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They pull no punches. They won’t bore you with trying to explain how multi-genre and indefinable they are. The 4onthefloor play rock music. The 4onthefloor play blues music. And they do it in 4/4 time.
Armed with their debut full-length 4×4, which was released on 4/4/2011, The 4onthefloor forge ahead to unleash their five track summer EP, …And 4 Riders Approached at Dawn, on August 16th.
In the short months since 4×4’s release, The 4onthefloor’s sound has solidified. On record, the band’s trademark 4/4 time signature and four kick drum lineup seal together their delta-blues and classic rock appeal. On stage, singer Gabriel Douglas’ grizzly baritone vocals are unmistakable; James Gould’s sticky guitar riffs are infectious and the swagger of Chris Holm and Mark Larson’s rhythm section is contagious.
…And 4 Riders Approached at Dawn (or 4RAAD) feeds the band’s love of anything with a theme. Not only do its release date and time signature play into The 4onthefloor’s numerology, with covers like “Wolves at the Door” (David Bazan) and “I’m the Wolf” (Howlin’ Wolf) alongside the original tracks “HOLD,” “Howl For Me” and “Sheepskin,” 4RAAD’s subject matter is as fierce and disobedient as The 4onthefloor’s sound.
Inspired by The Doors, Muddy Waters, CCR, Howlin’ Wolf, Tommy James & the Shondels and Waylon Jennings to name a few, all four members operate on the same hard-hitting, bourbon-infused wavelength while keeping perfect time.
What they’re saying…
This heavy Minneapolis foursome’s moniker refers to the unique method they employ to keep perfect, 4/4 time: each member hits a bass drum simultaneously with his foot while playing his instrument! A strange setup, yes; but it’s in no way a distraction – they’re so in-sync it sounds like one drumbeat… In addition to their focused, razor-sharp attack, their other secret weapon is the dynamic, jaw-dropping voice of Gabriel Douglas. He effortlessly toggles between a whiskey-fueled, gravelly drawl and a stimulating, larynx shredding bellow.
– Mark Suppanz, The Big Takeover
Douglas is about as nice and as warm as a man can be and yet, he’s a barrelhouse of sparks and anguish, of grumbling and steam… He gets riled up and he sometimes sounds like Jim Morrison when he does… It’s the kind of music that you stomp to, that you listen to when you’re a couple drinks in to let yourself feel a little bit better.
– Sean Moeller, Daytrotter.com
Wooly-bearded frontman Gabriel Douglas is a deft rawwwk howler with deep, devilish undertones, sort of an unholy blend of Patterson Hood and Glenn Danzig. And the whole unit has an uncanny tightness, which may or may not come from the inherent fact that they all have to literally play in step.
– Chris Riemenschneider, The Star Tribune
Finally – from Minnesota a quartet of young lions who have released sixteen large slabs of blues that don’t beg for attention – they command your ear and your ear is happy.
– Paul Barile, The Dead Hub
The 4onthefloor
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They pull no punches. They won’t bore you with trying to explain how multi-genre and indefinable they are. The 4onthefloor play rock music. The 4onthefloor play blues music. And they do it in 4/4 time.
Armed with their debut full-length 4×4, which was released on 4/4/2011, The 4onthefloor forge ahead to unleash their five track summer EP, …And 4 Riders Approached at Dawn, on August 16th.
In the short months since 4×4’s release, The 4onthefloor’s sound has solidified. On record, the band’s trademark 4/4 time signature and four kick drum lineup seal together their delta-blues and classic rock appeal. On stage, singer Gabriel Douglas’ grizzly baritone vocals are unmistakable; James Gould’s sticky guitar riffs are infectious and the swagger of Chris Holm and Mark Larson’s rhythm section is contagious.
…And 4 Riders Approached at Dawn (or 4RAAD) feeds the band’s love of anything with a theme. Not only do its release date and time signature play into The 4onthefloor’s numerology, with covers like “Wolves at the Door” (David Bazan) and “I’m the Wolf” (Howlin’ Wolf) alongside the original tracks “HOLD,” “Howl For Me” and “Sheepskin,” 4RAAD’s subject matter is as fierce and disobedient as The 4onthefloor’s sound.
Inspired by The Doors, Muddy Waters, CCR, Howlin’ Wolf, Tommy James & the Shondels and Waylon Jennings to name a few, all four members operate on the same hard-hitting, bourbon-infused wavelength while keeping perfect time.
What they’re saying…