Like A Rocket
Often compared to earlier Who/The High Numbers and later Alex Chilton, Like A Rocket mix great Alt-Pop with deep cut NOLA R&B to bake a blisteringly funky cake. A serious love of dancing and rhythm, the songs, fast or slow, have something to move your body. At the same time the lyrics are extremely personal, about broken relationships with mates, band mates and the surrounding world of politics and dissatisfaction. You find yourself grooving along while picking up on choruses that speak to the world around you
Led by singer/guitarist Speedy Gray, Like A Rocket is a dynamo live. Dancing around tempos and dynamics, seeing them was like seeing a band that I could say ”I saw them when”
Eb and flow like waves crashing on a beach, Gray engaged the audience with stories and a demand to get up and get involved, both on the dance floor and tomorrow when the show was over.
Gray is an award wining songwriter getting nods from heavy hitters such as NPR’s nationally broadcast Mountain Stage. I found that even the lighter poppy fare like ”Every Time Sweet” had a deeper pathos that I didn’t expect. Politics also weigh heavy in Gray’s songs, a demand that we take action to make our lives count. Definitely check this band out now!
MySpace.com/LikeARocketmusic
SpeedyGray.com
Boise, ID 83703
Filed Under: Metal / Punk, R&B / Hip-Hop, Rock / Alternative
