Relient K is one of my favorite bands. After talking to a couple of friends, I realized that many of them do not know that they even exist!
I browsed a part of their website and found out a bit more about them. Take a look below to see the information I read about them on their website:
Relient K played its first gig in December 1997, back when Matthew Thiessen and guitarist Matt Hoopes were still in high school and tooling around in the latter’s Plymouth Reliant K, which inspired the band’s name. The group recorded its first demo the following year with producer Mark Lee Townsend, who has worked on each of the band’s subsequent full-length albums (although Five Score And Seven Years Ago was largely produced by Howard Benson).
In the ensuing decade, Relient K has released five full-length albums (of which three have been certified Gold), five EPs and a Christmas collection, toured incessantly, scored a string of hit singles, a Grammy nomination and two Dove awards, and performed on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and numerous other national TV shows. The Los Angeles Times praised Relient K for “its smart blend of punk pop and power pop, weaving together influences as diverse as the Beach Boys, Blink-182 and Fountains of Wayne” while Spin noted: “Few bands play punk-influenced modern rock as proficiently.” But the band’s quirky sense of humor remains intact and there’s a fresh excitement about the future.
In addition to this, you can even see really cool pictures of the band’s members, read their blog, and much more! If I haven’t convinced you of their awesomeness yet, listen to two of their songs below.
Must Have Done Something Right
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Who I Am Hates Who I’ve Been
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Do you like their music? Browse their site here, or just youtube them. Become a fan of Relient K here!
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