Free Electric State fuses swirling textures with the more traditional boundaries of loud rock music. The band is from Durham, NC and have been creating quite a stir with their blistering live show.
They have shared the stage with Polvo, Alice Donut, Fin Fang Foom & many others. Currently, Free Electric State is working on their first full-length release entitled "Caress" with legendary producer Jerry Kee (Polvo, Superchunk, Kingsbury Manx), which is due to drop in the spring of 2010.
And yes it is true, each one of them has been struck by lightning at one point or another in their lives.
"The must-see Free Electric State, takes an interest in pulses and applies it beneath thick, glistening washes of sustained tones. Like shoegaze kids on a cocktail of psychedelics and uppers, they power tunes with twin guitars and arching vocals and propel them with sharp, heavy drums." – Grayson Currin, Independent Weekly
"Free Electric State jumping through amplifier buzz to hit
the middle ground between My Bloody Valentine and Sonic Youth, there's
plenty of memory, melody and humidity here." – Bryan Reed, Independent Weekly
08.28 FREE ELECTRIC STATE, EMBARRASSING FRUITS, VEELEE @ LOCAL 506
If multiple music blogs are to be believed, this summer has been about wispy mirages of lo-fi pop branded seasonally appropriate for their dreamy haze and nostalgic tones. But this all-local triple-header earns the summer soundtrack tag, at least as much as anything else. Between Veelee drawing bittersweet melodies from heavy reverb, gentle synth and spacious arrangements, Embarrassing Fruits building on '90s bands (Pavement, Sebadoh) to think about teenage firsts (beers, bikes, girls), and Free Electric State jumping through amplifier buzz to hit the middle ground between My Bloody Valentine and Sonic Youth, there's plenty of memory, melody and humidity here. $7/ 10 p.m. —Bryan Reed
I am greatly enthused to see this music on August 1st. I mean really excited. Did you know that Aug 2nd is my birthday? So it is like a birthday present for me. Yay!
