The IMC Magazine Issue 17/July 2016 | Page 36

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My personal journey into the world of #indie music began around the last half of 2009. That's when a certain album by a certain L.A. based (at the time) artist hit my earholes. There's been no looking back for me since then. Fast forward a few months to 2010 and business REALLY started to pick up. I entrenched myself in the Maine music scene and my music loving soul was flipped upside down.

It was at a Lit on the Flash show at the Empire in downtown Portland, Maine that I first encountered Bangor, Maine rock duo When Particles Collide. I'm not gonna lie, I literally had a hard time hearing for a few days after their set was over. This was just a 2-piece band but, holy hell, THIS to me was what rock n roll was upposed to be. Crank the amps up to 10 and leave it all on the stage. Sasha Alcott and Chris Viner completely stole my soul that night. I've followed them all over Maine and New Hampshire in the years since and have bared witness to the evolution of their brilliance first hand. From their pop/punk beginnings with Making Enemies and Pop! Pop! Bang! Bang! to their full fledged rock n roll turns on Ego, Photoelectric and This Town, it's hard to improve upon near perfection... until Ecotone happened.

Enlisting help from their friends in Aloud, Mad Anthony, The Hat Madder and Nathan Zoob, Ecotone is 100% WPC with a twist. The twist is taking WPC and reworking the vision of the song. These are four unmistakable WPC tracks that show you four different sides to their ever evolving sound. I don't think there's another band around that could have pulled this off. THIS is #UnstoppableRock.

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Ecotone by When Particles Collide... it's what I'm listening to

Carlos Gnipp