DOWNLOAD THEN SEE: U.S. Royalty

By Tankboy in Arts & Entertainment on Jun 9, 2011 6:30PM

We gushed about U.S. Royalty when they passed through town a few months ago, and in the time since then their album has only grown more satisfying the more we play it. One reason for this is that the songs are richly layered, incorporating so many different eras of rock and/or roll it's easy to just lose yourself in the endlessly shifting layers. There's also a precision at work here, shades of mid-'70s AOR are unavoidable, punched up by a bright melancholy to add greater heft even in U.S. Royalty's more delicate sonic moments.

The band is coming back through town to play Schubas tomorrow and we'd recommend their show to anyone and everyone. Whether you're a rocker or a dance kid or a folkie or whatever there's something about U.S. Royalty that just appeals across genre lines. To prove that fact, check out the remix by Chicago's Flosstradamus, two guys that know a thing or two about merging genres and getting people on the dance floor.

MP3: U.S. Royalty "Equestrian (Flosstradamus Remix)"

U.S. Royalty plays tomorrow, June 10, at Schubas, 3159 N Southport, 10 p.m., $8 in advance / $10 at the door, 18+