Last week Thursday, I had the great pleasure of attending an AMAZING concert for an equally AMAZING band – The Script (with opening act by Parachute). By now may know that I am a HUGE fan of The Script, I think their music is some of the best that is out there now. A few friends and I attended their concert on August 13th at Webster Hall and they gave a great show, full of energy and awesome vocals (then again, can you expect less of their lead singer Danny?)
But let’s start with a newly discovered group; well at least to me they’re new. Parachute is an awesome group that has a lead singer whose vocals remind you of a mixture of Rob Thomas and Adam Levine of Maroon 5; not to mention that he has hair and gestures that are reminiscent of Tyson Ritter of the All-American Rejects. Their music has a variety of instruments incorporated into each song, from the saxophone & keyboard played by Kit, the leader singer plays the tambourine and keyboard, Nate plays the guitar, Alex is the bassist, and Johnny is their out of this world drummer. Their music is upbeat and very catchy, even though I had never heard of them I found myself nodding to their music and saying “Oh I really need to download their CD, pronto.”
Here’s a little more about Parachute:
Mixing full–throttle rock with dollops of blue–eyed soul, vintage R&B and melodic pop radio anthems in–the–making, Parachute has arrived.
The band’s debut Mercury/Island Def Jam Music Group album takes off from the individual members’ shared histories, from “She Is Love,” the ballad torch song and first single, with its Van Morrison–like scatting by lead singer/songwriter/guitarist and piano player Will Anderson, to Nate McFarland’s chiming, The Edge–styled chunks of guitar laced through “Back Again,” “Under Control,” “Ghost,” “Words Meet Heartbeats” and “All That I Am.”
Will has been playing with drummer Johnny Stubblefield, bassist Alex Hargrave and saxophone/keyboardist Kit French since they were high school classmates in Charlottesville almost five years ago. Will met Nate while attending University of Virginia together, and the guitarist joined the band two years ago.
After their set, The Script came out and performed EVERY last song from their album and a bonus song called “Heroes” ( a David Bowe cover). Although, I had never heard “Heroes” before I believe it should’ve been on the album, the song is awesome and definitely suits their style.
Take a look at what you might`ve missed:
This video isn’t from that day, but you get the gist of it. 
The concert experience was awesome, moreso because we were up front, my friends and I got sweated on, got to talk to The Script’s drummer Glen since he was in front of us and overall just experienced a day full of AMAZING music.
