STYLE LIKE REVELATORS
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The guys from local rock/blues band Style Like Revelators release their new album, "Be Righteous Be Rebels," Friday night at Audie's Olympic. To whet your appetite, they dropped off one cut with us that you can download for free below.
If you're into bands such as The White Stripes and The Black Keys, you might get into Style Like Revelators. Or if you're more of a fuzzy classic rock fan, you might want to add this to a playlist. Info below on the album release show.
- fresnobeehive
Young blues/rock band Style Like Revelators just had its big CD release a couple weeks back for "Changing Bones." And if you haven't checked them out, the boys are offering up a free download for Beehivers. This one is called "A Little Soul of My Own" and it's a guitar fueled-romp that fans of The White Stripes and The Black Keys may like.
If you're diggin' Style Like Revelators, go see 'em tonight at Audie's Olympic, playing with Smoke and Feathers and Lance Canales & The Flood. Also, they're playing at Iron Bird Cafe for Art Hop next Thursday. - frenobeehive.com
Fresno Band Style Like Revelators is made up of four 19-22-year-olds, but the music they're making sounds at least twice that.
Heavy with classic rock influence, the band mixes blues and rock in a way that ought to make White Stripes fans happy. They're also not afraid to bring a little harmonica to the party.
Started by brothers Christopher and Nicholas Navarro (who both play guitar and sing), Style Like Revelators also includes Matt Willis on bass and Zak Parrish on drums.
The band plays Tuesday at Starline, 831 Fern Ave., with Santa Barbara band Tommy & The High Pilots. Showtime is 9 p.m. Cover is $5. The band also has upcoming gigs at Audie's Olympic (on Feb. 5 and March 25) and Gottschalk Music (March 20).
We talked to the band to learn more about its style, its plans for an album and more:
Give us a CliffsNotes version of how the band got started.
Christopher and Nicholas started the band in 2007 after the end of their previous band, Babys On Fire. Matt and Zak joined the band in late 2008.
Describe your style and influences.
The style is bluesy rock and roll. Our influences include The Rolling Stones, Jack White, The Colour, The Mars Volta, The Faces and The Black Keys.
You guys are young dudes but have a definite classic rock influence; where does that come from? Your dads?
We were raised on bands like Aerosmith and The Stones so yeah, the classic stuff has a pretty noticeable presence in our sound.
What separates you from other rock bands in Fresno? Harmonica?
We wear cowboy boots when we play... The harmonicas help too.
How did you come up with the bands name?
We got the idea for the name from the White Stripes album "De Stijl" (French for The Style), The Sparrow Love Crew song "Style Like This," and the Son House song "John The Revelator."
I hear you guys are working on recording an album. What can you tell us? When should people expect it?
Yeah, we're recording a 13-track CD that should be available this February. We've put a lot of time and effort into it, and we've got two great local artists, Erik Beltran (erikbeltran.blogspot.com) and Bob Pero (bobbygord.tumblr.com), on board for the album art.
In exactly 13 words, tell us about your live performance.
A big ruckus in a little room, slow grind and a fast tune.
For more go to: myspace.com/stylelikerevelators - The Fresno Bee
Discography
Be Righteous Be Rebels (LP) released December, 2011.
Changing Bones (LP) released August, 2010.
Hallelujah To Ya (EP) released May, 2008.
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Style Like Revelators got their start in mid 2008 when brothers, Chris and Nick Navarro, wrote and recorded a few blues songs. The band was simply a two piece "ruckus" project. They got their influence for the stripped down sound from similar bands like The White Stripes, The Porch Ghouls, The Black Keys, and The Yeah Yeah Yeahs. However, not long after the release of their debut EP, "Hallelujah To Ya" they began playing with drummer, Zak Parrish, and bassist, Matt Willis. The new rhythm section gave the band a much tighter, hard rock vibe. The newly formed 4 piece Style Like Revelators then recorded their first LP. A 13 track album entitled "Changing Bones" released in August of 2010. The album carries a variety of genres including their original blues sound, the new hard rock sound, as well as some folk and classic rock thrown in the mix.
The band's most recent work is the 8 track LP, "Be Righteous Be Rebels" (December, 2011). This album displays a different sort of influence. Where the first projects were inspired primarily by bands with a two to three piece sound, this one was driven much more by the sounds of bands such as Them Crooked Vultures, The Mars Volta and The Dead Weather. It delivers a tasteful blend of blues, hard rock, psychedeic/stoner rock, and country.
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