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Having only seen their name on bills around the San Francisco
Bay Area for years, but never hearing or seeing the band
itself, we are completely surprised by the The
Morning Benders after actually taking in their
music. With a name like that, we are immediately thinking
of hard-drinking, stayin’ up all night on cocaine,
seasoned, if not pickled and preserved rocker dudes.
Oh no, my friend, this is not at all the case.
The Morning Benders is, in fact an incredibly youthful
frolicking foursome from Berkely, California who has
some amazing ability to create full, hooky, emotive,
amazing music for the quintessential indie rock fanatic.
Just listen to “Waiting for a War” once
and go ‘hmmm…’ Then listen to it again
and realize you will always love that amazing song after
just two brief listens.
That’s what these guys do throughout their debut
release, Talking Through Tin Cans
(May, 2008 on +1 Records).
While this is their first LP release, the band has
also amassed a 12-song “EP” of covers that
is available for free on their MySpace page. There’s
no doubt this prolific young group has a lot for us
to look forward to. First and foremost, however, they
will perform live and in the beautiful out of doors
with dozens of other spectacular acts at the Monolith
Festival at Red Rocks in Colorado Saturday, September
13, and at San Francisco’s Treasure Island Music
Festival on Sunday, September 21.
www.myspace.com/themorningbenders
www.themorningbenders.com
-Jef Hoskins | September 5, 2008
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