Matt Fazzi & Isaac Bolivar (x-Taking Back Sunday) Release Debut Album from Happy Body Slow Brain

DOWNLOAD: Happy Body Slow Brain - "Emperor"

Taking Back Sunday (TBS) guitarist Matt Fazzi and x-TBS touring guitarist Isaac Bolivar have formed a new band Happy Body Slow Brain. The pair recruited Gavin Castleton Trio drummer Eduardo Torres and the band has just released their debut disc Dreams of Water.

Musically, Dreams of Water has a deep prog-rock/R&B groove, featuring keyboard-heavy elements such as the Rhodes piano and thick, layered synthesizers displaying shades of Tears For Fears. While rooted in rock and roll, Dreams Of Water shows Happy Body Slow Brain incorporating more of an R&B chord and melody influence in the style of Steely Dan. The album is dense with rich, layered vocals and harmonies that resemble the styles of The Beach Boys or Jellyfish. When the songs lean more on the guitars, they draw influence from mathy/guitar-centric bands like The Dismemberment Plan, Oceansize, and Counterfit with distinct and unique melodic and rhythmic guitar parts.



Happy Body Slow Brain have a couple upcoming area shows this month:

Oct. 08 -- Pianos, NYC
Oct. 10 -- Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ
Oct. 12 -- Knitting Factory, Brooklyn, NY

Links:
Happy Body Slow Brain

RockItOut! Blog Hosts a Concert Tomorrow Night at The Delancey w/ Jody Porter (Fountains of Wayne)

Former Fuse TV host and 23 to Sparta vocalist Sami Jarroush hosts the first RockItOut! Concert tomorrow night at The Delancey.

The show starts around 7PM and cover is $7.00. The bands playing are:

7pm - The Ambassadors
8pm - The Narrative (featuring members of Taking Back Sunday & Straylight Run)
9pm – Aliens
10pm - The Orion Experience
11pm - Jody Porter (from Fountains of Wayne)



Links:
RockItOut! Blog

Madina Lake is Playing an Acoustic Set at Vintage Vinyl (Fords, NJ) on Friday, June 8th

Chicago's Madina Lake is playing an acoutic set at Vintage Vinyl (Fords, NJ) this Friday. For those outside of the area, the performance will be webcast on Vintage Vinyl's Site and YeboTV.



Madina Lake is part of this summer's Projekt Revolution tour which features Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday along with many other bands.

Links:
Madina Lake's Main Website (link)
Madina Lake's MySpace page (link)