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Mobjack

Tariffville, Connecticut, United States | SELF

Tariffville, Connecticut, United States | SELF
Band Rock Americana

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"Local Bands Give Greater Hartford Scene a Boost With Canton Concert"

Headliner <a href="http://mobjackmusic.com/">Mobjack</a> played a set of grainy alt-country songs adorned with fiddle and pedal steel guitar. The band, fronted by Windsor resident Keller Glass, got off to a tentative start, but seemed to gain in confidence after a nervy cover of “16 Days” by the ’90s alt-country band Whiskeytown.

Whiskeytown’s plaintive Americana was a clear touchstone, though Glass sang tunefully in flat Midwestern tones familiar to fans of the singer-songwriter Freedy Johnston.

Mobjack performed a mix of songs from the band’s first album, last year’s “Clean Slate,” and a new album the group hopes to release in August. The band ended the show on a particularly strong note with the one-two combination of “Northern Town,” a lilting tune with gleaming interplay between fiddle and steel guitar, and “Stammer,” a dusty, sunny song with a sturdy backbeat and sweet high harmonies on the chorus from bassist Robert Ashley.
- Hartford Courant


"Nashville Engineer Digs"

I've never heard anything like this. It's really good stuff. - RainKingRecording.com


"Myspace fan sums it up"

"Damn...you guys sound GREAT......Neil Youngish......CSNY......Pop/country-like but not country.....a REAL nice sound!" - Unknown


"Brad Pemberton gives a thumbs-up!"

"Nice one Steve...cool song! B" - Facebook Message


"Hartford DJ Gives the Thumbs Ups"

You make some good, solid, accessible music! Keep at it.

–Andy Zeldin, DJ
WWUH, Hartford, CT - WWUH


Discography

Tangled, Live at WHUS - 1/11
Dandelions, Live - 12/11
Matter of Fact, Single - 10/11
Clean Slate - 7/10
Tail Dragger, Single - 6/10
Tragedy Bound, Single - 5/10
Running Backwards, Single - 4/10
Walked Away too Fast, Single - 3/10
Come Around, Singe - 2/10
Northern Town, Single - 1/10
Stammer, Single - 12/09
The High, Single - 11/09
Argonne, EP - 7/09

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Mobjack is a mess of contradictions. The group alternates fluidly between delicate acoustic pieces and raucous, electric rock, blending Southern and indie references into a distinct sound. They are modern yet derivative; too rock for country, to country for rock, too straight for indie, and too indie for mainstream.

Mobjack released Clean Slate in August of 2010 and received effusive praise from area DJs. The album is at once deeply grounded in classic American archetypes and clearly modern, unbeholden to simple forms or categorization.  Songs like In the Dark and Walked Away Too Fast offer a twanged indie rock while Argonne showcases Glass' distinct songwriting as it chronicles the apocalyptic visions of a WWI veteran. Clean Slate is equal parts Crazy Horse and Band of Horses, a seamless blend of influences that inform the essence of Mobjack's sound: the aching duality of modern America, immersed in the past yet moving inexorably forward.

Since the release, Mobjack has been playing constantly including opening up for national touring acts like Foghat and Blue Oyster Cult as well as splitting bills with other talented bands in the resurgent Hartford rock scene. They've also started tracking their sophomore effort.