Bump October 6, 2009

Bump
8pm to 11pm – No Cover

Bump, a mellow four-piece from the home of Motown and the Detroit Pistons, has been a work in the making for the past seven years.
Through numerous changes in band members and musical themes, the band has released its newest album, “Forward.” The song “Everyone Knows” has high, U2-esque guitar textures and an ambient background with vocals that tie the track together perfectly, resulting in an almost Radiohead experience. As the album progresses, however, Bump switches to a jazz/country realm and a change in singers to a nasal, Blue Oyster Cult mixed with Drivin’ and Cryin’ vocalist. On the song “Disconnected” as well as many others, guitarist Yorg Kerisiotis always plays melodic lines that compliment the rest of the group perfectly and avoids ever being over the top, the sign of a musician concerned with well crafted songs rather than stroking his own ego. Bump offers up a sound that isn’t directly akin to Detroit’s most known sounds, Motown or garage rock, but they do pay homage to their city’s roots. In fact, in 2004, the band released a now-out-of-print EP entitled The Heart of Cadillac Square, which was a tribute to the band’s Motown heroes. But Motown isn’t the aim of Bump these days as they have built a style that’s essentially a melodic take on prog rock that can be both spacey and poppy yet manages to showcase the band’s instrumental prowess – something they kept from their jammier days.

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