The indie-rock group from West Virginia
known as Rock Bass have released their newest LP album, “Like the
Fish.” It is the third official full length from Rock Bass in a
repertoire also including “The Adventures of Space Dog,”
“Garbles,” and the seasonal EP, “A Rock Bass Christmas.” Like
its predecessors, “Like the Fish” has been proudly published on
the Try Catch Records independent music label without the direction
of the corporate music industry. Warm, bright, grooving, and packed
with the good humor fans have come to expect, “Like the Fish”
proves Rock Bass is a name to watch in 2018 and beyond.
Morgantown's Rock Bass cite as main
artistic influences Weezer, the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Elvis
Costello, and They Might Be Giants. Smooshing these groups together
in the imagination arrives at a sonic likeness very close to the Rock
Bass experience. They're fun, clever, danceable, and family-friendly
while holding the interest of mature audiences with witty quips,
pop-music hooks and undeniable melody lines.
Also adding to the allure of Rock Bass
is an almost tangible music expertise running through “Like the
Fish” and the rest of their recordings. Every note, beat, measure,
harmony and lyric feels and sounds surgically precise, calibrated,
balanced, deliberate almost to a fault but ultimately faultless. This
makes sense. The band are no greenhorns.
“We have all been playing music since
middle school,” writes singer, guitarist Canon Fazenbaker. “All
four of us are now in our 30s.”
Nevertheless, Rock Bass – need it be
said? Bass like the fish, not like the guitar – have only been
together six years. Averaging slightly better than an official
release every two years, they're an active crew with lots of creative
energy yet to spend.
Asked to describe the themes and styles
of their new record, Fazenbaker writes, “'Like the Fish' marks a
return to our guitar-driven alternative rock roots. Our last album
was more experimental. The main lyrical themes throughout the album
focus on love, living in the moment, and moving past unexpected
adversity.”
Rock Bass are Canon Fazenbaker (vocals
/ guitar), Kevin Poling (bass), Steve Yokum (drums), and Lee Dunn
(guitar / vocals).
Rock Bass has been variously described
as “classic indie rock,” “a genuine group” and “a band in
motion.” They have also been called “a throwback to a time where
thick reverb or booming production was not the goal of the music, a
time when the instruments that carry the music and the musicians who
carry the instruments were important.”
West Virginia's Rock Bass have been
prominently featured on both WCLG and WOAFM99 radio, as well as on
the popular WV Sound and Sonic-Smash Music blogs. Rock Bass also
wrote and recorded the theme song for the alternative-rock Allegheny
Mountain Radio program, Alternate Transmission.
“Like the Fish” from Rock Bass is
available from over 600 quality digital music retailers online
worldwide now. Get in early, alt-rock and indie music fans.
-S. McCauley
Lead Press Release Writer
“Like the Fish” from Rock
Bass –
Rock Bass Official Website –
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