BIO/REVO
ReVoLting Across the Land
We began August 2007. ReVoLtReVoLt is Jasin Serna, C Bock, and Ben Brunn. When we started this ReVoLt thing out, we were traveling the North Western states all of winter 2008 on into Spring of 2009…..
Actually….. things spawned from the Serna-Bock combo, as another project kinda flickered out. Jason and I (cBock), locked down a few songs and were stumbling upon our own sound around Idaho-Oregon, when Ben Brunn came into the mix. Jason set up a meeting outside of the Neurolux, Downtown Boise, Id. Although we didn’t really know Ben, we were acquainted with mutual friends from our childhood, took lessons from the same guitar teacher, and had similar musical influences. Somehow we all just missed meeting each other round town in the early days.
I recall riding on the way to our first show with Benny on board, (at the Terrapin/former Crazy Horse) and we all talked of what we wanted to do musically. Songs, recording….we all agreed that we had the travel in our blood. So…..I started booking more and more shows out of town, re-connecting & acclimating to the up’s and downs, ins and outs of getting that sweet gig. DIY.
One of the shows took us to the Skylark in Seattle where we opened for a band named Slippage. Members included Jack Endino, Scott McCullum, Gary King, Allison Maryatt. Jack Endino (producer/engineer/musician who’s production credits included Nirvana’s Bleach along with a ton of other bands) said he liked our set, and that he thought we had found our sound. He said, “your sound kinda reminds me of the Pixies, but not JUST like the Pixies…and that’s a good thing.” Jack showed us his studio the next day, and said he would like to have us track with him, but he was pretty stacked schedule wise. He told us that we were ready to record, and we were effin tight from all the miles on the road.
We did some writing in C’s little house in the alley, and new songs came into the mix as the seasons changed. We settled on 12 hot numbers (chordata). It was a solid week of rehearsal at Angie Coble’s house in Boise’s North End, and a week of dates on the road that slid us into Seattle mid July. While couldn’t work in time with Jack, we began shopping around, and Ben brought up EGG! It was pretty much a no-brainer. Recording dates were July 12,13,14th at Egg Studios in Seattle, Wa with legendary Conrad Uno (Mudhoney, Pres. U.S.A., Murder City Devils, TMTM) at the helm. We rocked it solid for 3 days on to 2 inch analog tape. We were blown away at the warmth that was captured in the room. We were able to bring our LIVE sound to tape….lookout! Conrad Uno carried the experience, decisiveness, and humble demeanor of what we wanted to bring forth in that first record.
We signed on with Seattle Indie label Spark and Shine on August 28th, of 2009, & released our first full-length comprised of 12 songs, “chordata” on November 17, 2009.
Since, we have toured the western states 3 times over, hitting CA, NV, AZ, NM, TX, UT, OR, WA, ID.
The band is currently booked for a National Tour with Idaho friends Built to Spill that will run for 42 dates, and following that ®® will tour the Northwest independently, bringing them back home to Idaho. New songs are coming into the mix, and looking back, I guess you can say we have been successful…at least in doing what we love to do.
If you would like to pick up/listen to the record, you can do so at: http://sparkandshine.com/shop
cb…on behalf of: ®®
RR
~ Contact/Booking ~ explodiabooking (at) hotmail (dot) com ~
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:43 am
Hi Chris,
I’ve heard your music before, as you know, quite a few times. This review sounds to me like you are moving up in this world,… and I’m looking forwards to the evening performance at the Visual Arts Collective in Garden, City Id.
Time:8:00PM Thursday, October 29th,.. See ya there!