Despite the unwieldy name, these local Seattle contemporaries of last week's Daily Bomb Champagne Champagne, are determined to make you remember it. Rather than taking the pervasively popular electro-twiddling route, MSHVB brings some guitar rock back to the College Rock table. And despite loose and virtuosic twin guitar showdowns, they also manage to make some music that is as easy to sing along with as your ABCs. Songs like "Who's Asking" and "Anchors Dropped" bring exciting, blazing radio anthems to your speakers that both soothe the ears and pound the pulse.
According to the band's press, the band formed in 2008, when lead axman Benji Verdoes was impelled to keep a promise to his 13 year old brother Marshall. Reportedly, in a move of sibling solidarity, Benji promised then 11 year old Marshall that when he got good enough at his new drumming endeavor, they could form a band. Apparently the incentive worked, because two years later, MSHVB surfaced. Luckily for the rest of us, not only did Marshall get quite good at his instrument, but together with Benji and another two equally talented friends, they formed a GOOD band. Had I made the same promise to my little brother, we'd have likely made music only our mother could pretend to love. So, good on you, Verdoes Bros.
An EP is now available on Secretly Canadian's sister label, Dead Oceans.
http://www.myspace.com/mtsthelensvietnamband
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