Artist: Open Choir Fire

Call it indie rock, or call it power pop; however you label it, Open Choir Fire 's new LP, Dirt Bathed And Quilted is flat out good. There's an unquestionable 90s influence focused primarily on the Northwest region, which is no surprise as the band hails from Seattle. "Killing The Messenger" is a hard-hitting rocker, while its successors in "Big Regret" and "You Should Take The Bus" take it down a notch but are no less intricate, powerful or yes, even sophisticated. Yeah, it includes several 90s signatures, [...]

• Open Choir Fire - You Should Take the Bus

Seattle's Open Choir Fire is self-releasing their first full-length album with a pair of shows in Tacoma and Seattle this weekend. Plus, the band is offering the album up for free, for a very limited time. Check out the band's Web site to download the album for free.The three-piece band has been generating plenty of buzz in Seattle, with a live in-studio session last month on the great KEXP that

• Open Choir Fire - Oh Grace

Open Choir Fire appears, in the outset, to hold steady with well-known staple 90s indie artists including the Pixies, Fugazi and Juno. Following suit is the hefty power trio of guitar, bass and drums. V ocalist Amo DelBello mixes it up with early Modest Mouse-esque shrieks and the post-punky, pre-emo moodiness of Juno. In "Big Regret", there's a light indie-pop sound familiar to artists like Baby Calendar, but with a heavier 90s appeal. However, songs like "Things You Have To Do" find an edge; here DelBello comes [...]

• Open Choir Fire - Big Regret (live on 107.7 The End)