ARTIST: Ten O'clock Scholars
TITLE: Bridges And Brighter Days
LABEL: Ten O'Clock Scholars
GENRE: Rock
TIME: 39:31 min
SIZE: 57,6 MB
RIP DATE: May-20-2007
RELEASE DATE: 000-00-2006
WEBSITE: n/a
Track List:
01. 1:52 04:46
02. Smile 03:06
03. Don't 03:54
04. Omaha 03:47
05. Tonic 03:16
06. Indecision 03:29
07. Satisfied 03:26
08. Pennsylvania 05:10
09. See You Again 03:52
10. Take Me Back 04:45
Release Notes:
Described as anything from Indie-Pop-Rock, to ügüca
refreshing break from the unfortunate fatal accident
that contemporary music has had with itself,üh
(Storm Lake Pilot Tribune), Ten OüfClock Scholars
have been making a name for themselves in the
renowned Omaha music scene. Formed back in the
spring of 2000, the Scholars (Paul Gedbaw, Ryan
Kosola, Taylor Stein, Derek Vanosdall) were together
only a few months before they all went in different
directions for college. Continuing to write songs
and play shows when everyone was in town, things
started to take shape in 2002 when Justin Connealy
joined the band to replace Vanosdall on bass. Since
then, the band has withstood the test of time and
become a mainstay in both Omaha and Lincoln, gigging
regularly in both cities.
At times, itüfs hard to place Ten OüfClock Scholars
into a certain category of music: there are times
when they rock, times when they roll, and times when
theyüfll ask you to sit down. Never is this more
apparent than with their first full-length release,
Bridges and Brighter Days (Onken-Stein Records,
2006). The album, which was recorded at Omahaüfs 843
Studios with Curt Grubb of Grasshopper Takeover, is
a 10 track disc that showcases the Scholars wide
range of musical influences. This disc allowed the
Scholars to really analyze their songs and fine tune
their sound.
Much of the Scholarsüf song writing growth can be
attributed to the classically trained Kosola and the
self-taught Gedbaw. As the two main songwriters, the
two draw from various genres, including indie-rock,
folk, pop, classical, emo, and plain old rock üenüf
roll. And in Connealyüfs ear for music and Steinüfs
solid beat, and you have Ten OüfClock Scholars.
During the course of their existence, they have
shared the stage with acts such as Marty Casey and
The Lovehammers, Jeffrey Gaines, The Feds, The
Nadas, Ten Cent Redemption, Old Boy Network,
Lovetap, Mr. 1986, and shared festival stages with
Saliva and Railbenders. In December of 2006, the
band was one of 12 bands asked to play the 36 Hours
of Keystone Festival, and was one of the only non-
Colorado bands to play the show. They have also
twice been asked to travel to Buena Vista University
in Storm Lake, IA for campus events.
Over the past three years, the Ten OüfClock Scholars
have had five different songs played on local radio
stations; ügIndecision,üh ügTake Me Back,üh and
ügFollowüh from their first EP release, Leaving It
Behind (Onken-Stein Records, 2004), and ügSmile,üh
üg1:52üh and ügDon'tüh from their new CD, Bridges
and Brighter Days. Local television station KXVO
featured Ten OüfClock Scholars as their band of the
week in May of 2006, prior to the release of their
new CD and KXVOüfs online radio station, The Source,
has songs from the new disc in regular rotation. In
September of 2006, the Scholars were the featured
band on the Lincoln website StarCityScene.com. Local
alternative newspaper, The Reader said of Ten
OüfClock Scholars, ügücthe combination of the
primary songwritersüf styles makes for something
truly unique.üh