Opened for: The Pomegranates, Oh No Oh My
Where: The Hi-Dive
Denver,CO
If You Like: Tokyo Police Club
The White Stripes
Listen: With Your Windows Down
This quartet hails from my hometown of Denver. This band was teeming with energy from the beginning of their set to the last second, opening for Oh No Oh My and The Pomegranates they really stole the show(and the dance party we had in the crowd afterwords was pretty cool too). Their inaugural EP, Risk Assessment flys out the gate with the short but sweet "Simple Miracles", and never slows down, taking you on a journey full of catchy keyboard and synth riffs backed by precise guitar bursting with energy and percussion that really adds to, but doesn't distract from the overall formula. Though innovative wouldn't be the words I would use to describe The Don'ts and Be Carefuls, they take the indie-pop four person formula and make an EP worth listening to over and over again, every track just as consistent as the last. With synth-driven riffs and sing-a-long choruses, who needs innovation? If it ain't broke don't fix it, and it sure as hell ain't broke.
Download:
The Risk Assessment EP
