The Shouting Matches

I try not to be overly biased towards one specific genre of music, but that doesn't always happen. We all have our favorite songs and our favorite artists, and some people just don't care! As long as there is music playing somewhere, then they are happy. I try to be that type of person. As long as there is some sort of melody being played and I can hear it, I enjoy the music of the moment.  However, when listening to music on my own, I do tend to stick to the more Americana/Folk end of the spectrum. There are a lot of artists out there that aren't getting a ton of recognition in this genre, I usually feel like it's my job to help them out.  This post isn't going to be about that though, this post is going to be about one rock band that I can't stop listening to.

This whole introduction leads me to the first of, I'm sure, many posts about The Shouting Matches.  Many of you who read this will appreciate the fact that I love Justin Vernon (Bon Iver). There are few men in this world that I feel are true musical chameleons, Justin Vernon is one of them. The Shouting Matches is his latest venture with some buddies of his from Wisconsin (Phil Cook-Megafaun and Brian Moen- Peter Wolf Crier) who are taking on some serious garage band music. I. Love. Garage bands.  The pure rock and roll that comes from riffing and jamming can be a beautiful thing, and when you're already an accomplished recording artist, usually your harmonies tend to be pretty killer too.  The Shouting Matches play to Justin Vernon's lower vocal stylings, and the results are pretty great.  Heaven Knows is my personal favorite on this album, I love a true slow and steady beat. It brings out a feeling inside of me that I can only describe as longing.  I long for that beat to be part of my everyday sound track, as in, I wish that this song could play as I walk down the street and my hair blows in the wind and therefore I looks awesome...Anyway...The album is Grownass Man and they are The Shouting Matches.