Reelin' In The Years

posted in: Artist Features • Rock

High school bands are a funny thing. You either look back on them years later and cringe, or you become Silverchair or Paramore. Rigby Fawkes, from Little Rock, Arkansas, has the youthful exuberance and proliferate influences of a band in its early years. And though sometimes it’s hard to follow their musical train of thought, their eclecticism and adventurousness keeps things interesting. Flight To Fatigue starts off sounding almost like an emotive The Album Leaf track, but soon enough, the band jumps off into an ambitious, multi-rhythmic jam that sounds like System of a Down meets Ben Folds. There are many moments here, and none of them are dull. For a more cohesive sound, try Gloomy Rainbow where front man Daniel Moody loosens a croon on par with Muse’s Matthew Bellamy. It’s theatrical, percussive, sepulchral ¦ and excellent. Rigby Fawkes have lots of ideas and plenty of talent. Time and focus will only make them more incredible.