Biography:

Fronted by 12-string acoustic guitar and cello, the addition of melodic bass grooves and world percussion rounds out "a quintet with an unconventional sound that is just as hard to categorize as it is hard to turn off" [examiner.com]. While Billboard.com and VH1.com compare the dreamscapes project to the Arcade Fire, Decemberists, Murder by Death, and Dave Matthews; fans know that theScapes' brand of music and showmanship is all their own.

All bands run into adversity, but rarely does it start before the band even forms. However, over a decade ago, when budding singer/songwriter Keith Center approached composition major and bassist Jeremy Rodgers about forming the band, that he promptly replied "No". Luckily that adversity didn't last long, and after Rodgers reconsidered, theScapes went on to become:
"…one of the most innovative bands to come out of the East Coast in the last decade.” [CWG Magazine]
"...the most authentic sound coming out of the DC area." [examiner.com]
and has "...built up one of the most loyal followings of any group on the local club circuit." [Washington Post]
...but don't take their word for it, just ask the readers of Northern Virginia Magazine who voted them "Best Musicians in Northern Virginia" in 2010 and 2011.