Published: April 24, 2008 06:30 pm            

Georgia band to perform at Verve

TERRE HAUTE — Misfortune500 will play The Verve night club at 677 Wabash Ave. at 10 p.m. Thursday.

Misfortune500 of Athens, Ga., promises to bring a rocking show laden with its alternative, post-punk rock sounds.

Similar to the raw energetic sound of alternative and post-punk rock bands such as The Chameleons and Echo & the Bunnymen, you’ll find Misfortune500, a young alternative rock band who has been cultivating a buzz throughout the Southeast.

In their debut release, “Before the Winter Ends” (2007), the band scored a top 50 single on the CMJ Singles Chart during their first East Coast tour. The album is currently distributed by Stickfigure Records.

Combining elements of an art-alternative perspective and civic/social awareness, the band sends a message of personal relevance and global activism. Additionally, Misfortune500 contributes time and funds to various cause-based organizations (specifically AIDS prevention and awareness) and strives to create a sense of responsibility in their listeners. They make you want to dance, yet they emote a sense of the fatalistic. Live as hard as you can.

Kenneth Gambill of Performer magazine wrote, “One of the most important things a band can do when recording an album is produce something that is memorable and will immediately grab attention. On Misfortune500’s latest, Before the Winter Ends, they do all this and more. Having only been together for a little over two years, Misfortune500 are already on point with the state of rock music today. This Athens quartet takes on an interesting perspective when creating its unique blend of angry, late-’90s alternative and current dance-rock.

“With a social conscious [sic] and songs based on political activism, it’s understandable why Misfortune500 preaches what they do.”

        

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