Artist description The trio comes across with a unique, ubiquitous pop style while maintaining honesty, humor, and upbeat tones.WLN is an awesome statement about relationships exploring the highs and the lows. Listeners will find that they can relate to the lyrics and melodies of having life push you and making choices about how to come through it. WLN is all about having struggles, dealing with them, gettingover them, and maybe, if you are lucky, capitalizing on those struggles. So who’s laughing now…

Music Style Pop Rock

Musical Influences Counting Crows, Matchbox Twenty, Eve 6, U2

Similar Artists Matchbox Twenty, Eve 6, U2

Artist History Sometimes, breaking up is good to do. By December of 1999, Joe Henry had just written his first songs, inspired by the messy demise of a relationship. Literally armed only with “three chords and the truth”, the fledgling guitarist displayed a keen sense of melody and bracingly honest lyricism. Corralling his younger brother Derek to take up keyboards, Joe set his sights on recording the tunes just for art’s sake. The Henry brothers enlisted childhood friend and former cover-band mate Scott Boaz to play drums. Of course, there was the matter of convincing him to charge a kit on his credit card as he was on a two-year hiatus from playing. From these seemingly unlikely beginnings sprung Who’s Laughing Now, a raw but energetic record of unabashed garage pop. Inspired by the positive reception to their record, Adam’s Attic began to play as many live shows as they could book. Despite its ragged production values (owing to the whopping 15 hours spent tracking it), WLN caught the attention of alternative radio industry veteran, Christian Unruh (former Music Director of WZRH 106.1 The Zephyr and FastBand.com), whose ability to “hear a hit” is now unquestioned. Unruh directed former Deadeye Dick frontman, Caleb Guillotte, towards the young trio. Guillotte first saw the band at a dive bar during the height of the New Orleans carnival season in 2001, thus, began the partnership that has now produced Adam’s Attic, the band’s eponymous second release. The music is now as nuanced and compelling as Joe Henry’s vocal melodies and as passionate and revelatory as his lyrics. The last year and a half has also allowed the band to focus their unbridled enthusiasm into a tight, energetic live show that thrives on Adam’s Attic’s refreshingly positive worldview. Finally, a band that doesn't retreat into the tired well of angst and despair yet still exudes passion, power, and rock and roll sexiness...

Group Members Adam's Attic is a pop rock trio from New Orleans featuring brothers Joe and Derek Henry and their childhood friend Scott Boaz. Joe Henry (lead vocals and guitar), Derek Henry (keyboards and vocals), and Scott Boaz (drums)

Instruments guitar, keyboards, drums

Albums Adam's Attic

Press Reviews "Adam's Attic is pumping out the sort of polished guitar pop that generally requires a much longer gestation period." -Times Picayune, "Local Rock", New Orleans, LA, 01/04/02. "The new album (Adam's Attic) is a collection of neatly packaged, radio-ready originals. Adam's Attic continues to hone their energetic live show." -Gambit Weekly, "Best Bets of the Week", New Orleans, LA, 01/01/02.

Location New Orleans, Louisiana - USA

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