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On the surface the story sounds familiar: A group of friends start a band in high school, graduate from blink-182 covers to original songs during basement practices, start playing those songs live and suddenly become one of the next up-and-coming buzz bands. But the tale of pop rock band A Clear Blurr is anything but the same old same old. Sure the four members, who’ve been friends for years, started the band freshman year of high school, but their buzz band status isn’t sudden. Over the past four years A Clear Blurr has said no thanks to the typical model of music business and broken the mold of what a band is supposed to be, looking forward with smart vision and wisdom beyond their teenage years.
The band recorded their first EP in the summer of 2007, collecting five songs they’d written, and burning them onto a thousand blank CDs, which were handed out in malls, at music festivals, on street corners and, of course, in the hallways of their high school (“I think everyone at our school has a copy of our EP somewhere,” Tom notes). The EP helped the foursome gain a following and begin booking shows around New Jersey. In October of 2007, A Clear Blurr returned to the studio and laid down six more songs, which they combined with EP’s five tracks to create their debut full-length, Drop Everything. Rather than waste time searching for a record label, the band members elected to do it themselves, eventually getting the album in Hot Topic and on SmartPunk for release on November 1, 2008.
“You don’t need a label anymore because of the Internet,” Tom says. “You can do everything yourself and get your music to everyone yourself. You just need someone to help you record it. We all work really hard and we’ve had lots of jobs. Right now we work at an after school program for kids. We don’t spend money on anything else except the band.”
After the release of Drop Everything, A Clear Blurr caught the attention of John Collura, former guitarist for the Ataris. Even though they’d just released their first album, the band felt that their songwriting and playing had grown and matured so much in a few years since writing that debut that they were ready to work on a second record. The band spent a few months writing new material between school, sports practices, after school jobs and shows in New Jersey, New York City and Philadelphia.
Finally they went into the studio with John to record twelve new tracks in the spring of 2009, using their time after school and on the weekends to work on the record. The resulting album, Trigonometry, is hook-laden collection of twelve songs that are easy to sing along with. “Drive Me Crazy” is a jumpy pop-punk number that opens the record while the propulsive “Being Around You” draws the listener in with catchy guitar riffs and relatable lyrics about having a crush on someone. The band offers their introspective side on “Never Sing Again,” a largely acoustic number that is thoughtful and hushed. Together, the songs showcase a band that’s grown up and learned since their first release.
“Our first album was really poppy,” Tom says. “All the songs were about girls. This one is heavier. It has more complex harmonies. It’s more mature than the first album. We wrote the first one when we were fifteen and sixteen, and now we’re all eighteen and graduating from high school. This one is still fun and poppy, but it’s got deeper lyrics and more thought. John helped us so much. He helped us know what to do and what not to do. He helped with arrangements, how to cut down songs, how to lengthen songs, helped with solos and harmonies.”
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A Clear Blurr doesn’t just stand out because of their memorable, engaging songs, and the fact that they’ve played over one hundred shows with bands like Patent Pending, Bedlight For Blue Eyes, Person L, Just Surrender and Revolution Mother, and appeared on New York’s Fearless TV, however. All four members are involved in their school and their community, landing on the honor roll and presenting themselves as genuine, relatable role models for their fans. In November 2008 the Edison Town Council publicly recognized the band for their dedicated community service, marking the first time the town has ever honored a rock band. The band also recently helped raise money for a scholarship fund set up to honor a close friend who passed away in April 2009 by organizing what will become an annual music festival in Edison.
“We’re just regular kids,” Tom says. “We don’t look like the kind of kids that would be in a band. We’re the normal kids you see in high school. I play golf. Kevin has a 4.0 GPA. We can talk to everybody and everybody can relate to our music. Even my dad likes it so that means it appeals to a lot of people.”
The more you know about A Clear Blurr, the less familiar the story seems. And that’s before you’ve even heard the new record.
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hey guys i love you dearly but the black eyed peas cover is horrible stick to the punk not the crunk lol (oh shit man im using that for one of my song titles hahaha) so the farmingdale show you mean like farmingdale NJ as in like part of howell? cuz if thats the case im going and ill buy trig personsaly from you
you should be happy that im friends with who im friends with now cause if i werent i probably never would have heard about you guys! Err well i would have but thatd be when you're all famous and EVERYONE loves you ;D you guys are amazing; i love your music! Oh and the i gotta feeling cover is great! Keep it up! :)))
your Black eyed peas cover is soo amazing!!! i think i may stay on your page the rest of the night and replay it over and over again!...rank up plays! =D haha =]
Happy early Thanksgiving!!! Got any good plans for tomorrow?
Hello how are you today? My name is Mike Soxy and it is very nice to meet you and thank you for the add. I hope you like my jams. If you have an extra minute just check them out let me know what you think heck even just drop by and say hello.
even though i really wanted to come tonight. i can't now because my dad just got work for tomorrow morning at 7:30am and i thought it'd be cruel if he took me and we didnt get back till late..cause i want him to get enough sleep cause hes gonna be going non-stop straight for like 18-19 hours tomorrow...and i dont want him to like faint or get sick on the job.
soo i will just have to find my way out to another show hopefully soon. but i hope you have fun tonight!
heyy so i saw my friend today and i asked her about the bowling for soup concert and she said she might have work but she doesn't know yet and finds out thursday so she said she will let me know ..you think you will still have tickets then?
haha i dont have enough for a itunes card and i cant get to anyshow so im checking freehold mall and if they dont have it im getting it in bridge water plus i like to have the actual disc u kno how we music junkies are haha
no not yet monmouth mall was sold out and only 1 copy of drop everything so congrats on that so when i find a store with it im getting it lol so how was blink? i havent seen them since 02 or 03 well i saw +44 in 07 and AVA in 08 but it just isnt the same
Heyy guys I'm trying to get trig today congrats guys your getting famous you got both albums in hot topic and I saw you mentioned in AP I think 3 or 4 times just rember don't forget your roots I bet you guys went to the blink tour right?
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ah okay. i will get back to you after i get an answer from my friend which will be by monday/tuesday since she has no phone/computer till she gets back to college next week. but your selling the tickets right? so if i need like 2-3 tickets u can hold them for me?
hey tom! it was great seeing you tonight. im sad i couldnt stay for your set! my friend was giving me a ride home and i had to obey his rules and i had to leave when he said to leave. =/ i might try to come next saturday...are you selling tickets for that? if so how much?