The Four Wise Men

posted in: Artist Features • Rock

Les Sages is a band of four brothers, which makes them even more genetically formidable than Tennessee’s Kings of Leon. Hailing from Seattle, Washington, the group is comprised of Joe, Andrew, Peter and Kris Larson, all of whom share vocal duties with uncanny likeness. Currently signed to Deep Elm Records, Les Sages purveys moody, elegant rock for les misérables. Tricks begins with a brooding piano dirge. The melody unfolds slowly and methodically”lumbering through cryptic phrases like By the time it took me to take my pills, she left me for a spy. Like watching a psychological thriller, you’re rapt, but on tenterhooks. Driver of the Hearse cracks the whip, shaking off the mood with an angular guitar salvo and fitful percussion. Things get more élégant with the spacious ballad, Mumbled, where a dusty trumpet note and glistening keys ratchet up the emotion. Les sages means the wise in French. Be wise, and give these guys a try.