The rock band from Maryland known as
Rearview Minor have released their latest EP record, “Three.” The
album contains three original tracks for an approximate total
listening time of 12 minutes. Like the band's previous material,
“Three” has been proudly published as an independent release
outside the reach and influence of the corporate music industry.
Harmonic and extremely well-written, “Three” by Rearview Mirror
pulses with a power-pop groove and cuts with an alt-rock edge that
fans of verve-charged rock music everywhere are sure to appreciate.
On Rearview Minor's official Facebook
page, they cite as main artistic influences only two bands, original
indie legends, Ween, and alt-rock underdogs from the American East
Coast, Extreme. With these Rearview Minor shares a number of
similarities. The variety of tones, moods and textures on “Three”
is remarkable – particularly considering that the EP achieves this
range in only three tracks – a strength Ween has always had in
spades. Rearview Minor's ample capacity for aggression and tenderness
in equal measures recalls some of the best moments of both bands,
also.
At the heart of Rearview Minor is
singer-songwriter Drew Chap. Asked to describe his project, he writes
that it is “a project I've cultivated over the past year or so with
help from a bunch of friends. The name 'Rearview Minor' was formed in
much the same manner as some of the songs: through a combination of
bonus time and the energy that comes from the euphoria of friends
recently reunited, as much more appearance of substance and meaning
is apparent than is actually there.”
Appearances aside, however, the EP is
at least partially a result of these connections, and Chap is quick
to acknowledge it.
“It's not all smoke and mirrors,”
he writes. “'Rearview Minor' has prophetically come to symbolize
the childhood nostalgia embodied by these songs, from old southern
jig to pirate anthem to traditional Irish pub sing-along – looking
back to the pre-adulthood days when everything seemed possible, and
responsibility was as transparent as the bottom of the glass at the
end of the night.”
“Three” by Rearview Minor is
available online worldwide. Fans of alt-rock and the original
indie-rock sound should absolutely get in early.
-S. McCauley
Lead Press Release Writer
www.MondoTunes.com
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