For fans of Cartel, The Early November, Mae, Fall Out Boy, Panic. At the Disco, etc.

7 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Emo, POP: Power Pop



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"This Waking Moment understands change. The young men that make up the Charlotte-based pop-rock quartet have all been involved with Charlotteâs music scene for several years, since their early high school days. They come from humble beginnings, forming a grassroots following in their hometown of Indian Trail, where their first shows were High School talent shows and backyard house parties. Rallying the enthusiastic support of their hometown friends and fans, This Waking Moment set their sights on bigger things.

Bigger stages is one thing they landed. Within their first 2 years as a band, This Waking Moment had moved from back porches and birthday parties to sharing stages with Charlotteâs finest rock bands. They even accomplished such huge goals as playing the monster punk rock festival Warped Tour in 2005, and opening for post-hardcore veterans From Autumn To Ashes. These feats are seemingly impossible to attain for most young rock bands, which leads to many premature band breakups. This Waking Moment have had their fair share of stress and strain. Theyâve been pushed to the limits and questioned the future of their band on more than one occasion, but they have showed nothing but relentless perseverance in capturing their dreams of playing music. Enduring a few difficult lineup changes involving lifelong friends, ever-impossible to please music scenesters, critics, and the tough balance between full-time education, part-time work, and huge musical aspirations has proven to be no easy task for This Waking Moment. These are the tests they have overcome in order to establish themselves among the best up-and-coming rock bands today. Thus, change is a force that has worked both for and against this band multiple times in their short history.

In a little under three years, the band has recorded about 20 songs that have been split between 3 records - a demo in 2003, "The Foundations of Love and Ruin" EP in 2004, and a demo in 2005. When listening to the changes between these first This Waking Moment recordings, the listener will find a group of young musicians searching for their identity and sound, but the listener always finds a band that is growing and changing for the better. With "Say it Loud, Make it Known", This Waking Momentâs upcoming fourth recording, it is evident they have found the dynamic the members have been looking for. Through member changes and much time spent writing diverse material in order to pinpoint the best musical expression possible for them, they have come to deliver some of todayâs finest pop-rock with an intelligent demeanor, lacking any and all cheesiness that can be found bogging down many of todayâs young musical acts. Sincerity and maturity is something that seems to have come naturally with the most recent batch of This Waking Moment tracks.

With "Say it Loud, Make it Known" This Waking Moment have released themselves from the world of trivial cross-genre classifications, scene aesthetics, and musical inhibitions. Theyâve created a record that plays to their strengths, accentuates the extraordinary dynamic between the musicians, and is easy to listen to at any given time. Rather than playing to one musical extreme or the other, theyâve cut ties with the musical boundaries previously placed on them and given listeners a great, catchy, personable rock and roll record. It seems This Waking Moment have finally found the place they have been fighting for the past few years."
-J. Hill