The Organ Beats
"Sleep When We Are Dead"
Self-Released
myspace.com/theorganbeats

AUGUSTA, GA - Boston three-piece the Organ Beats rock out with a blend of pop hooks and indie rock intensity that creates for a very fresh sound on their album "Sleep When We Are Dead."

Rising from the ashes of the band Damone, the Organ Beats employ the musical talents of a sibling duo plus a long time friend to create their nostalgic indie power-pop sound. Taking a page right out of guitar-rock history, the Organ Beats use everything that came before them and piece it together into a straight forward fist pumping anthemic sound that could easily have come from another decade. But this is not an insult at all. Instead, it endears the listener that much more to the eclecticism of the Organ Beats. The female vocals channel the pop of Bananarama, the intelligence and art of the Breeders, and the tortured feeling of Evanescence. The wild guitar work and insistent drumming also heralds back to a mix of New Wave pop-rock, angsty, current hardcore, and alternative brashness. In the end, the Organ Beats cannot be compared to any other band because they are doing something wholly inventive and their own, throwing the playbook out the window.

"Sleep When We Are Dead" begins with “The Chilly Breeze of May,” introducing some very catchy beats complementing Kim Deal-ish sweet female vocals. This is a great song to open the record, immediately putting the Organ Beats in a class of their own, with an ultra catchy Fallout Boy-style chorus. The emo comparisons are there, but this band is a million miles above the current rock clones.

“The Movie” starts out with a familiar lion roaring and then rips right into a cathartic dark anthemic rock song with a notorious backbeat. Very awesome and melancholy. Instant teenage classic.

Leaving behind depression, “Time to Go” jumps right back in to a pop hook-laden rock song with some seriously mean guitar work.  Joan Jett fans beware, the Organ Beats are giving all female-fronted rockers a run for their money.

While there isn’t a bad song on this album, some notable tracks include the title song, “Never Gonna Make it Out of Here Alive” and “Happy Birthday.”

"Sleep When We Are Dead" is an intense trip down memory lane, culminating in one of the most rocking pieces of nine song mayhem to come out in a long time. This record is truly amazing for what it accomplishes, as an amalgamation of the best parts of rock ‘n’ roll, turning the music scene on its ear. But aside from the sheer craftiness of this album, the Organ Beats simply rock out, leaving a trail of critics amused and wondering where this three-piece came from. The answer is simple: They are the new face of rock ‘n’ roll.