Hey folks,
You should check out this band Coffinberry. They are from Cleveland, and they are really great. They have a new album out called "Coffinberry." I thought I'd promote it here because they are really awesome and local, but they should be a national act. I'll post some links, at least listen to a couple songs and see what you think:
Website:
www.coffinberry.org On LastFM:
http://www.last.fm/music/coffinberry/Coffinberry Myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/coffinberry
Emusic:
http://www.emusic.com/album/Coffinberry-Coffinberry-MP3-Download/11448455.html Here is some praise the album has received:
"Is this the best [Coffinberry have]? If it is, that is a feat that deserves the utmost praise and respect and, if not, then I am finding God and repenting because I never saw something this good in Cleveland’s future." -Dead Town Cleveland
"Days with Coffinberry’s self-titled full length were more than just some clichéd labor of love. It was an honor and a privilege. . . . The parts are normal, yet somehow the resultant whole is wonderfully refreshing, entrancing, and real." -Absolute Punk
"Coffinberry has actualized their sound, injecting some country reverb and lazy Lake Erie surfer vocals into the acid-rain rock of North Coast. . . . additional proof that there’s much more to Cleveland rock music than that Hall of Fame." -Agit Reader
"A fascinating bunch of roots-rockers, blue-collar folk stories and fuck-you love ballads, filtered and distorted to morph from acid folk into classic rock." -Cleveland Scene
"Tracks like 'Lorena' arrive like songs from their brethren 11th Dream Day, drenched with feedback undercurrents, driving pop, and early 1980’s Dylanesque rhythm . . ."
-Left of the Dial
"It’s clearly rock, rootsy and lyrical, fun and infectious. . . . Cleveland should be proud." -Berkeley Place
"It's one of those projects you look back on and thank god you ruined your life for music." -Cleveland recording engineer Mike McDonald on mixing the new Coffinberry LP