Oakland, CA quintet Together We Can Rule the Galaxy rocks with the sonic wherewithal of a band with members who grew up during the 1990s heyday of underground college radio. The band's new album “Long Held Secrets” finds their own barbed-hook brand of proto emo wading into the waters of what could almost be described as progressive rock if it weren’t for their shared indie rock sensibility.

TWCRTG operate under the influence of the post-rock, emo and alternative scenes of their younger years. The band, led by anthemic and illustrative vocals, locks in a raucous rhythm section under sharp guitars.

Recorded at Tiny Telephone Oakland with Beau Sorenson (Death Cab for Cutie, Bob Mould, Superchunk), these 10 tracks rip through peaks and valleys of syncopated cutting grooves and sing-along gang vocals before washing out into jangly shoegaze inspired soundscapes. 

RIYL: Sparta, Hey Mercedes, Jimmy Eat World, Sunny Day Real Estate, Texas is the Reason.

A Trail Of Escaping Ghosts

All Or Nothing

This Life Is Not Yet Rated

Night Terrors

OWVL001

The Fall or the Fire

Human Dial Tone

You Live Here

Dead Messenger

The Broadcast

Alternative Proto Emo Indie Rock from Oakland, CA. twcrtg.com