Fresh? No. Nostalgic? Yes, for some anyway.  10+ years ago, the garage of the Russom house in Kelso, WA produced the driven, yet fun, sound of the band that, at the time, was going by "Emphatic".  Comprised of band members Joe Cantwell (Lead Vocals/Guitar), Jeff Beck (Bass/Vocals), Joey Hamilton (Guitar), and Nolan Russom (Drums), this group of friends had a blast recording a few of their tracks in between live shows at personal events. Eventually, the group went their separate ways, but continue to keep music in their lives in one way or another.

"Clouded", dubed the "Anti-Suicide Song" was one of the first songs recorded by the group.

Clouded

Fresh? No. Nostalgic? Yes, for some anyway.  10+ years ago, the garage of the Russom house in Kelso, WA produced the driven, yet fun, sound of the band that, at the time, was going by "Emphatic".  Comprised of band members Joe Cantwell (Lead Vocals/Guitar), Jeff Beck (Bass/Vocals), Joey Hamilton (Guitar), and Nolan Russom (Drums), this group of friends had a blast recording a few of their tracks in between live shows at personal events. Eventually, the group went their separate ways, but continue to keep music in their lives in one way or another.

"Everything I Ever Needed" was written by Joe Cantwell for his girlfriend (and now wife) Melissa for their one-year dating anniversary.

Everything I Ever Needed

Fresh? No. Nostalgic? Yes, for some anyway.  10+ years ago, the garage of the Russom house in Kelso, WA produced the driven, yet fun, sound of the band that, at the time, was going by "Emphatic".  Comprised of band members Joe Cantwell (Lead Vocals/Guitar), Jeff Beck (Bass/Vocals), Joey Hamilton (Guitar), and Nolan Russom (Drums), this group of friends had a blast recording a few of their tracks in between live shows at personal events. Eventually, the group went their separate ways, but continue to keep music in their lives in one way or another.

The lyrics for "In My Dreams" were originally written by Joe for a different song being worked on by an earlier band Joe and Joey had been in.  After they had moved on, Jeff was playing a new guitar part for Joe when Joe realized that the lyrics he had written would fit with Jeff's guitar part perfectly - "In My Dreams" was born.

In My Dreams

Fresh? No. Nostalgic? Yes, for some anyway.  10+ years ago, the garage of the Russom house in Kelso, WA produced the driven, yet fun, sound of the band that, at the time, was going by "Emphatic".  Comprised of band members Joe Cantwell (Lead Vocals/Guitar), Jeff Beck (Bass/Vocals), Joey Hamilton (Guitar), and Nolan Russom (Drums), this group of friends had a blast recording a few of their tracks in between live shows at personal events. Eventually, the group went their separate ways, but continue to keep music in their lives in one way or another.

"Standing Still" was the last song recorded by the group, and unfortunately didn't make it all the way through the mixing process.  Still, it turned out to be not to bad of a recording.  The song started as a guitar part written by Joey, and internal thoughts he had for what he felt when playing it on the guitar.  He collaborated with Joe to help him write the lyrics to express what he felt, and "Standing Still" was the result.

Standing Still

Fresh? No. Nostalgic? Yes, for some anyway.  10+ years ago, the garage of the Russom house in Kelso, WA produced the driven, yet fun, sound of the band that, at the time, was going by "Emphatic".  Comprised of band members Joe Cantwell (Lead Vocals/Guitar), Jeff Beck (Bass/Vocals), Joey Hamilton (Guitar), and Nolan Russom (Drums), this group of friends had a blast recording a few of their tracks in between live shows at personal events. Eventually, the group went their separate ways, but continue to keep music in their lives in one way or another.

"Super Kel" is rock with a splash of funk and a great blend of the types of music this group had fun playing.

Super Kel

Fresh? No. Nostalgic? Yes, for some anyway.  10+ years ago, the garage of the Russom house in Kelso, WA produced the driven, yet fun, sound of the band that, at the time, was going by "Emphatic".  Comprised of band members Joe Cantwell (Lead Vocals/Guitar), Jeff Beck (Bass/Vocals), Joey Hamilton (Guitar), and Nolan Russom (Drums), this group of friends had a blast recording a few of their tracks in between live shows at personal events. Eventually, the group went their separate ways, but continue to keep music in their lives in one way or another.

The lyrics for "One More Time" were actually written by both Jeff and Joe at the same time, but completely separate for each other.  Jeff had written the chorus before hearing the guitar part Joey had written.  After realizing the two parts worked together and finalizing the paring, the band members had to head back to their respective houses.  Over the next couple days Jeff and Joe both came up with separate verses to go along with the chorus.  Upon reviewing what each other had, they all came to the conclusion that the two separate versus could fit together with the chorus to create two voices both struggling in the fight with their addiction.  To add to the duality, Jeff and Joe split the chorus into two separate parts, one the voice of the temptation, and the other the internal dialog of the person being overwhelmed by the need of the addiction.   

One More Time

Fresh? No. Nostalgic? Yes, for some anyway.  10+ years ago, the garage of the Russom house in Kelso, WA produced the driven, yet fun, sound of the band that, at the time, was going by "Emphatic".  Comprised of band members Joe Cantwell (Lead Vocals/Guitar), Jeff Beck (Bass/Vocals), Joey Hamilton (Guitar), and Nolan Russom (Drums), this group of friends had a blast recording a few of their tracks in between live shows at personal events. Eventually, the group went their separate ways, but continue to keep music in their lives in one way or another.

The guitar part for "Surreal" was written by Nolan, and Joe wrote the lyrics.  The band had a lot of fun trying to get the transition in and out of the bridge to sound as seamless as possible, both in recording and live.

JoeCantwell