When Briertone first started playing around southern California, they were something of a novelty: Imagine, indie-rock played with folk instruments, like … banjo and violin and mandolin. “Punk rock-meets-’Deliverance,’” I wrote in September, 2006. Turns out the San Luis Obispo-bred quintet fronted by Adam Pasion was ahead of the curve, considering the hills indie-rock has headed for in the interim. “Outlaw rock,” Briertone called their sound, but it was not so much lawless as it was just plain audacious — a combination of the pop-folk that has Mumford & Sons cashing big checks and revival-esque Americana that’s earned the Silent Comedy a big following in SoCal. After a long haitus — drummer Bobby Lucy says it “was a much-needed break for some of us” — Briertone has returned with their “Sky’s Torn Open” EP. Pasion, Lucy and bandmates Matt Black, Elijah Merritt and Robbie English cover a lot of ground over five tracks. “I Am Jacob” somehow fashions an indie-rock anthem out of an oozing chord progression and a nice banjo riff. Works for me.
||| Download: “I Am Jacob”
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Let’s have the two guys on the far outside of the frame wear hats and hmmm…everyone put a hand in one pocket…except for the dude with suspenders (because he’s different)…Oh! And don’t forget to look serious and show your tattoos!
the band is great. you’re an asshole looking for something new to shovel your shit on. go back to sleep, miserable you. viva briertone!
To handyman: sounds like either you havent’ heard the band or you’re envious
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