHER ONE FOR THE PILE - if you please. 

Everybody bent over twice...

From these three tracks I would say that your strength lies in your picturesque story telling techniques. So to the point that I can see all three tracks working as smoky juke-box bar-scene background music in films such as Heat, Killer Joe, Jade,  and the like. 

Your voice grunts remind me of Layne Stanley especially on the beginning of TELL IT TO THE RIVER, when you start with: When I was young.  At times sounding like a sage trying to purge themselves of the images they have seen at night or what not. That isn't to say that you sound like you are in pain, rather – as with NEVER BEEN TO NASHVILLE- you seem to be enjoying yourself.   

If anything I think you could do with challenging your vocal range much like Beck did on tracks that started off as spoken-wordish (SOUL SUCKING JERK), but then ended up almost going ape-shit at times, and going high note at other parts in it. I think vocally you have so much more to offer but whether it will be in this band incarnation or your other band is one to ponder.   

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Mad props to your keyboardist.  Melodic, memorable, timely and attention deserving I found them to be on tracks like DIG DEEP / TELL IT TO THE RIVER. And with the keyboard in the background as with other instruments I especially appreciate how you let these sounds be explored in solo mode at the final third or so of your track. Not so much as a formulaic gimmick but almost as a wind-down rest and gather or reflection of your lyrics for the audience.

As for me I just wanted my ears to bathe in the dripping and fresh sounding solos.   Your drums are laid down with much funk that fulfill your Blues Rock credo more than I expected. I actually found myself bopping to dig-deep much like I would to Kasabian and or Mellow Gold Beck.  But ultimately the sweetest sections to my ear is when you refrain from the traditional chorus shift in chords and notes and opt instead for a wordless and anticipating bridge-break that is uplifting and breathless much like Yeah Yeah Yeah ‘s Phenomena in a way.  

Hey! Wait! I gotta new complaint

The content of your stories, are not as witty as De La Soul, or as ironic as early Beck. Rather they impress me as - road to glory, he stands alone, see the world through my drifter eyes, triumph and wonder of man – line of lyrics.  

"I got lost downtown
Couldn't find a ride home
Sun went down I got frozen to the bone
'Til a hooker let me share"
BECK - SOUL SUCKING JERK  94

When I read the Reverbnation's pledge to make 2013 a breakout year for BADGERSTATIC I try to imagine what market/musical space they are trying to occupy.

I am then left with two main impressions. A part of me thinks BADGERSTATIC is the kind of band out of which specialists (in either vocals or instruments) will break up and emerge from. Another part of me thinks the band could discover more of where it fits and floats in today’s Itune downloading scene by the feedback and locations they choose to perform live.

OTHER DEMOS TO LISTEN TO:

JAZZ  - STEVE MOHACEY

PERCUSSION - NITUS

POP - JOHNNY REI

 Rae Burnz