River City Extension are an indie rock band from Toms River, New Jersey who marry elements of 70's rock, Americana and folk to make indie opuses. They cite their influences as Bruce Springsteen and Yeungling while liking artists like Paul Simon to My Morning Jacket to Reni Magritte. There is a little of Blinded By The Light in the featured track.
White Blackmail (March'15) juxtaposes crying guitar and a maudlin vocal in tone and lyric,"I've been down so long I don't know what I'm fighting for", with a jiggy beat that leads to a final ecstatic indie all in. There are even a few bars of violin and piano to intensify the dramatic weight. Listen carefully for a 'whoa' and a 'hey'. That's indie gold right there son. Good as gold. Just like a Compton pimp, River City Extension use all the tricks and White Blackmail is gonna love you up. Hard. White Blackmail is a spine tingling majestic bird taking flight and one of the best indie songs of 2015.
"For you my heart will always bleed
I love you honey, take what you want from me".
Shit you really need to know:
River City Extension have been together since 2007 and White Blackmail is off their third long player Deliverance.
The band have described White Blackmail as about being in an abusive relationship with their art.
The album Deliverance is about conquering self-doubt through self-worth and is "passionate" and "expansive" according to this review and having "bits and pieces of awe and wonder" by Under The Gun Review.
River City Extension have been compared to Counting Crows and Vampire Weekend. Others are brought to mind of Mumford and Sons and The Avett Brothers.
The band have been touring with Air Traffic Controller to promote their new album this year.
River City Extension do nice things like hand writing their lyrics for fans and making personalized mixtapes of their songs for fans.
The not to be missed River City Extension songs are Our New Intelligence and If You Need Me Back In Brooklyn.
Slippery seconds is the best indie song of 2014. Period. The Californian indie rockers Cold War Kids and their appropriately named gem First (2014).
“There comes a time,
in a short life
Turn it around, get a rewrite”
Turn it around, get a rewrite”
