Robes photo by v.c.
Girl About Town first caught Robes at their show opening to a packed audience for Little Joy and The Dead Trees earlier this month. The band's name is safer assumed than thoughtful: “We were recording demos in our bathrobes, because our heater wasn’t working,” said Shafer. “So we started to [call ourselves] the Robes.” (Litty Samuel, AroundPhilly.com) The five-piece based out of Philly and Wilkes-Barre has only recently released their debut EP for free download via their myspace page, but you can also pick up the hand-printed cardboard digipak at their show straight from the band if you prefer to keep it old-school and support the artist in their future endeavors. All of the songs on The Breaks EP portray a young band who is off and running with a very impressive start for only having been together for a year. Wearing their second-generation Brit-pop and rock influences on their sleeves, the band has a lead-singer/front-man who prefers the microphone to the guitar, only further cementing any comparisons to a Stone Roses or Ride-era neu Oasis hip-sway. Utilizing samples and a euphoric sense of delivery, the EP opener How Do You Do It? swirls to a soaring guitar crescendo, while The Breaks begins at a lower point bringing the EP back to earth with its near-angry outburst "but my god, why do I keep fucking up?" making heavy room for the familiar Cobain/Oasis adage (see: Neil Young's My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)) eventually stating, "it's better to burn out than to fade away". Their anthem comes in a fitting ending track, with the shoegaze and jarring finale of the aptly titled "I'm Floating On You". If The Breaks EP is just the beginning for Robes, we can't wait to see how they develop.
Track Listing for The Breaks EP
01 How Do You Do It?
02 The Breaks
03 Fishtales
04 Another Drink
05 I'm Floating On You
View our exclusive photos of Robes, who recently opened for New York's Little Joy and Portland, Oregon-based rock group, The Dead Trees by clicking here.
Upcoming Robes Tour Dates:
Dec 26 The Cake Shop // New York NY
Dec 27 BAR // Wilkes-Barre PA
Dec 28 Velvet Lounge // Washington DC
Dec 29 Bar Noir // Philadelphia PA
Robes - myspace
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