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[pic cred] To sum up Monday night in a neat little phrase: Sam Champion blew my mind. Sure, the Two Gallants were the national headlining act playing their only gig in town, and Sam Champion were the local act we’ve all seen before, but if I’ve ever said anything before –and I have, believe me- then let me say that I’ve said almost nothing of what is to be said yet of these local boys.
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I caught “Noah Chernin and the Charmin Ultra” four times in 2005. I really liked their debut Slow Rewind and thought they were a solid act through and through. If they played their cards right, I believed they could gain a wider national audience. There was some doubt of course, but then again I've seen worse bands go far. When Slow Rewind didn’t get the attention it deserved, I wondered what would happen next. Go back and record a second album to be equally ignored?
Sam Champion, aka CHERnin and the Band of Thieves, had an answer: start to kick ass. Seriously, I’m not sure what fire ants got down their britches, but some time between September 2005 and January 2006 they got tighter than, well… a fire ant’s
In the past few months, it’s escalated even further. Sean on guitar provides confident and exciting solos, swelling with the other three to a resolution and then successfully back into the chorus. Sean will whip any song into a frenzy. Noah still has that slight timidity to his vocals that provides an even more compelling dynamic now that the band rocks. Just go and see them. Even if you saw them in 2005, it’s not the same band.
In '06, Sam Champion has the ability to upstage most any band with the guts to play afterwards.
Sam Champion – Slow Rewind (mp3)
Sam Champion – Now Look At Me (mp3)
Sam Champion - Too Broke (mp3)
Buy the album here.
I wasn’t the only one impressed. Jeff, Amrit, Wes, and Ang were all in agreement.
Written from jerry yeti's cave at 12:02 PM
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fuckin' ay right. well put jerry. really tight show on monday, to the point where there was no need for me to stay for two gallants
wow, I thought I was the only one who thought these guys grew up over the winter. When I saw them here in Chicago last they took along Matt to play keys. I told Noah, Jack and Ryan that he really filled out their sound. Did he play with them, or are they back to the four piece? Either way, the do know how to ROCK.
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