Chadwick Station

British pop band with music so good you'll swear you've heard it before. Relocated to Nashville to record their first EP. If you're looking for great melodies, honest, clever lyrics and superb harmonies Chadwick Station is your band. Chadwick Station are a lot like you. Their taste in music is broad. It all depends on the mood. They're a British band that's relocated to Nashville. That's definitely had an influence on their sound. Brit pop, R&B, rock, a little country.  They released their debut EP, Waiting for a Sunny Day, to rave reviews. Fortitude Magazine gave it 5 out of 5 stars and gushed, "Quite possibly one of the greatest retro-inspired things you’ll ever hear." Drew Blackwell at AllWhatsRock.com said, "I must admit Waiting for a Sunny Day sucked me in like a powerful drug and refused to let go long after the music was over."  Charles Martel at Music Emissions said, “Now, I am sticking my neck out here, but I really do detect elements of the Beatles in here - just occasionally the McCartney style of songwriting, reminiscent of songs such as "Michelle" and "Yesterday" peek through. Phew! How are this band going to live up to a start like that?” Good question, Charles.  So, here's what the band decided to do. Chadwick Station are breaking the mold. Actually, they're going back to what artists used to do in the '50s and early '60s. Singles. Songs. Let each piece of music speak for itself. Then comes the album.  Like their first single, Cryin' Ain't Gonna Win Her Back. Pure retro R&B. Like The Sound of Philadelphia, or Stax out of Memphis back in the day. The folks in the Carolinas call it beach music, and it raced up the beach music charts in Carolina to #1. Contagious bass. Rhythmic drums. Dirty horns. Makes you want to dance. It's like you jumped in a hot tub time machine.  Then came their second single, There's a Girl. One female in the crowd test described it thusly: "The lyrics, vocals, and beat are like the perfect blend of The Beatles and The Beach Boys with a dash of The Smiths." We couldn't agree more. A surfer guitar, killer harmonies, toe-tapping beat. It's a perfect follow-up to their soulful first single.  Then A Most Peculiar Day. One listener commented that if the Beatles had done Carolina beach music it would've sounded like this. Horns and a beat like you'd hear from Spiral Starecase back in the day. That, too, raced up the beach music charts.  In the midst of the beach music tunes, they released a rockin' tribute to the Duke-UNC basketball rivalry that connected with their audience in North Carolina. The News & Observer out of Raleigh was keen to know how a British band was able to do what no band had done before, and that is to give this storied rivalry its own theme song. Immediately papers and websites all over the Carolinas picked up the story.  And now comes their latest single, Coming Back for More. This song is more reminiscent of Louis Prima, tapping into yet another facet of the Carolina beach music tapestry. Members of our audience test flipped over this one. It tested higher than 90 percent of the songs tested by this firm, and they test tens of thousands of new songs. "The singer had just a magnificent tone of voice," said a 25-year-old male in the test, "His tone was absolutely perfect and his singing voice was just great." A 32-year-old female said, "I love the energy." A 42-year-old female added, "It sounds like a hit!"  It's all about capturing a moment in time. Each of us has myriad moods. We express them at different times. And so it shall be for Chadwick Station from here on out. Every month or so it'll be one great single after another. And then the album comes. And then more singles. Like it used to be. Like it should be. Is it retro? Not really. Chadwick Station captures the feel and groove of a by-gone era but with a sophistication lacking in the old stuff. It's like they transported the soul of a generation and injected it into today's music. It's THAT good.

Nashville, TN