Those Mockingbirds Take Flight

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It’s an exciting week for OurStage artist Those Mockingbirds, who are debuting their new EP! The five-piece rock band from Montclair, NJ put out their first EP in 2010, and are releasing Fa Sol La tomorrow, September 13th. You might know the band for their cover of Fleetwood Mac‘s “The Chain”, which was featured in our Editor Picks back in April. But now, we’re excited to share our thoughts with you on their new music and what we’ve learned about it from the band!

Fa Sol La starts off and ends with two fairly short instrumental tracks that Rob (bass, vocals) told us “seemed like such perfect bookends to the album”. Their guitarist, Jon, played a big part in coming up with “Mountain Slang I” and “Mountain Slang II”, which really do nicely wrap the whole album and make it a cohesive work.

After the mellow instrumental track, Those Mockingbirds waste no time showing us how much they can rock out with their tune “Coast To Coast”. The powerful chorus is guaranteed to get stuck in your head for a long time. The song also feature back up vocalist Tory Anne Daines, whose voice compliments this song extremely well. When we asked Rob what kind of artists inspired their sound, especially in this song, he cited Smashing Pumpkins, Hum and The White Stripes.

Those Mockingbird’s music is familiar but also refreshing”they’re “not trying to reinvent the wheel”, but instead just make a “really, really good wheel”. Their captivating sound and assortment of musical styles are shown in the next couple of tracks. “Don’t Stray” is the band’s “power ballad” which surprises listeners by adding violin to mix. Even though all of the songs are so different, they work together well to show off what the band is all about. Rob explained that in the very beginning of the creation process for the EP, the band discussed wanting to “achieve some level of diversity to the sound” and explained that “it would’ve been too easy and predictable for us to just fall back into the guitar rock sound”.

We highly suggest that you check out Fa Sol La. You can stream the whole album below, and check out Those Mockingbirds on OurStage!