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Dogwood EP-2008
Above the River EP-2009
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The space where strip malls end and grass or moss begins holds tense questions. Near channel this tension into crashing songs dominated by melodic wall-of-sound guitars, thoughtful lyrics and hooks intended to haunt for days.
The songs are fawns birthed by Luke Hensleigh who cut his musical teeth in the late nineties in Champaign, Il when Braid, The Poster Children, and Hum were turning the town’s music scene on its head. After fronting a regionally successful band in the midwest, he has now formed a collection of experienced and purposeful musicians called Near in the Austin area.
The result is demonstrated in the Above the River EP which was recorded in late 2008. The songs are innovative but also lean on influences such as Dinosaur Junior, Pinback, Mazzy Star, Deftones and Band of Horses. Guitars build layers of melodies heightened by keyboard sounds ranging from organic organs to spacey synths all underpinned with percussive pop sensibility. Let us rock intelligently and beautifully.
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