duggup

Water Method

Have you ever discovered that you have been listening to a band for a couple of weeks and then suddenly realise that you have no idea how you found them? Meet  Water Method, I honestly don’t know how these guys ended up on my playlist, not a clue. Don’t get me wrong, I am having a ball listening to them, just no idea where they came from.

The songs are really simple, uncomplicated indie rock. Have a listen to “Earshot”, it is just a gorgeous piece, I love the guitars.

Here is large lump of stuff from their website

Water Method’s roots trace back to a Kindergarten classroom in Massachusetts where future drummer Mark Migdal and future guitarist Brian O’Connor bonded over Top Gun. Flash forward twelve years to Mark’s high school graduation where Brian and Mark jam for the first time with bass player and songwriter Jared Lipof (Mark’s older brother John’s friend). Water Method is born. Another three years and one instrumental album later Mark, Brian and Jared meet Jennifer Hall, opera singer and wanna be rocker, at a Mardi Gras party at John’s house in LA (Mark lived there now too). Jen joins the band and they start recording their first album with vocals. One small glitch, Brian still lives in Massachusetts and Jared lives in Oakland. Jared moves to LA, but Brian is in school and can’t make the move. He flies in periodically for recording sessions, but Water Method wants to play live. Enter Joe Lorigo, guitarist, another friend of John who also happened to be in the short-lived cover band Colonel Mustard with Jen and Mark. In 2004 the finally fully-formed Water Method begins rocking LA live at such venues as The Mint, The Joint, Molly Malone’s and The Roxy. Every once and a while all five members get together for a super show. Most recently Saturday, September 23rd, 2006 for the release of their second full-length album Uncle Snackbox and his Phantasmagorical Ripsnorter. A wide range of artists from the Beatles to Led Zeppelin, Elliot Smith to the The Mars Volta, Ella Fitzgerald to Fiona Apple influences their high-decibel, melodic rock.

You have to love rock and roll, really.

You Tube video of “Lovely Day”, it’s a cute clip…

Highly Recommended

Websites at www.myspace.com/watermethod and www.watermethod.net/

thatch is fascinated by guitars, music, guitars, production, silly noises, guitars and used to be a musician. Did I mention the thing about the guitars?
Email this author | All posts by thatch |