Brian Blackburn, Christian Carpenter, Mike Starr, Joey C.
Influences
Pink Floyd, Nine Inch Nails, Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Bob Dylan, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Bob Marley, The Beatles, Miles Davis, Nirvana, Philip Glass, Beethoven, Igor Stravinsky, J.S. Bach, Tricky, Van Halen, Led Zeppelin,
Sounds Like
Pink Floyd, Nine Inch Nails, Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead
The Los Angeles songwriting tandem of Brian Blackburn and Christian Carpenter are poised to enter the music industry like a storm. Though their unique blend of dark rock and melodic pop is a new to the industry, the duo have already accomplished much and assembled some impressive credits.
Hes recorded music for television and film, handling such disparate projects as advertisements, scores for films, and sound quality for prime-time programming.
Christian Carpenter has written for and performed with a host of bands since the late eighties/early nineties. Among them is Track One AB, who put out a series of releases through Royalty Records, the company that broke Bad Boy Recording Artists Fuzz Bubble. His music can be heard on MTV programs like The Real World and several independently-released films.
Together, Blackburn and Carpenter make a fierce kind of music that is relentless in its search for depth and sensitivity as well as its dedication to the finest in songwriting craftsmanship. Carpenters dark, passionate vocals and haunting melodies are reminiscent of a huskier Gabriel, and, especially towards the end of songs like When It Rains, when he slips into his higher range, theres a pure and desperate yearning not heard since the days of early U2. And Blackburns sense of composition is exquisite. He moves fluidly from tender yet assertive string arrangements to skyrocketing Gilmore-esque guitar work. The production really shines on songs like Dust, and, Lets Stay the Same While We Change, and after a few listens, indeed, becomes the not-so-inconspicuous third member of this dynamic songwriting team.
Blackburn and Carpenters songs seem poised for something really big. And whats so special is that, while embracing this grand scope of endless possibilities in radio and film and who knows what (these songs have immense potential), they have an intimate humility lyrically and emotionally. While the wall of guitars and samples and rock blows you away sonically, the voice and sentiment at the center of it all grounds you and says, Im your friend; I have the same fears and ambitions as you. And you listen. And you nod your head. And you cant help but agree.
Alan Semerdjian
writer/musician
New York
Sepetember 2004
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We hope you are liking the stuff we have up on t’space at the moment!
We’ve entered a competition to play the Beach Break Live festival, and we would REALLY appreciate if you could vote for us. If we get enough votes, we might be able to play the festival, which has 5000 people attending, AND is televised!
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