Peer Validated

 Pictured:  American Princes aren’t allowed to touch the fireworks anymore without asking dad first. 

Arkansas based band, American Princes is sweet.  The first time I listened to them, I honestly wasn’t that into it.  They have this sort of pure 80’s vibe that can be a little tough to swallow on first contact.  That being said, this band completely won me over with soaring choruses, lyrics that actually mean something, and the fact that their singer leaves his effing guts on every track.

 Real Love is a song that sounds like it would’ve been written by John Lennon had he lived to see the New Wave movement.  There’s a depth here that most “new” new wave bands don’t employ, gone is the complete party aesthetic.  It’s replaced by world-changing choruses and wailing guitar solos. 

There’s still plenty of reverb, and enough dance sounds to get little white boys to shake their skinny asses up and down the country.  There’s driving bass (oh, the bass!)  All things  being equal, American Princes is a band that deserves your listen.  Look for their album on April 14th.