Taurus

No strangers to the music industry, they have each worked with a mixture of talented artists, which include Ben Kweller, Mason Jennings, Andrew Bird, Rosanne Cash and more recently, Bobby Long. It is also fair to say that singer and bassist Chris Morrissey has his finger in many a proverbial music pie, moonlighting as both a bassist to some of the aforementioned acts as well as being signed to the independent jazz label, Sunnyside Records. Producing a sound that draws from their darker influences, Taurus have an underlying melancholic resonance to their current catalogue of songs. Unlike some bands that drag you further under with their woes, Taurus interjects with softer, strategically placed melodies that pull you back just before you enter the abyss.

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Taurus has a tendency to move away from the more formulaic musical patterns that their contemporaries are currently using and as a result it is hard to categorize them into a particular stereotype. At times they have elements of the Fleet Foxes, if the latter had been smattered with a dirtier tinge akin to Australian upbeat indie outfit; The Presets. They present a hybrid combination, fitting neatly into a void that the music world had not yet realized was there. Modestly describing their future sound as "We shall see", with their interests including "being together in the same place long enough to rehearse", it's almost like Taurus was born one day when they each picked up their instruments and decided to see what would happen if they played together. The result: a pleasant auditory sensation from a band who don't seem to realize quite how good they are.