Eyes Like 20
Birmingham, Alabama, United States | Established. Jan 01, 2011 | SELF
Music
Press
"When we opened their submission email it was like hard rock angels graced our office. One click that was easy to find, and we cranked up the first tune LOUD and by the third song, everyone was banging their heads to the beats and there you have it…we had found our next Indie Band of the Week.
So, take note other bands. If you don’t make it easy for people like us (press), talent buyers, labels, etc. – then you are going to be overlooked. You may be the best fucking band on the planet, but 99% of the time the person you were trying to get to listen to your songs, already hit the “delete” button 10 seconds into your email. Learn from the hard-working, gigging guys of Eyes Like 20 that not only know how to rock a house, but also rock their brand, music and themselves as a business!" - Rock Revolt Magazine
"When we opened their submission email it was like hard rock angels graced our office. One click that was easy to find, and we cranked up the first tune LOUD and by the third song, everyone was banging their heads to the beats and there you have it…we had found our next Indie Band of the Week.
So, take note other bands. If you don’t make it easy for people like us (press), talent buyers, labels, etc. – then you are going to be overlooked. You may be the best fucking band on the planet, but 99% of the time the person you were trying to get to listen to your songs, already hit the “delete” button 10 seconds into your email. Learn from the hard-working, gigging guys of Eyes Like 20 that not only know how to rock a house, but also rock their brand, music and themselves as a business!" - Rock Revolt Magazine
Discography
Still working on that hot first release.
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Bio
Heavy groove That is how Eyes Like 20, generally describes their music. Hard and heavy alternative rock with a prominent groove is the dominating characteristic behind their music. Based out of Birmingham, Alabama, they have recorded their first full length album, entitled Magicicada, and are backing it up by performing wherever the tide carries them. We want this album to rattle your bones, is how Richey Boyd (guitar) describes the impact he hopes the album will have on listeners. When we opened their submission email, it was like hard rock angels had graced our office is how Rock Revolt Magazine described their music.
Magicicada could be described as an album twenty years in the making. The band first formed while 3 of the 5 band members were in college. The clich band problems happened, they went their separate ways, and reunited 17 years later to try again, older and wiser. A lot of things happen to people in 17 years and all of it comes out in the music Eyes Like 20 writes: happiness, anger, sadness, loss, elation, disappointment, its all in there. Just like the cicada takes 17 years to mature and emerge, so goes the story of Eyes Like 20, is how Jonathan Lucas (vocals) describes both the story of the band and the inspiration behind the albums title.
The album was entirely self-funded and self-produced by the members of Eyes Like 20 with the help of recording engineer Bradley Timko of Avondale Sound and mastering engineer Jason Elgin of Synchromesh Studio. All recording, mixing, and mastering were done in the bands hometown of Birmingham, Alabama.
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