Roy

Roy
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Styles: Indie Rock, Alternative Country-Rock
Group Members: Brian Cook, Ben Verellen, David Verellen, Mike Cooper
Biography: Reaching all the way back to Bob Dylan and the Band's pioneering blend of mythic Americana and shaggy rock & roll, alongside more recent points of comparison like Built to Spill, Modest Mouse, and My Morning Jacket, Roy (a band, not a dude) blend spiky post-Pavement indie rock with folk and country influences ...Read full biography
Big City Sin And Small Town Redemption
Released: 2004
Label: Fueled By Ramen
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From the sound of Roy's full-length debut, you'd never know that the bandmembers' roots lie in the most pummeling of hardcore. It's true, Brian Cook and David Verellen are best known for the Northwestern ...Read full review
Killed John Train
Released: 2006
Label: Lujo Records
Critics' Rating:
About a third of the way through Roy's second full-length album, the glorious lo-fi pop charmer "In My Defense" comes flying out like a lost Guided by Voices nugget circa Alien Lanes. With its urgent drumming ...Read full review
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