BRONCHO - Keep It In Line

 

1. Who are they?

BRONCHO are an indie rock band that's sound wanders around the place but are themselves from Norman, Ohio. They started playing in 2010 and Keep It In Line (October, 2018) is a single from their fourth album Bad Behavior (October, 2018).

2. What kind of song is Keep It In Line? 

A low-fi melodic cruise with hints of garage rock, a wheedling line about behaving yourself and cooed over with sunny sweet vocals. Bit of an earworm. The band are a personal favorite of mine.

3. Who do BRONCHO sound like? 

They have been mentioned in the same breath as The Strokes, upbeat songs by The Cure, and Generationals. There's a bit of The Clean in there for me too like in this banger Try Me Out Sometime (2012).

4. Which bands have influenced BRONCHO?

The Beach Boys, Billy Idol and The Strokes.

5. What have the press said?

“Singalong anthems that combine punk and garage-rock”- Handing Love.

“An infectious song about practicality and accountability” – XS Noize.

“A high energy and is very danceable” – Song BPM.

"You got caught and ya gave it away,

And then I cancelled on ya"

Coast Modern - Animals

 

 

 

 

1.    Who are these likely looking lads?

Coast Modern are an indie pop band from Los Angeles, California, that started in 2015. Animals (Feb’16) is Coast Modern's second single.


2. What kind of treat are Coast Modern offering?

Animals is a relaxed slow burner with a campfire sing-along vibe that grows on you while the tune has a sly dig at our base instincts.


3. Who do Coast Modern sound like?

Indie Shuffle compared Animals to BORNS, Generationals and The Little Ones.

4. What have the press said about Animals?

“Anthermic and boisterous” – Indie Shuffle.

“Light hearted bounce and a soaring melody” – Pigeons and Planes.

“Clacking percussion and synth excitement” – Consequence Of Sound.

5. Who puts the bubble in Coast Modern’s pop?

Coast Modern’s influences are Weezer, T. Rex, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Mozart and sixties girl groups.


6. Why should I give Animals a lash?

The loosey goosey, carefree musical atmosphere grows on you. Repeat lashings are in your future.


7. Do Coast Modern have any more goodies?

Animals is the gold standard.


8. Any more words?

Coast Modern said, “ ‘Animals’ poses questions I think we all ask ourselves about what we’re doing with our lives, and explores the struggle between animal desires and actualization of a higher self.”

Coast Modern are fluffing for BORNS this May.

“I’ll be an animal ‘till I die”

 

 

Dessert is served by The Sam Roberts band. A Canadian indie rock band from West Mount, Quebec, Sam Roberts has six long players on his roll of honor and his debut album The Inhuman Condition (2001) was one of the biggest selling independent releases in Canadian history. The Last Crusade (2011) was the first American single from Sam Robert’s fourth album Collider (2011) and was described as “a jammy bassline and some 70’s riffs”.

“Gotta keep on, gotta keep on,

Till the ghosts of war come marching in”