It's been a while since we've had any real indie on The HotBox, but these guys are just the ticket. LA's
The Rebel Light are bringing that DIY spirit back to indie music with hands on production, like recording their vocals at home in the bathroom and the drums in the garden shed, all in order to keep costs down. Of course the mark of a real indie talent is that despite all the cost-cutting, the music quality never suffers, a tricky balance which
The Rebel Light have thoroughly achieved. Their track, 'Goodbye Serenade', demonstrates the resulting balance extremely well. The powerful track holds a slight lo-fi, folky quality in terms of production style, which never undercuts the track's ability to emotionally stir its listener, but rather enhances this effect with all the charm of
The Rebel Light's indie predecessors and likely influences (think everything from
The Libertines to
Grizzly Bear and even
Mumford & Sons). It may not be the most original sound, but it's this kind of grass roots indie that has has been missing for last few years in a genre that is becoming increasingly (and ironically) commercial. What's more, judging by the synth laden
'Wake Up Your Mind', and the almost
Beatles like
'My Heroes Are Dead', the band aren't short of musical range, something which has yet to be fully explored in their three current releases. With the band's debut self produced/recorded EP due in a few weeks, we are pretty excited to see what kind of new material these talented guys come up with....they're certainly one to watch.
While we wait on the EP, check out the video for
'Goodbye Serenade', which the band describe as,
'a bit of an inspirational trip down memory lane...celebrating every milestone of the 20th century onwards, from the first man on the moon to the birth of Facebook.'
Be sure to grab the
FREE download of 'Goodbye Serenade', and head over to their
Soundcloud for more FREE tracks.
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