WIDEAWAKE
CedarStreet
AUSTIN, TX
SATURDAY, July 18th
8PM - 21 and UP
TICKETS - $10
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For Wideawake, the Austin-based power-pop/rock five-piece, this was the underlining mantra hanging in the air of the group's recording studio. Each thump of the bass drum and each tingling guitar chord resonates with the thoughts of inspiration; of turning pain into an element of hope, of encouragement. In short, it's music to make you feel alive.
This is the blueprint for Wideawake, a band mastering the ebbs and flows of triumphant contradiction. With a weaving of pop and alternative rock, they turn loss into optimism, sorrow into hope. And with their label debut Something That We Can't Let Go, Wideawake has been able to fully translate that message in the group's nown music. After twelve years as a band and two years spent working on the album, Wideawake has garnered their own sort of triumph. After moving to Austin from a small northwest town the group learned how to be a rock band in the smoky confines of Texas venues. Wideawake has parlayed the trials and rigors of the musician lifestyle to this very moment. The platform has been set, and Wideawake comes prepared with climaxing choruses, pain-strained vocal lines, and breathtaking crescendos.
Recorded with CJ Eiriksson (U2, Blue October, Matchbox Twenty, Jack's Mannequin), Something That We Can't Let Go is the pinnacle of the band's career. It is both accessible and challenging, an effort in facing the roughest patches of life to bring out our best. Tracks like "Higher" and "Stay" shine with gleaming choruses and driving guitars, reminiscent of a more powerful version of contemporaries The Fray or a modernized Matchbox Twenty. The ambitious "Maybe Tonight, Maybe Tomorrow" is the most poignant of the band's offerings, dabbling in acoustic minimalism and a stirring climax. The track's proceeds have all gone to support another Austin inspiration: The Lance Armstrong Foundation
The group's sensibilities attain a personal connection while reaching for something bigger, something more epic than the everyday. "We all need something bigger than ourselves to hold our heads high" croons Leger, reaching an assured epiphany on "Bigger Than Ourselves". In doing, Wideawake reminds us that faith in a better tomorrow is justified.
With this personal connection in tow, it makes sense that Wideawake's sound has served as the backdrop for Scrubs, Grey's Anatomy, Freedom Writers, CNN, The Real World, and Dawson's Creek, amongst other programs. This connection has also transitioned to the stage, where the band has performed with the likes of Switchfoot, Blue October, and Sheryl Crow.
After twelve years of being one of the best unsigned bands in the world, Something That We Can't Let Go has set the platform to expand on Wideawake's already-devoted fan base. Whether the band's infectious, emotive music can change the world remains to be seen. But rest assured that it can connect with something universal all of us, inspiring us to find the things worth searching for.
Hey Ya'll.....loved the Saturday afternoon show across the street. It seems ya'll get better and better every time you play. Which means you just need to play more....like in Austin.....like thru the summer....ok!!??!!! :)
Hey guys... I'm a Blue Light Alumni!! I worked their when you guys first started up there. Anyways looks like ya'll are doing great and wish you the best!!
hey giant superstars... please come back to the aardvark... or if you're to big and cool for fort worth could you at least make a trip to dallas? we miss you!
Heres an Idea. If I remember right a couple of you guys are Washington natives. Tri-Cities if im not mistaken atleast for one of you. I say bring it to Tri-Cities. Hit up one of the local bars. Parkade is a hole in the wall bar with a kickass atmosphere. Rock it. That simple.
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