Get ready for The Outfit ...

We're kicking off year five (!) of Parker Library's Live Local Music Series with an outdoor show featuring The Outfit -- a band recently nominated for best Lo-Fi/Garage Rock band in the Westword Music Showcase! Their song, "What Happened to You," has been played on the Locals Only show on KTCL 93.3.

Here are a couple reviews of their album ...

The Outfit
Self-released
By Tom Murphy
Westword
Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009

From the opening drum clicks, this debut release from the Outfit hooks you into the headlong pace of "Towns," a song with familiar elements. But rather than trying to mimic the manic and loud-quiet guitar work of recent dance-punk bands, the Outfit presents moments of nuanced introspection that lend a surprising degree of depth. And the quality of the songwriting here is no fluke; the layering of sounds on "The Philistines" is dynamic, allowing the song to breathe and sway. "Bricks," meanwhile, is a bit more biting, but the sheer variety in its roughly three minutes is impressive. Saving the best for last, "What Happened to You" somehow manages to be melancholy, urgent and defiant, couching its emotional fragility in uplifting melodies and invigorating rhythms.

Rock: The Outfit -- The Outfit [EP]
By Jeanie Straub
Colorado Music Buzz
Monday, Feb. 1, 2010

DIG this CD. This band rocks, and this little EP really showcases Rock as a genre. Sub-genres aside, The Outfit is above all a Rock outfit, and there is kick-ass Rock musicianship going on here. You’ll just want to jam out for days. (I think I have listened to this four-song CD more than 10 times in just a couple days.) The skinny on the crew: Colorado natives lead by the solid vocals of Eric Johnston. And because The Outfit seems to be taking Rock itself to new levels here with the guys’ conspicuous energy and overt passion, I’m convinced they will get some attention. They seem destined for greatness if the masses have any taste left, and, as we have seen, they do at times. The guitar work is amazing -- so is the drummer. The instrumentation throughout is raw but complex and even smooth in all its roughness. As a great guy from Vices I Admire once said, a band can’t go anywhere without a talented singer. A great singer Johnston is, so they’ve got that going on, too. You’ll enjoy this CD if you love Rock with a little post-Punk flavoring. As mother always said: Good things do come in small packages. This EP is ultra-effective that way. It leaves you wanting more.

PS: The Outfit CD cover art scores big points for being very well done. Check out the cool collage for yourself at TinyURL.com/OutfitCDCover.

MySpace.com/ChooseTheOutfit

What they have to say about themselves on myspace ...

About THE OUTFIT

"Hailing from Denver, Colorado, The Outfit consists of five Coloradans with a raw and energetic sound. Their primary concern is to make music that people can connect to and possibly, move to. In April of 2009 they recorded their first EP with Brian Feuchtinger at Uneven Studios in Denver. In August 2009 before releasing their EP, The Outfit traveled out to Los Angeles to record an album with Ryan Boesch. Their full-length album will be released in the summer of 2010. The Outfit continues to play the songs they love hoping to impart the wild joy they take in their music.

And one more review ...

"The Outfit is a big, hearty sound. It swirls and churns with the watery metallic of a motor’s hum. They teeter on the edge of throwing a rod and kicking the whole machine into chaos -- but somehow, impossibly, they always throttle with a throaty obligatto -- sometimes killing the engine altogether for a desperate breath, then violently firing the pistons into eloquent motion again before diving deeper into the emotional life of fire." -- Jonathan Bitz, Denver Syntax Autumn '09

Read more: http://www.myspace.com/choosetheoutfit#ixzz0t7jUMsG4