Artist description Four talented young guys who will blow you away with their infections songs and clever hooks.

Music Style Ultra-Post-Modern Alternative Power pop.

Musical Influences Everything But the Girl, Ben Folds Five, Elvis Costello, Kevin Gilbert, Weezer and The Lemonheads

Similar Artists The Lemonheads, Goo Goo Dolls, Third Eye Blind, Foo Fighters,Smashing Pumpkins, Jane’s Addiction, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Guster, Weezer and Bob Mould

Artist History Just formed in the fall of 1998, Playing for Audrey is now beginning to play live shows all over the Boston live music scene. NEXT SHOW: The Kirkland Cafe/Club Bohemia in Somerville, MA on Friday, June 25 - go to http://www.playingforaudrey.com for more details.

Group Members Matt McCarthy - vocals & guitar Mike Grabowski - guitar & backup vocals Mike Sansoucy - bass guitar & backup vocals Nathan Wood - drums

Instruments lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass guitar, drums

Albums 3 song promo CD recorded at Fort Apache Studios in Cambridge, MA in April 1999

Press Reviews The Noise Magazine March 1999 issue 3 Song Demo CD (recorded 12/98) Reviewer: Joel Simches This newly formed Boston band, comprised of songwriter/guitarist Matt McCarthy, lead guitarist Mike Grabowski, bassist Mike Sansoucy and drummer Nathan Wood tries really hard to please with this three-song demo. This is definitely a songwriter's pop band, melding clever hooks and tight harmonies with storyteller words and melodies. If you are into bands like Ramona Silver, Scatterfield, Ben Folds Five, Goo Goo Dolls and Lemonheads, then this band shall rock your little world. To my ears, this band sounds like Bob Mould, if he were the lead singer for Ramona Silver. It's kinda hard to pick out a standout song from the three presented here, because first of all a three song demo is likely to have the three best songs a band could do, and second of all because all three of them are great pop songs in their own right. I would love to hear these guys on a finished full length, possibly produced at Zippah by Pete Weiss or at Wooly Mammonth with Sir David Minehan. Not that the production on this CD is bad, but the band's true pop potential could be greatly enhanced by either of these talented producers. If you're a lover of good pop, this is a band that you'll want to check out. Song: Dead Reviewer: Doug Cornell, Someone Else's Problem MP3 Review Site (http://www.shianet.org/~dcornell/newmp3reviews.html) This song asks a question that few have the guts to ask. "What would you do if you thought that I was dead? Would you pick up the pieces of what you thought you had left?" I know I don't want some guy marrying my wife and taking my place around here. Carol has explicit instructions to give my '62 Melody Maker to my son. No one else can have it and I mean it. "Dead" begins with a bass plumping along slowly. Mike Grabowski's guitar is pleasantly understated and the vocals by Matt McCarthy start out sounding rather normal before suddenly bursting into a Weezer meets the Lemonheads sing-along chorus that will keep you humming for days. I admit that Weezer is one of my guilty pleasures and I never understood why they were panned in the press. If "Dead" is any example, then Playing for Audrey aren't as silly as Weezer, but have all of the instrumental and vocal chops that make bands like Weezer popular. Effective use of dynamics (I like the stop-start-stop guitar) and professional production make "Dead" hard not to like. I'd rather hear this on the local "alternative" radio station than 99% of the other crap they play. Download immediately.

Location Boston, MA - USA

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