Hometown: Raleigh + Pittsboro, NC
Label: Afraid of the Bear Records
Website: myspace.com
Genre: Rock
Mike and Corbie formed this band in the summer of 2008 out of the mutual desire to form a band.
“The sturdy undulations of the Battle Rockets' instrumentals often become delicate before assuming a more bruising volume. With an Escher-like angularity, Battle Rockets favors a straightforward mid-tempo thrum with sketched-in beams and supports.”
Chris Parker - Indy Weekly
"Inexplicably, 2008 saw a slow groundswell of instrumental rock in and around the Triangle...Look for these relatively new bands (plus The Bronzed Chorus and Battle Rockets) to up their presence in 2009."
Grayson Currin - Indy Weekly
"...chock full of rolling tension, exploding epochs, and gutteral screams. Music that washes over you, pinning you under the waves. As you struggle to survive you realize the power is too great and upon accepting the inevitable all the sudden you're thrown out of the sonic pool."
Jeff Blinder - Amicitia Booking
“Battle Rockets is the darkest and most outbound act here, eschewing the non-linear development their stage-mates seem to hold so close.”
Grayson Currin - Indy Weekly
"Battle Rockets infuses the drift of an Ennio Morricone score into a heavier Slint-style arch."
Grayson Currin - Indy Weekly