AltWeeklies Wire
The Explorers Club issue a rave-up series of suitesnew
If today's youngsters are infected with irony, an evening with the Explorers Club might just be the antidote. With a sound lifted straight from pop radio hits of the '60s and '70s, the Charleston band crafts its songs as if punk never broke.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
12-07-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Explorers Club
The Explorers Club Channels the Beach Boysnew
Everything on Freedom Wind has been faithfully rendered, from its lush, four-part harmonies to its evocative timpani-rolls to the CD booklet's resemblance to a well-worn record sleeve with the vinyl edges showing through.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Todd Lavoie |
06-18-2008 |
Reviews
The Explorers Club Pulls from Early British Invasion and 60s California Popnew
Freedom Wind is a remarkably confident and original first-time effort, with great minor-key melodies, organ work, vocal harmonies, and urgent, almost neurotic lead vocals.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
05-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Freedom Wind, The Explorers Club
