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For Echocast's songwriting nucleus of brothers David Mast (vocals) and Adam Redding (guitar), having a fully loaded band is a strange but refreshing feeling. Starting with their first musical project, a band called Seven, which was based in Tennessee, the brothers have had a constantly changing bass and drum lineup. For their second album ("Supernova," Freedom Records), they were known as Redline, and Redding was even forced to play the bass. Luckily, after "Supernova's" release in 2000, Sean Clark (bass) and Jaren Johnston (drums) became permanent members of the band. The effects were immeasurable.
Both huge Radiohead fans, the rhythm team of Johnston and Clark added musical depth and energy that the band had never experienced before. With drumming influences including funk, jam, and even country, Johnston soon proved that he could rock as hard as the rest of the band, while using his varied influences to help push the music in new directions. And Clark, formerly a lead guitarist for the band Valid, brought a chord-player's style to Echocast's bass sound that went far beyond merely keeping pace with the kick drum.
Finally feeling complete, the band set out on a tour that would take them through 31 states and Canada supporting "Supernova." They played every night possible. The tour was successful and resulted in seven singles hitting rock charts and college radio. The band also appeared twice on network television. The most exciting part for the band, however, was seeing the enthusiasm of the fans, people mouthing the words to a song while David sang, or approaching the band after a show to say how a much a song meant to them.
"Where The Future Ends" marks a transition for members of the group who started playing for fun. Aside from the new name and artist-friendly new label, the band has adopted a confident new attitude. They are fueled by a source as powerful as the radioactive element in their name and ready to explode on the national scene. Echocast is ripping up the road to success. |
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Industry Review of Ignite
Category IRB Review Score
Music: Confident powerful inventive rock music with good dynamics strong performances all round and great mood and texture, for those who like rock music this is a treat. 8
Lyrics: A well crafted and somewhat poetic exploration of how another person can help the creative mind strike some kind of balance between grand thoughts and less ethereal but equally essential emotions that bring you back to earth, at least that's my take on the words. . 8
Arrangement &Production: Excellent work all round; a very interesting and not so cliché arrangement with great sounds and good use of space and good balance. As a producer there's not much If anything I'd be tempted to change and this is a rare feeling for me. 9
Lead Vocal: You handle both the moodier verses and the powerful chorus' with confidence, good expression and a distinctive soulful sound, well done 8
Musicianship: Top notch all round with particularly impressive guitar work that hits the mark in terms of balance between simple powerful chords and inventive melodic lines, very cool. 9
Originality: As always I could draw comparisons and guess influences but there is more than enough in the way of creativity and unique signature sound and style to earn the tag of originality. 7
Marketability: I can't see any reason why this track isn't at least as marketable as most of the comparable rock music in the charts or movie soundtracks today. 9
General Comments: Great work all round, all the signs are there for me to predict good things for this artist, from there on it depends on the depth of material and luck. I wish you the best of luck. Average Score8.286 |
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Location:
Nashville TN, USA
Echocast Website
efp@xsrecords.com
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