JAMES FORIER
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"EVER PRESENT BRUISE LEAVES A MARK ON SOMEPLACE ELSE"

" AS THE NIGHT CONTINUED, EVER PRESENT BRUISE TREATED THE CROWD TO A TRULY UNIQUE BLEND OF TRIPPY, GROOVE ORIENTED ROCK. AS A THREE PIECE, THE BAND OFTEN REMINDED ONE OF EARLIER PROGRESSIVE GROUPS SUCH AS CREAM AND RUSH WHILE ALSO DEMONSTRATING SOME OF THE QUIRKINESS ASCRIBED TO LATTER GROUPS SUCH AS PRIMUS. FEATURING THE PERCUSSIVE SIX STRING ATTACK AND VOCALS OF JAMES FORIER, THE BAND COMBINED THE BEST ELEMENTS OF 60'S BLUES BASED ROCK WITH 70'S PROGRESSIVE. THE GROUP'S DAZZLING DISPLAY OF MUSICIANSHIP CAPTURED THIER AUDIENCE AND WOULD HAVE SENT ANY MUSICIAN STRAIGHT BACK TO THE "SHED".
THE BAND'S SET FEATURED A ZAPPA-ISH EXERCISE IN CREATIVITY IN "BLOODY STREETS", THE PSYCHEDELIC FUNK OF "FOR REASONS UNKNOWN", AND "WHEN I'M DEAD". OF PARTICULAR NOTE WAS THE SOLO WORK OF GUITARIST JOSE, WHOSE PLAYING OFTEN SOUNDED LIKE A LEFTOVER FROM EARLY JEFF BECK MASTERWORKS SUCH AS "BLOW BY BLOW". HIS MASTERFUL USE OF FRETBOARD AND TONE WAS APPRECIATED BY AN AWESTRUCK CROWD.
LIKE MANY OF EPB'S SONGS, ONE OF THE BAND'S FINAL SELECTIONS, "OUT OF THE VOID", FEATURED BOTH A LIKABLE GROOVE AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING LYRICS. AS FORIER SANG" TAKE WITH YOU MY WORDS SPREAD THEM IF YOU CHOOSE, I'VE BEEN BORN TO REVEAL THE SOUL I HAVE WITHIN," ONE COULD NOT HELP BUT FEEL INSPIRED BY ITS SPIRITUAL CONNOTATION. LOOK FOR THE DEBUT OF EVER PRESENT BRUISE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS...........................................JOHN P. ZATWARNICKI - GOOD TIMES MAGAZINE ISSUE 907


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SELF TITLED EP- EVER PRESENT BRUISE
SELF TITLED EP- JAMES FORIER

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JAMES FORIER IS A SINGER/SONGWRITER, GUITARIST, AND BASSIST WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED ON LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK.HE HAS PAID HIS DUES IN VARIOUS BANDS SUCH AS EULOGY, MILK AND EVER PRESENT BRUISE. HEARD OVER THE AIRWAVES OF SEVERAL LOCAL RADIO STATION'S, FORIER'S MOST RECENT WORK WITH EVER PRESENT BRUISE RECEIVED AIRPLAY ON NEW YORK'S WBAB, 102.3 FM, AS A SPOTLIGHT ARTIST. WHILE ENJOYING VARIOUS DEGREES OF SUCCESS, FORIER HAS HONED THE ART OF SONGWRITING, AND HAS EMERGED AS A PROMISING SOLO ARTIST WITH HIS DEBUT ACOUSTIC ROCK ALBUM.
STRONGLY FEATURED ON THIS IMPRESSIVE DEBUT RELEASE ARE THE PASSIONATE, SOULFUL VOCALS OF FORIER. HIS SOOTHING HARMONIC CHORDS, AND MEMORABLE HOOKS STAND OUT IN HIS WELL CRAFTED SONGS. WHEN LISTENING TO THE FIRST SONG , "AVENUE OF ESCAPE", ONE CAN NOT HELP BUT FEEL THE UNIVERSAL HEARTFELT MESSAGE RESONATE WITHIN. ALSO FEATURED ON "MY SECOND TIME AROUND", IS A CAMEO APPEARENCE ON THE SAXOPHONE BY LOCAL LEGEND, AND PRODUCER CRISPY CHICKEN,(AKA CHRIS LAYBOURNE).
JAMES FORIER IS CURRENTLY SHOPPING HIS DEMO TO FIND THE RIGHT MUSIC LABEL WHO CAN NOT ONLY HEAR HIS POTENTIAL AS A BREAKOUT STAR, BUT WHO CAN ALSO HELP HIM REALIZE HIS LIFELONG MUSICAL GOAL. FUELED BY A DEEP PASSION AND PURE LOVE OF MUSIC, JAMES CONTINUALLY STRIVES TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS WHILE INSPIRING OTHERS.