Myspace Band of the Week

Myspace Band of the Week: Death Ships
A few weeks ago I was asked to be friends with a band from Iowa City, Iowa. So after taking out my map to insure that there was actually an Iowa City in Iowa I started listening to the music on their Myspace page and haven't stopped listening to it since (this is not entirely true I have listened to many other things in the same amount of time and have also spent some brief moments not listening to music, this is in other words an exaggeration meant to imply the amount of enjoyment I have received from listening to this band's music.). Death Ships are a band that could fly under the radar by virtue of where they hail from, but if that actually wound up being the case it would be darn near a tragedy.

The band is comprised of a bunch of guys that I assume spent most of their adolesence raiding their parents' music collections and doing lots of things most teenagers do but shouldn't (if this isn't true drop me an e-mail and I'll amend this statement). The result is an affinity for classic rock with loads of melody that shines through each of the four songs on their page. I could sit here and list the bands they sound like but that would be pretty damn boring, instead I'll tell you that the band is able to craft wonderful pop songs and give them a rocking aspect that will get your toe a' tapping.

Since hearing the band I have gotten a copy of the Death Ships' album, Seeds of Destruction, and have loved every second of it. The one draw back to this band is that they don't currently have an East Coast dates scheduled but I'm sure that will change as a result of this post (hah, right!). If I haven't already convinced you to go out and check out their music let me try to entice you with a couple of mp3's and a link to their myspace page where more songs can be heard. Hope you all enjoy them as much as I have, and if you guys from Death Ships read this please make sure to get over to New York as soon as humanly possible!!!
Death Ships on Myspace
Death Ships - "Sarah"
Death Ships - "City Never Sleeps"