Big Rock Finish… reviews of independent music

Name: BROOMFILLER Album: Enter the Storm Released: 2006 Members: Music & Words by Richard D. Leko Website: www.broomfiller.com Record Label: Back 2 Forward Records Favourite Song: Turn (Track 6)

I caution myself whenever I write a review on a band if I had a schoolgirl crush on one or more of the band members. However, reviews must be written if this blog is to stay in business. So write I will do.

Punk. Alternative. Rock. Oh myspace, how I love the fact that you do my job for me most of the time. BROOMFILLER are definitely a rocking alternative band. I don’t know how much anyone is punk anymore since I was always under the impression that punk was anti-establishment and I have yet to hear any antiestablishmentarianism’s in the music but a lot of what is considered punk is not anti-establishment, so punk it is! Heh. I just used one of the longest words in the English language for this review. That tickled me pink.

To me a song is all about tempo. And all of the songs BROOMFILLER does has good tempo. Dare I say slightly repetitive. The writing style definitely lends itself to having a lot of repetition. Then again, I do remember from marketing 101 that if something is good and it works, keep doing it. So they’re obviously doing something right.

Where would I listen to BROOMFILLER? In the car. Seriously. For long road trips singing along is about the only way I can stay awake. It’s never exciting to do a 5 hour road trip alone. Not only does the music keep me awake, it keeps me driving at a relatively quick clip just to make it to my destination that much faster. Thank god for cruise control, or I’m sure I would have been pulled over 5 times before I hit the ground.

Now… a show review. It’s always hard reviewing a band you’ve listened to for a long time. Surprisingly enough I enjoy reviewing bands I’d never heard of before at all. It works better in my opinion. But for a band that I really do enjoy, it’s just fun going to the show. Not to mention, shows that are dedicated to good causes are always just awesome in general.

BROOMFILLER’s set kicked off, hard. I’ve never been much for foreplay but no introduction, no hey how are you, just jumping right into the first few songs (sorry, it’s been a few weeks since the show by now and my memory grows fuzzy) before even saying hello is something that would actually grab my attention if I weren’t already “in the know” about who was on stage.

If I were ever to convince myself a band was on caffeine pills, or possibly speed, this might be it. I highly doubt I’d ever seen a band jump up down and all around on a stage before in my life. The amount of head-banging gave me sympathy headaches. And for the times that the lead singer/guitarist Richard jumps off the stage to play in the crowd, I highly suggest investing in a wireless system.

I’m pretty sure I got to hear all of my favourite songs from all 3 albums at the show, which shows that my predictability on what songs are awesome and what songs the band think are awesome are pretty on cue. Sweet. Running around taking pictures does not bode well for singing along though. Alas, I enjoy taking pictures more than singing I suppose.

I’ve heard rumours from reliable sources that BROOMFILLER are going on tour again soon. So wherever it is on earth that you’re reading this, go look them up. If anything, it will be educational.