Blues inspired music that thrives on ghostly anthems and big-footed stomp shuffles. Recorded live to 2-inch analog tape, âMm Hmmâ captures tension and release in its rawest form.

4 MP3 Songs in this album (20:12) !
Related styles: ROCK: Experimental Rock, BLUES: Swamp Blues

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Bailiff isâwell, first, let me just say: the band didnât write this bio. I did. Iâm Evan Sult, drummer in the bands Bound Stems and Harvey Danger. I know about Bailiff because I heard them through the walls of a practice space I was visiting. They were working on a new song, and I ended up outside the door of their room, listening to them work out a well-crafted 5/4 drum rhythm against this tight, high guitar part that sunk straight into my memoryâI was still humming it to myself three days later, no shit. I had to knock on the door and find out who they were. Turned out they hadnât even played their first show yet.

It was one of those moments. Meeting them was kind of like finding that one perfect t-shirt at the Village Discountâyou see it on the hanger, on the rack, among a thousand other stained and pointless shirts, and you just know youâll still be wearing that shirt a decade from now.

Iâm no fool: I got myself on over to the Beat Kitchen to catch their debut. It was packed on a Wednesday night, well over a hundred folks in the band room. For a first show? Yeahâplus, there were people calling out song titles! Not in that supportive-friend way, either, but in that way that means someone really wanted to hear the songs. Bailiff was LOUD, smooth, and collected, and they had all of six songs to play for the crowd. Keep in mind, this is their first show. I spent a little time watching the crowd, because I have to admit Iâve never seen a first show go so well; Bailiff had the audienceâs complete attention, friends and strangers alike. The show was a complete success.

So Bailiff the band is just starting out, which is a lucky thing for all of us, because it means we get to watch something real cool right from the launch. The band is new, but the musicians have been around for years. Theyâre all real sharp players, working the tension between restraint and release. Joshâs melodies are super efficient, delivered deadpan against a guitar thatâs saying as much as the lyrics are. The drumsâwell, thatâs my instrument. Renâs drums are fucking great, pulled so far back that you might not recognize how much technique and taste are informing the part. And the bass is just plain dangerous.

There you are. Not much else to say about a band at this stage, I reckon, except: Get involved now, because youâll be seeing their name around Chicago soon enough in any case. Cheers!