AP Track Review
Dead End by the Inland Empire's (CA) Brainstory is the musical equivalent of chomping down on a succulent mango while high on Cali weed as you lounge at Leo Carrillo beach feeling the ocean breeze wash your cares away. Brainstory is a jazzy indie sort of psychedelic dipped rock outfit and, in fact, a lot of their songs make you feel like that. There is a big level of cool to their sound and the aforementioned jazz psyche aesthetic blend in chillwave, neo soul, R & B through 60's pop filters. Dead End, from the onset, mines that 60's soft rock pop sound (I thought of the Classic IV's 'Spooky) and then falls into perfectly poised sparse tight jazz soul rock tones (god, that bass line). Keven Martin's vocal performance is beautifully smooth and emotional.
The Official Video as directed by Danny Akalepse and Leon Michels is cool, funny and stay for the very... very end.
Brainstory is Kevin Martin (guitar, vocals), Tony Martin (bass, vocals) and Eric Hagstrom (drums).
Dead End is from the Brainstory album "Buck" on Big Crown Records CD / LP / Colored LP available here: https://bigcrownrecords.com/store/buck/
- Robb Donker
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES
Brainstory is a power trio hailing from the Inland Empire which pairs jazz, psychedelia, and soul to create a unique sound that is a vehicle for musical and spiritual expansion. The band consists of Martin brothers Kevin (guitar, vocals) and Tony (bass,vocals) with Eric Hagstrom on drums. All three were musically spawned from their fathers: Tony and Kevin grew up listening to their father sing the gospel every sunday while Eric was raised on his own dad's massively epic album collection. The three met and played locally as a jazz trio for years until 2014, the year they electrified and became Brainstory. It wasn't long before their original works caught on with audiences beyond their beloved I.E. and broke fresh new ground in the Los Angeles area. The group found that audiences loved the fresh sound and intuitive improvisational aspects of their recordings and high energy live shows. With their newest self-titled "mini-album" produced by Chicano Batman's Eduardo Arenas, they forge a new path towards even more progressive and soulful sounds. The record is nuanced with accents of stylings from Shuggie Otis, The Beach Boys, and Herbie Hancock. When they aren't playing under their own name, they all stay busy collaborating and performing with the likes of members of Chicano Batman, Rudy De Anda, Kimbra and other heavy hitters of on the LA music scene. As a band they've shared the stage with Chicano Batman, Helado Negro, the Mild High Club, La Luz, Sheila E. and many others. Brainstory lives on as a force of funky soulful jazz sounds that take the listener to a place of expansion, a place of dancing, liberation, and love.
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