The Dry Season

Let me begin by saying that I thought that I would only have time to listen to a few tracks at first and go back later because I had work things to do that I needed to concentrate on. Once I began listening those few tracks turned into me listening to the whole album in the first sitting. My favorite track on the album was “Takeover” because they incorporate somewhat “strangely” relaxing , distorted guitars with some sludge and a little electronic edge to it. You’ll be moving your head in no time. On the other hand the track “The Car” reminded me a bit to much of meditation music, with added “noise” to it. Meaning it’s all just a deep, slightly eery and very tribal sounding bass like beat. The track “Three Shades “is similar, but its more fast pace, with the lyrics and it incorporates some awesome sounds and a steady beat.







This album is watchfully engineered to deliver to us several constant radio-friendly hits. The songs are not roughly produced garage tunes in the least. The use of instruments besides the traditional drums, bass, and guitar make this band a great listen. It's clear, however, that the songwriting will be key to this band's future, I really enjoyed them but wish they had more lyrics so that you can sing along. The formula that is on this CD works well, it’s balancing the alt-rock with thoughtful lyrics and psychedelic feel.




There is obviously a decent amount of talent in The Dry Season it’s a highly emotionally charged album. I would recommend it for a listen.
- Now Tune In

Do you like being dazzled?

Stupid fucking question right? Of course you do.

We all like being dazzled, enticed, excited, aroused, tantalized, tickled and blown the Fuck away.

Its not often that it happens all at the same time, its some white rhino shit. Well the self titled album by The Dry Season will do all of the above throughout the course of the record, many usually 3 or more at once.

The Dry Season is a slow, dark and dense album that builds and builds often exploding in an over the top gusher of buzz saw guitars that sound like they were plucked out of a particularly heavy riff from hey day of the new age of British metal, before falling back into the airy vocal cushion and groovy atmosphere that built it up in the first place. Often times repeating the cycle several times in a track. It gives everything a feeling of extra epicness.

Is that a word?

If not it is now. As is epicy which is how I would describe this album to a dick asking for a one word review. The Dry Season sound like they are making the type of important music that might not get them mass acceptance and automobiles, but it feels as though it is the type of shit that the next generation of important bands will dissect and nash their teeth on.

It is grand in scope, its depth seems bottomless, it soars in all the right ways and it is timid when it needs to be and absolutely brutal enough to drown out the bat shit crazy crack head that is putting on a show forcing the riding public to use one half of the subway car I'm writing this in.

That is some powerful shit.

- SYFFAL

Let me begin by saying that I thought that I would only have time to listen to a few tracks at first and go back later because I had work things to do that I needed to concentrate on. Once I began listening those few tracks turned into me listening to the whole album in the first sitting. My favorite track on the album was “Takeover” because they incorporate somewhat “strangely” relaxing , distorted guitars with some sludge and a little electronic edge to it. You’ll be moving your head in no time. On the other hand the track “The Car” reminded me a bit to much of meditation music, with added “noise” to it. Meaning it’s all just a deep, slightly eery and very tribal sounding bass like beat. The track “Three Shades “is similar, but its more fast pace, with the lyrics and it incorporates some awesome sounds and a steady beat.





This album is watchfully engineered to deliver to us several constant radio-friendly hits. The songs are not roughly produced garage tunes in the least. The use of instruments besides the traditional drums, bass, and guitar make this band a great listen. It's clear, however, that the songwriting will be key to this band's future, I really enjoyed them but wish they had more lyrics so that you can sing along. The formula that is on this CD works well, it’s balancing the alt-rock with thoughtful lyrics and psychedelic feel.


There is obviously a decent amount of talent in The Dry Season it’s a highly emotionally charged album. I would recommend it for a listen.
- Now Tune In

Every once in a while we advise you to drop everything and check something out. This is one of those times. Check out one of the latest Album by The Dry Season. Do it. Do it. - Clicky Clicky Music Blog

At first listen, the songs come across as a massive wall of sound. However, the music is deceptive, because you realize that tucked into The Dry Season are one of the most exciting new discoveries in years and, should the nu-gaze scene come to fruition as it keeps on threatening to do, they'll be heading it up.
The immensity of the sound is a vulnerability, only it's all wrapped up inside huge guitar chords, powerful drumming, and vocals that are hiding in a haze just beneath the surface. - Culture Delux

a corking four-piece from Texas who recall the glory years of Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine and Drop Nineteens. I absolutely love them, and listening to this EP made me feel 17 all over again; the distorted mess of gorgeous, fuzzy guitars and buried vocals replicating the confusion that reigned in my nascent, addled mind at that time."
- White Noise Revisited

The Dry Season's set is one of the most enthralling we've witnessed in a long while, and without doubt one of the highlights of the entire weekend."
- Drouned in Sound

The Dry Season from Austin, Texas is one of those rare bands that combine a psychedelic-rock sensibility with the hypnotic vocals to produce music that you can play for hours. Sammy Ragland’s guitar and Madelyn Carr’s vocals in songs like “Follow Me Down”, “Perfect Lie”, and “Three Shades” are simply mesmerizing. Add Cody Modro’s bass and Alex Salinas’s drums, and we’re ready to buy the band’s new album and follow their tour from Texas to California in August! For now, though, listen to them on IMRadio. MC Rydel - IM Radio

Debut album from Austin, Texas based band that began in March of 2008 as a psychedelic, post rock, nu-gaze group combining atmospheric trip hop, swirling effects-drenched guitar, haunting female vocals and tight dynamic arrangements.

The band are Sammy Ragland (lead guitar/synth); Madelyn Carr (vocals/synth/guitar); Alex Salinas (drums/programs) and Cody Modro (bass). Lead guitarist comments, “I started the band in 2008 and we were initially an instrumental band. Many of the early songs (4 songs on the album) were instrumentals that we have written vocals to after we added a singer. Madelyn was actually the second singer we had. She joined a year and a half ago. I wrote most of the music and she’s written most of the vocals. There are a lot of influences; Boards of Canada, Slowdive, Mogwal, Blonde Redhead, Aphex Twin”.

There is a highly expansive cinematic quality to their music which is well reflected in their extraordinary videos. This is a band that deserves a much greater exposure. Highly recommended.

The Dry Season/The Dry Season (Audio Vision)
Review: Lee Edwards
- Electric Ghost UK Ejournal