Monday, April 11, 2016

The Shrike: Turn It Off (Official Video)




The musical influences of “The Shrike” are variegated and ranging from the classic “Led Zeppelin” to “Heart”, from “Kansas” to “Queens of the Stone Age”. Their creativeness is based upon pretty eclectic sources, allowing the band to actually build a sound of their own.

Their thrilling use of electric violin adds an extra feel of “je ne sais quoi” to their sound very close to some Eastern-Gipsy, Celtic-Irish vibe in great combination with top notch guitar riffing plus a killer rhythm section all this properly seasoned with Jamie Lynn’s soulful Americana vocals.


In between the release of their self-titled debut album and playing live several shows during 2015, and the upcoming recording of their new EP next summer “The Shrike” threw a party on April 9th to officially release their video directed by John Tucker for the song “Turn It Off” taken from the album. The video is simple and effective capturing the band in a live gig “mise-en-scène” with some rather appropriate effects that work really great with this particular song showing the nature of the band’s sonic palette with all the ingredients that make “The Shrike” a band so unique.