Randy and Johnny's new band!
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INDIE AVENUE SPOTLIGHT : JUNE/JULY ISSUE --thankyou so much, Awaken Magazine.
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THE BIOGRAPHY: [by: Myke Harrison]
Follow the career arc of Canadas latest critical
darling, Berlington, and you'll see that their career
looks less like an arc and more like a straight line
upward.
If you could look them up in the dictionary, they
might show up like this: {Berlington: n. Rock band,
located north of the 49th parallel. Hyper-intense
brand of original rock.} But you're more likely to
find Berlington on a map, charting their way across
the continent, playing show after show, with bands
that include Hawk Nelson, Seventh Day Slumber, Kids in
the Way, Spoken, Chasing Victory, Last Tuesday and
Staple. The spy satellites couldn't possibly keep up
with all the territory they cover up and down the
interstate.
Somehow Berlington has managed to retain the energy
and enthusiasm of a brand-new band, while displaying
the poise and professionalism that only a veteran band
can bring. This proficiency has only increased as
theyve grown their tour-legs on such prestigious
festival stages as Cornerstone, Purple Door, Ichthus,
and Freedomfest.
But Berlington isn't just confined to playing
festival stages. They can shoe-horn their brawny
set-up into stages of all sizes, discriminating
against no venue that will provide them an opportunity
to showcase their spirited songs and tightly-wound
melodies. The band has been touring extensively,
building up a fan base under the moniker Trouble with
Ferguson. But the new year brought about a change in
direction and, with it, a change of names. TWF became
Berlington, and they haven't looked back since,
logging miles in numbers that can only be matched by
their muscular CD sales (which have reached close to
3,000, independently since last November).
The word buzz clings to this band like a price tag
to your pants. In the May/June 06 issue of HM
magazine, Berlington made the Pick Of The Litter
page. A good voice and solid playing are great to
listen to. Doug Van Pelt (HM). Awaken magazine
featured the band on their Indie Avenue Spotlight
page for the June/July 06 issue. When all is said and
done, these guys have a well produced original sound
that takes clean vocals, combines them with catchy
guitar riffs, and fuses it all together to make none
other than Berlington. Douglas Shank (Awaken).
Despite their seemingly inevitable voyage to
notoriety, the members of Berlington (Johnny Simmen,
Randy Simmen and Jordan Dean) have managed to stay
focused, deferring to a higher power, and always
exploring the limits of truth and humility.
This manifests in the indie flavour of Berlington's
music, which combines rock with style to form a
sterling musical alloy of dynamic, elegant anthems
that swell and taper into muted piano refrains. Muted
refrains inflate into wall-of-guitar choruses that
propel you forward and back again. The sound is as
commanding as their presence on stage. In short,
Berlington is exploding, and all thats left to decide
is whether you want to get on the ship, or strain your
neck to watch them take off.
