These United States

Last Friday as I was on my way to watch the Jazz game at my buddies house when my friend Kate sends me a text to hurry up and get to slowtrain cause the band that was playing there was really good (run on sentence, deal with it). So I stopped by before I settled in to watch an awesome Jazz victory and caught the last half of These United States, and I have to say, it was really good.

I wasn't able to catch their set at the Urban Lounge later that night, so I'm not sure if the set they played at slowtrain was typical, but their sound had such an awesome stripped quality to it. They had a stripped down alt-country sound, sort of in the vain of phosphorescent, and they knew how to employ the sound of a slide guitar. When you listen to their stuff on myspace it's not as stripped down but definitely just as good. Check out These United States, I think you'll be pretty happy about it. Besides, you've got to love a band that blogs right?