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The Barnacles are a double-fronted band and have a distinctly American musical style blending rock and pop sensibilities with alternative country, folk, retro, and at times with other elements. The band was formed in Missouri, U.S.A. and has toured both regionally and nationally.
Playback magazine has said of their sophomore CD INLAND & OTHERWISE, "The disk, a flavorful mix of alt-country, pop, and rock, has several amazingly good songs."
The UK website IntoMusic.co.uk has said of the same CD, "Songwriting is back!"
From its first inception in 2000, The Barnacles were picked to receive video-play of a live performance on the CBS affiliated program Mid-Coast Mania which airs on Channel 4 in St. Louis, Missouri. The band has thus far received airplay on over 210 radio stations in just about every state in the U.S. and has received airplay in Austalia, Belgium, and Brazil with promotions on-going.
INLAND & OTHERWISE, when promoted to radio has acheived no. 1 for 4 weeks on the Radio Charts for station pick-up percentages at their former radio promotion firm Sheheshe Music Services. The promotion for The Barnacles first release WIRELESS also attained the no. 1 slot.
Sheheshe Music Services, had this to say about Inland & Otherwise: "We recently received the latest album and it’s a winner! I highly recommend this album! You will agree that there are many good reasons why The Barnacles made no. 1 on our Radio Charts twice!"
The Barnacles have four vocal contributors in Brian Olen Kious (Guitars, Vocals) offering a warm resonate voice, Randy Belt (Bass, Vocals) adding a dynamic vocal range and smooth tones, Casey Wollberg (Guitar, Vocals) giving a tenored texture, and Steve Meyers (Drums, Vocals) offering an extra baritoned voice as he sits behind it all on his drums voicing out the beats needed to make this melting pot of sound come alive with rhythm. Newcomer Benjamin Ash adds texture to the sound by providing additional guitar wizardry, mandolin fourishes and the occasional tickle of the ivory.
Featuring voices that blend in harmony extremely well and an interchange of musical ideas, this group offers a diversely blended sound of original music that sticks to its roots of influence while also seeking to discover new horizons.
You may or may not find many crazy stage antics but you will encounter a very energetic and enthusiastic band containing three prolific songwriters with tunes that are memorable, and even perhaps unforgettable. You'll find yourself either singing along, dancing, tapping your toes, or maybe even - crying. You can expect to hear carefully placed two and three part harmonies and a driving rhythm section from this band as well as an engaging live performance!
Find their albums on iTunes or Rhapsody!:
WIRELESS (2001)
INLAND & OTHERWISE (2002)
CQD (2007)
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