Category: Bands/Comps/Splits
Sick Pills at Pour Farm
with Willy Mason and Mike Hefferman
Pour Farm
Purchase St
New Bedford, Mass
9pm
The Noise Reviews Matt Fraza Band Flies Through The Dark
With heavy jazz elements and vocal effects, Matt Fraza creates a nostalgic, classic rock sound. The use of the harmonica and melodic electric guitar support Fraza’s vocals. Admittedly, the vocals do not sound the strongest and the clear effects on his voice feel forced.
The lyrics tend to create a story and “I Don’t Want It” sounds like Fraza is just talking to the listener with some instruments supporting him. The instruments are very reflective of songs one would classify as classic rock, but there does not seem to be too much modernity in his songs.
At times, the EP feels a bit bland, at least vocally. “Deep” focuses mostly on Fraza’s voice, which fall a bit flat in front of the calm guitar work. The emotion in his voice is there, it just needs to be brought to the surface.
“Drugs” is a better track, evident of the potential for a more passionate song. This song sees a heavier sound with honest lyrics about Fraza’s friends supposedly dying due to drugs.
The drums are a crucial component of Fraza’s sound and are varied throughout. “Circle” has a stronger element of the cymbals and this adds some distinction between the other tracks.
With strong instrumentation courtesy of electric guitars and cymbal-heavy drums, Flies Through The Dark provides a solid classic rock sound.
The Callouts at Dusk
with Weakened Friends, Heartsick Satellite, The Deadly Desert
Dusk
301 Harris Ave
Providence, RI
9pm
Tall Teenagers at Dusk
with St James & the Apostles, The End Men, Blackletter
Dusk
301 Harris Ave
Providence, RI
9pm
Jets Can’t Land at AS220
with No Recall, Downtown at Dawn, and Karis Owen
AS220
115 Empire Street
Providence, RI
9pm
The Callouts at Home Plate
with Zero Holds, Sean Carney (GC of The Scandals)
Home Plate
1094 Bay St
Tauton, Mass
8pm
Free
Black Oil Incinerator at Dusk
with PsychoTropics, Zip-Tie Handcuffs, and Creaturos.
Dusk
301 Harris Ave
Providence, RI
9pm
Jodie Treloar at The Grange
with John Fuzak
The Grange
Providence, RI
8pm
Bill Keough You’ll Disappear, Just Like They All Do
75OL-255 Bill Keough – You’ll Disappear, Just Like They All Do
$8.00 S&H Included
Digital download and streaming available here
Track Listing
1 – I Am The Lighthouse
2 – Beds
3 – Gentle Smile
4 – The Battle For Feelings
5 – Things Have Been Going On
6 – I’m Taking Off
7 – Drink Myself Into The Pavement
8 – Maybe It’s Just You
9 – Audrey Meadows
10 – If You Were Perfect, You’d Be Boring
11 – You’ll Disappear, Just Like They All Do
Produced by Kraig Jordan at Plan of a Boy in Providence, RI
Mastered by Tom Buckland
A bastard child of PJ Harvey and Bob Mould; a darker, sketchier Frank Black with inside your head vocals and cross-hatched riffs; a heavy handed Mark Bolan out on the town drinking by himself… Bill Keough: a long time fixture in the RI music scene as both a promoter and musician, this is the follow up to his 2014 solo release “The Slow Get Up”.