One band that contrasts the Motown sound of The Temptations is Born Ruffians.
The word "Indie" gets thrown around a lot these days, but there's no mistaking Born Ruffians for anything else.
They go beyond the cliché* "a song is like a painting."
This band paints with colours that you've never even imagined.
*i realize that identifying clichés is itself, cliché. It's one of those unfair principles you just have to live with.
There are things that they do share with a bunch of my other music.
Solid drumming.
Bouncy basslines (and the fact that I play the same bass as Mitch Derosier doesn't hurt)
and melodies. Born Ruffians seem to have a limitless supply of melodies. And they do something that many bands struggle with; none of them sound the same.
Unfortunately for me, Born Ruffians is currently the most blogged-about band -according to The Hype Machine.
So the odds of anybody even reading this are low.
And the fact that they're such frequent blog-material makes me want to write about them less.
But I couldn't keep them from making an appearance here, especially since they're one of the first bands I recommend to people when I get the "what music do you like" stock-question.
From now on, I promise to keep my blog a lil' more original.
At least until Say It comes out.
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