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Instrumental virtuosity need not come at the expense of cohesion.
It's a premise that New York's 1,000 Year Plan exemplifies to the fullest. A powerful trio with almost-telepathic musical communication skills, The 1,000 Year Plan make music that is driving, rich with complexity, and, for lack of a better word, loud.
Borne of frustration with both vocal-centered rock as well as their own experience in Buffalo's Eighteen Hundred and Froze to Death, The 1,000 Year Plan began when bassist Tom Yagielski and guitarist Joe Kepic started writing songs together in New York City in 2002. With a revolving door of drummers impeding their goals, Kepic and Yagielski found renewed commitment and a needed musical shot in the arm with the reintroduction of Eighteen Hundred drummer Brendan Kuntz in the winter of 2004.
The result? Think The Who, if Moon had his head on straight and Daltrey plowed into a tree before it was too late. Think Yes, sans capes and pre-songs about dolphins. And then think forward.
-J.Briggs