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BRONCHO plays "Try Me Out Sometime" and "I Don't Really Want To Be Social" from Nathan Poppe on Vimeo.
The story on these guys is that their start was so casual that it didn't occur to them to start a band until after the songs were practically done. All they needed (strategically speaking) was for someone to move fast, so fast that bassist Ford booked their first show before the rest of the band knew about it.
My first impulse when I read this was to see if Ford was still a member. Not that I would think that they aren't seasoned professionals, timid for a first time gig at short notice. But it was just a fifteen minute set, and with a very supportive music scene, they have no reason to be nervous. Here is Dallas we've become familiar with BRONCHO since 2010, and even farther back when Ryan Lindsey was with the now defunct indie rock favorite The Starlight Mints.
The state of Texas could take a lesson on border security from our relationship with Oklahoma (just in case you need help, it's that state North of Texas), where the flow is talent is consistent, and not just with any bands but some of the best. BRONCHO is rightly in the same league as other OK greats, and in that climate, a band can't help but be raised right.
This band has the right natural rhythm to collaborate like they have. There's no reason to think they rush anything in their process. As a matter of fact, they've been talking up their sophmore release for a few years now but have only just re-released their critically acclaimed debut album "Can't Get Past The Lips"
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I'm sure they didn't mind being compared to seventies rock greats but, come on people! The seventies ended over thirty years ago. We need a clean slate where we accept BRONCHO for what they are, a band that's easily earning it's own way, on it's own terms. Sure, they have that three-chord punk simplicity, and it shows but that's as primal as a Teabilly in a white sheet. Just as natural as a Republican with a hunting license. Like a conservative and a red button in the same room. They're gritty and pretty at the same time, with a pop sensibility that makes their songs lighthearted and hearing them makes you feel good about life. You can't help but nod in agreement as they unravel a story through their song, telling you how it is.
Which reminds me that if you can corner some truth in your life and share that with others, it might be something that can only come with age, you can be patient and start a band anytime you want. Can you believe, I threw a bass guitar at a band mate one time? Boy oh boy, to have a chance to do that again But these guys are real and they formed and stayed together because they are.
I want to forget the fact that BRONCHO is the perfect opener for GOASTT at Club Dada tonight. I see these guys as real and steadfast a people as they come who have something real to say. I'm say that because I sure as shit can't stand the Beatles anymore. For my ear, I need to feel alive and not feel the looming presence of a great ghost.
DOWNLOAD:
“I Don't Really Want To Be Social",“Try Me Out Sometime” (3)*maybe this is there take on the flaming lips?"BRONCHO can't get past the lips" (http://blogs.ocweekly.com/heardmentality/2013/03/broncho_cant_get_past_the_lips.php)
"OKS Chatter: Ryan Lindsey" (http://www.okgazette.com/oklahoma/blog-preview-901-oks-chatter-ryan-lindsey.html)
NPR music: World Cafe (http://www.npr.org/2012/06/11/154776082/next-broncho)
4. Parade of Flesh presents . . .The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger / Broncho (http://www.paradeofflesh.com/event/517033-ghost-saber-tooth-tiger-dallas/)