MySpace Does Work!
What do you mean you have never heard of The Academy Is...? Don't you own a computer? You obviously haven't been on myspace.com as part of this band's growing success is the amount of fans they already have and on myspace they have over 105,633 friends and that is growing daily.
'Slow Down' is a digital release ahead of the release of their debut album 'Almost Here'. Having listened to this Chicago band a number of times now, the track just grows and grows on you. If I had to compare them to a band then I would say Kasabian.
The song is well written, played at a pace Blink 182 would be proud of and in a way reminds me of them! But these indie rockers are definately putting down markers as to why they should be taken seriously. 'Slow Down' is definately not a slow song but one played with pace and fantastic rhythm. This will grow on all those that listen to them, and this is one band that have built the hype themselves and done it without the record industry getting in the way.