Nice to Meet You: Broadmoore
Louisiana spice meets vintage 90s alternative - that’s Broadmoore in a nutshell.
Broadmoore started in Lafayette, Louisiana back in 2004, and has since risen the ranks of southern bands. The band planned and executed an east-coast tour in 2006 all the way to New York before recording and releasing their first album A Tank Named Desire. Their DIY ethics combined with their spirit for ethereal aggressive music gained the band a decent following. Between their recent touring stints the band got together to record their new batch of material for a new album.
Broadmoore's second EP Good Morning came out this March and was produced by David Rolfe, a former session musician who played for the likes of Rufus Wainwright. Broadmoore continues their ambient rock roots on their latest, from the heavy jam on “Good Morning” to the uplifting throwback “Our Shells are Glass.” This isn’t the shitty pop rock bands you encountered back in high school. Broadmoore not only know how to play their instruments without staring at guitar tabs taped to the venue floor, they’re also decent songwriters. The band steers away from typical lyrics about broken hearts, the need for the female sex and PBR and instead strives to be a more poetic alternative band. Of course, every band has a song about love or the longing for love but the way Broadmoore handles is more mature than anything these top 40 “rock” bands could produce.
“Our Shells are Glass” took me right back to my early days of music exploration, sitting in my room blasting early Thursday and At the Drive-In. It’s that heavy indie sound that has been bastardized for MTV and top 40 radio, but Broadmoore has the sense to stick to the genre’s wholesome roots. The steady bass and drums push “Our Shells Are Glass” forward, chugging along until it guns it to 88 and bursts into the chorus of “We should just watch the whole world drown.”
Posted by Amy Dittmeier on May 18, 2009 @ 12:00 am