When I went to Florida recently, Joey gave me a CD of songs by his band, The Sweet Escape. They play out locally from Port St. Lucie, Florida, and they’ve even been in a few of those all-day “Palooza” type rock festivals. The CD sat in my bag until just a few days ago, when I found it and said, “Oh! Yeah! Let me give this a whirl.” Well, I listened once, then listened again, and by the third time, I was hooked. Officially: My New Favorite Band. And not just because my son’s in the band. I can’t get these songs out of my head.
The Sweet Escape has a bunch of homemade, shot-with-my-cell-phone-at-a-dark-bar type videos on You Tube, which are pretty much just awful, but they recently did this very professional music video. Take a look:
You’ll recognize Joey, of course, as the Sideshow Bob bass player, second from the left. In my evaluation, though I like their lead singer’s voice, he couldn’t lip synch his way out of a paper bag, so if they do any more of these, they should just stick to actual performance footage, or maybe tell a story that doesn’t involve lip synching. (And involves other members of the band…right??) But other than that, this looks pretty good. They’re “tight” and know their stuff. And I’ve always just been a fan of this style of music, which I think is called “punk pop” or “power pop,” or something like that. (Actually, I don’t know what it’s called, I don’t care what it’s called, I just know what I like, and I like this.)
Apparently you can buy their songs on I-Tunes. (You can Shazam this video for more info.) I don’t use I-Tunes much, it’s always been a bit confusing to me, and I can always get my music from other places—like Amazon, half.com, and now…directly from one of the guys in the band!! So I’m set. Though I will be asking Joey if they’ve got any new stuff I can get my hands on.
I’m making it official: If Russ and I win the lottery, I’m dedicating at least a small portion of it to helping The Sweet Escape get a publicity manager, get signed, or get whatever else they need to get into the national spotlight!
