Satya Graha
Label: Aardvark Records Ltd
Artists Genre: Rock
Every band says they grew up with a passion for music.
Satya Graha understands the It factor with music.
The Chicago-based band loves music enough to give it
space and life of its own. They don't fill every
second with sound and action…they give the music
enough openness to invite listeners into it and go
their own way. There is no grandstanding, no
pontificating and it's all ego free: just bare boned
melodic Americana sounds with a slight twist of
classic country with a touch of an country folk roots
vibe that gives this music such an intimate feel. It's
a mix of old and new that sits so comfortably
together.
It's the intimacy that's the key. Playing large
stadiums isn’t what Graha is all about. The energy
and connectedness of smaller venues is where Graha is
at its best. The ability to genuinely make contact
with the crowd is one of the keys that make Graha the
growing success that it is. The live performances are
simple magic effortlessly delivered.
Graha is composed of seasoned singer-songwriting team
B.B. Mayes and
David Vella (also lead vocalist) with vocalist Anna
Bensch. These aren't teenagers bemoaning their
existence. Nor are they fashionably negative,
belligerent or morose. This is situational music with
a wry sense of humour.
The band's key message is one of perseverance. It's
about that invisible something that spurs you on when
the easy way out is so appealing. Then again, the
band’s name means "soul force." Taking the name from
a belief of Gandhi, who believed a satya graha would
grow and become more courageous the more a person is
crushed.
Satya Graha's debut EP "Under the Skin" is filled with
songs about slices of life and peoples’ take on their
own responses. Their solid lyrics, distinctive
vocals, insightful arrangements and organic production
values deliver a great ambience. "Kali's Tongue",
"Roanoke", "Lunar Dreams" & "Torch Bearer's" Salute
are natural singles.
The successes Graha has enjoyed to-date has been no
less organic than the band itself. A growing
underground interest in America has spread on the
underground to the United Kingdom, Europe, Japan and
Australia. No fanfare involved…just simple word of
mouth.
As the band says: "Mankind has been singing about
everything under the sun for – oh – at least 50,000
years. So let's face it … it's all been said before.
It's kind of hard to come up with new topics to sing
about when you look at it that way. So we just have a
different approach to singing about the same old
stuff. We just write and play stuff from our
perspective and give it our own little twist. It
works for us and people really respond to it. That's
what counts."
"Under the Skin" makes you realise that the name Satya
Graha is the perfect fit for this kind of music. The
easy road has been avoided.
This is independent music for independent thinking
people.
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