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why we're buzzing...

some of the main things that will make you fall in love with a band are lyrics that speak to you, phenomenal or unique vocals, great musicianship, and an incredible feeling the music gives you.

The Drive Back easily has all of the above covered. everything about this band is poetry, harmony, and emotion.

every song on 'Building Here To Settle' feels like the best day ever, where you're riding in the car with your friends, the sun is shining on your face, the wind is blowing through your fingers, and everything is perfect. we love that this band can completely take us to a different place, where we feel like everything is right in the world. if music ever does something for you... that feeling should be it.

it's pretty hard to believe these boys are unsigned. they are so talented, and already so strong in their sound, but it's exciting for us to know that there are always amazing bands right around the corner.

the interview...

Craig from The Drive Back is awesome and answered some questions for us...

Pretty Princess Girls:

Thank you for doing this! :D There's actually not a lot of "internet gossip" on you guys so we're stoked to get to find out a little bit more about you! Tell us about how you all met, and how the band formed. And we've seen the hilarious pic on your myspace from when you were kids haha, have you guys really known each other that long?

Craig from The Drive Back:

No problem! I appreciate you featuring us on your site! We've been playing music together for so long we all kind of forgot how long it's been haha. But that picture was taken in 1999, and I'm pretty sure that was one of our first times playing together, so I guess It's been eleven years!

Troy and I became friends early in middle school, and towards the end of eighth grade we decided we wanted to start a band, which was kind of strange because neither of us really had any musical background or anything. My parents are deaf so I pretty much didn't listen to any music growing up. But anyway, Grady was Troy's next door neighbor at the time, and he had already been playing drums at that point, so the three of us, and our friend Jeremy formed a band called "Spaztik!". So long story short, we broke up and reformed a bunch of times with a bunch of different people, different styles, and band names. Eventually we reformed in eleventh grade as just Troy, Grady, and myself. We knew Jon from another band in our school that we we're good friends with, and we had him join us in 2003.

We're all best friends first, bandmates second, and I think that's something a lot of bands don't have, so I'm really grateful for that.

Pretty Princess Girls:

We listen to every genre and style of music pretty much, but we tend to gravitate to really melodic bands a lot. We love you guys for the same reasons we love bands like Copeland, Deas Vail, Waking Ashland, Augustana, and The Appleseed Cast. Who do you guys consider to be your musical peers? Also, what bands do you draw inspiration from?

Craig from The Drive Back:

We really appreciate a well crafted song, no matter what style, so we have a lot of musical influences from different genres. We definitely owe all we have to the music we're inspired by; Jimmy Eat World, Pedro the Lion, Nickel Creek, Sleeping at Last, Ben Folds and too many others to list :).

Pretty Princess Girls:

We're so into your harmonies and vocal layering, who all contributes to the singing? And since it seems like you guys put so much into the vocal arrangements, what song is your favorite to sing? And in general, is there a song you guys have released that you are most passionate about?

Craig from The Drive Back:

When writing a song, the harmonies are usually written alongside with the melody, rather than it being an after thought, so it's always been a really important part to our music. Jon sang most of the harmonies on our new album, so it's great to be able to have that live. "Your Endless Eyes" from our new CD is one of my favorites, because the words really mean a lot to me. And it's been a lot of fun 'cause we've never had a totally stripped down, acoustic song like that until now. It really adds dynamic to our show that we've never been able to get before.

Pretty Princess Girls:

Minnesota is cold. Your should come to places where it's warmer - like California, and Nashville - where we are hehe :D. Any tour plans coming up?

Craig from The Drive Back:

Yeah its -14 right now. I think we'd all love to be somewhere warmer right now! But as much as we'd love to tour, it just sometimes isn't an easy thing to do. Not very many people know who we are outside of MN, so unless we went out on the road with a bigger band, there wouldn't be anybody coming to our shows. But we are talking to some bands about some possible tours, so we'll see what happens!

Pretty Princess Girls:

We're always shocked when bands that already sound as developed as you guys do, and are as awesome as you guys, are unsigned! So what else is in store for 2010?

Craig from The Drive Back:

Thank you! Our main priority will always be to just keep writing the best songs we can. We do have some exciting things in the works, so it'll be really interesting to see how things pan out in the next few months!

Pretty Princess Girls:

Thank you so much Craig! :D

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