NJ-based rockers TRÜ are streaming their debut self-titled EP, released last Friday on Destroy All Monsters Records, and full of nostalgic, yet powerful mixtures of emotive garage, sad punk rock and shoegazin’ rock! Actually, it sounds much more than any attempts at adding colour to reviews-alike descriptions, so I’ll simply let you be the judge. Play it below, grab their 90s friendly merch HERE, and feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments below.
“If garage rock has ever run the risk of being stagnant, New Jersey’s Trü have discovered the antidote.” – Gold Flake Paint
Most have us have been there before; the bleary-eyed, endlessly enthusiastic “we should totally do that!” conversations that occur after a long night out and a few too many drinks. Such was the case in October of 2015 when Pat Defrancisci (guitar/vox) and Keith Williams (guitar/vox) got to chatting at a friend’s wedding despite both already being in other bands.
The NJ-based duo would get together to co-write a few songs, and just like that, Trü was born. Rounding out the lineup with Cindy Ward (bass/vox) and Steve Cerri (drums) and two demos later, the newly minted band is now gearing up to drop its proper, self-titled debut EP out June 9th.
Upon first listening to the four-track Trü, it becomes immediately apparent why the already-occupied quartet of assembled talent have gone all in here. Golden hued melodies and crunchy guitars call to mind the best the 90s had to offer with the poppier inclinations of Weezer meeting the emotional swells of Built To Spill. Or as the band puts it themselves more simply, “sad music for sad people.”
