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About Me

Ska music is not a genre easily defined. To the uninitiated, the word provokes an image of a punk band with a horn section. Well The Brentford Sound hopes to initiate you.
Taking their cues not from the punk-ska bands with which you might be familiar, The Brentford Sound instead draws their inspiration from the original rhythms of 1960's Jamaica. On top of driving, move-your-ass dance beats built on heavy basslines and offbeat drumming, The Brentford Sound lays stick-in-your-head horn parts and nfectious, soulful vocal melodies that recall all the best elements of that first wave of Jamaican ska.
But again, this Sound remains hard to define. For The Brentford Sound, that Sixties island sound is merely the starting line. As a whole, this band fleshes out it's Sound with the interests of its individual members. In this Sound, you might catch elements of early rock 'n roll, or 60's Motown soul. Of course there is jazz, New Orleans or otherwise. Maybe there's a touch of rhythm and blues in there. There's even some latin flavor; salsa, boogaloo, what-have-you. And yes, you might even catch a country lick or two.
But the rhythm is the thing. The Brentford Sound takes those roots rhythms and tacks them to that Caribbean beat and builds a sound all their own. Catch on now, it's a brand new wave.
Tell us what you think!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/14/2007
Band Members: Maria: Vocals, Trumpet
Seamus: Saxophone
Andrew: Trombone
Russell: Organ
Mike: Guitar
John: Bass
Scott: Drums

Influences: The Slackers, Hepcat, Westbound Train, Stubborn All-Stars, Table 9, The Adjusters, The Clash, The Heptones, The Skatalites, Toots And The Maytals, The Aggrolites
Sounds Like: Reggae Reggae!
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Demos and Podcasts and More Excitement

We've got FOUR demo tracks posted now! None of these songs is in it's finished state yet, and each one is in a different state of "completitude" if you will. But we think that between the four of them...
Posted by The Brentford Sound on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:23:00 PST

Really big changes...

So.. Scotty got married! But then a bunch of bad crap happened. Solomon departed.. and so did Patrick.. and then Randall... But we soldier on! Mike is rocking the guitar for us, and Andrew likewise o...
Posted by The Brentford Sound on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:01:00 PST