The Weekly Dig Reviews 'Heard Like Us'
GENRE | SURF ROCK MEETS GIRL POP
VERDICT | THE BAND TO WATCH, SERIOUSLY
RELEASE | 6.27.09
"After spending last fall scattered around the world, Allston's You Can Be a Wesley reunited for an all-new full-length, Heard Like Us. The band had three months to record eight songs and, ladies and gentlemen, you don't have to be a brain surgeon to know this shit is good. Wesley's signature girl-pop and indie-rock echoes the sounds of the East Coast surf-and-sand culture—the group formed at BU and singer Saara Untracht-Oakner is from Long Island. It might have been she and bassist Nick Curran's semester down under or guitarist Winston MacDonald's adventures in South America, but Heard Like Us is the album equivalent of the perfect wave, steamy summers and life on distant shores. Since their humble beginnings nearly four years ago, the band's gone from sweaty basement shows to sold-out concerts with indie tastemakers. They're kicking off their New England tour this week, peppering dates up and down the coast. For Boston proper, YCBAW is the band to watch." - Read the Review at weeklydig.com
Improper Bostonian (Print only)
November 4-17 2009
Keeping Track: Can I, Really?
" With a name beaming with possibility and a sound just as bright, Boston-based You Can Be a Wesley puts listeners in a good state of mind. Big on the local scene, these four BU graduates have been gaining national attention. This past July they appeased their fans and released their first album, Heard Like Us ( on vinyl, no less!). Influenced by bands like the Pixies, YCBAW is rocking recognizable anthems ("Creatures") with thoughtful and creative lyrics. They'll be making you want to be like them."
The Boston Phoenix Live Show Review
May 2009
If May is the month in which you typically hunt down your hot summer jam — and you’re not big on Auto-Tune — a quartet of Boston University students (just a few weeks shy of graduation) who call themselves You Can Be a Wesley may have the answer. “Creatures,” the set-ending song the foursome played at T.T. the Bear’s on Friday night, incited much drunken dancing, with appreciative yelps and limbs flailing, by what seemed to be the band’s sizable posse. Despite their obvious bias, YCBAW’s intoxicated pals were onto something: “Creatures” is a hook-fraught love letter to the guitar-heavy, indie-rock greats of the early ’90s (Pavement et al.), but not in a tired way. The song builds up momentum via lead singer Saara Untracht-Oakner’s anthemic chorus, then slows down at the bridge, just before she erupts in a burst of wails. - The Boston Phoenix Review May 2009
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