New Artist: The Royal Chains
I’m easily captivated by drummers when I go to live shows. It started with the 14 times I saw The New Deal’s Darren Shearer, then came Matt Tong of Bloc Party, then Thomas Hedlund of Phoenix.
Let’s add Adam Roddick to the list. Adam drums AND sings (calm down ladies). It’s amazing seeing really good bands that are clearly having as much fun as you. The Royal Chains is Adam on vocals and drums and Dan Lawley on guitar. We caught them last night at Union Hall with Paul and the Patients and The Waylons (girl drummer = awesome) at Jonny Leather’s showcase. The Royal Chains’ 5 track EP is called Bear Island and is available at shows. My favorite song is “Lucy Takes the Dare.” They also did a cover of Tears for Fears’ “Everybody Wants to Rule The World” last night.
Adam Roddick is about to go on tour with the Acrylics, starting with this Friday’s show at Brooklyn Bowl with Tanlines. Hopefully The Royal Chains will reconvene this spring, and when they do I’m asking them to play one of our shows…instant happiness below. Pun intended.
drums and sings???? impossible…. i would know. i tried it on rockband one time.
cool song.