Sing To You

Oralndo, FL based power pop quartet Amely is comprised of Petie Pizarro (vocals/guitar), Brandon Walden (guitar), Patrick Ridgen (bass) and Nate Parsell (drums). Amely originally started as a studio project of Pizarro’s who branched out on his own after his prior band spilt. He had begun writing songs on his own and decided to record an EP. Pizarro recorded all the insturments for the EP including bass, piano, guiar and synth. He brought in Nate Parsell to record drums; the two having met through a prior band. After realizing they had something going on they decided to focus on the project protenial and soon Amely was born.

After playing their first show in March 2009, Amely has since completed three national tours, opened for All Time Low, played the Florida dates of Warped Tour and Purevolume named Amley one of their Top 20 Unsigned bands of 2009. Since then the band has signed to Fearless Records and has has headed into the studio with producers Zack Odom and Kenneth Mount (All Time Low/Mayday parade) to record their debut EP. The bands EP titled ‘Hello World’ will be out September 14th.

Carry Me Home & We Need A Break

First off, vacation was nice but I have missed your guys. Let’s talk a little bit about Poughkeepsie, NY’s own “We Are The In Crowd”. I had been hearing a lot about this band since their signing with Hopeless records but it wasn’t until I heard Tay Jardine’s voice live at Warped Tour that I realized, this band is a must share. The band start off as “The In Crowd” in 2009 until another band of the same name was brought to their attention, forcing the band to add “We Are” to their name. The band is comprised of Tay Jardine (vocals), Jordan Eckes (vocals/guitar), Mike Ferri (bass), Rob Chianelli (drums) and Cameron Hurley (guitar).

The band formed in 2009 and signed to Hopeless Records not long after. We Are The In Crowd combines both male and female vocals, honest pop songs about young adulthood to deliver up-tempo pop-rock. According to Jardine. “With two vocalists, we think it’s a great way to illustrate two opinions because you can clearly hear the difference between our voices. We based a lot of the songs around the idea of having two opinions to every situation.”  I find it hard, personally, to find female vocalist I actually enjoy but Tay’s voice is one of my favorites and if you think it sounds good on CD wait till you hear it live.

In June the band released their first EP ‘Guaranteed To Disagree’ and that is only a taste of what is to come from this band. It is without a doubt that this is on crowd you will want to join.