NO RESOLVE

No Resolve thrive on doing the unexpected. And the fact is, few bands can recast, reshape, and reinvigorate well-known material that’s been ingrained into the hearts and minds of passionate music listeners the world over the way No Resolve does. Just how this four-man Detroit-bred band continues to do just that time and time again with the songs they’ve remade as their own — to the unending delight of multi-millions of fans on TikTok, Spotify, iTunes, and myriad other streaming platforms — comes from an entirely different kind of sonic mindset altogether.

“The music industry has changed completely,” observes No Resolve frontman Oscar Pegorraro, “and the power is now in the viral creator’s hands, rather than the record label. Look at us — we’re an independent band who have over one million monthly listeners on Spotify, are regularly charting on Billboard, and every new song release of ours goes to the top of the iTunes charts. We’ve already gone the traditional music route of putting out a full-length album and two EPs of original material, but now we’re going viral on every streaming platform out there.”

While the band has an avowed knack for creating vibrant original material dating back well over a decade, No Resolve felt they could do something more to move the needle even further. “I’d been wanting to do covers since 2011, so it was a no-brainer to me,” Pegorraro confirms. So, what’s No Resolve’s “secret covers sauce,” so to speak? According to Pegorraro, the aural recipe is really quite simple: “It’s the sense of creating something that feels familiar but at the same time brings it to a genre that needs rejuvenation.”

For examples of this laser-focused covers M.O., bear witness to the way No Resolve turn tracks like Taylor Swift’s “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” and Ed Sheeran’s “Shivers” on their literal bleeding ears.

The viral floodgates opened even more forcefully with No Resolve’s full-bore thundercrack approach to a pair of Adele’s most cherished songs, including their totally charbroiled takes on “Set Fire to the Rain” and “Easy On Me,” the latter of which was the follow-up change-up that broke their covers mold wide open. “I’m inspired by Adele,” Pegorraro admits. “Singing her songs has made me a better singer, and ‘Easy On Me’ convinced me we needed to do more ballads. That could be the start of another breakthrough area for us.”

Bottom line: forging covers that sound different from the vibe, intent, and thrust of their original versions is the linchpin to the No Resolve approach. “We don’t want to do rock-song covers because they’re already rock to begin with, so you’d really only be updating them,” Pegorraro explains. “We’d rather do something shocking that shows a real change, and that’s why doing country songs and Disney songs are better fits.

In fact, Disney songs have been really, really great for us,” he adds, taking special note of how their blistering take on “How Far I’ll Go” from Moana made such a big splash of its own on the Billboard charts.

Speaking of that Disney synergy, No Resolve’s next top-shelf cover, a truly galvanized take on the Encanto favorite “Surface Pressure,” just dropped on April 1--and it’s no fool’s errand, to say the least.

Without giving anything away as to what No Resolve have planned to cover next, let’s just say they’ll be seen as absolute mavericks when it comes to blowing away longtime fans and new listeners alike with the next few singles they have set on the horizon. Not only that, but No Resolve have also just seen to the final mixing and mastering of the 16 hard-edged tracks that comprise their forthcoming, space-themed album TAKE COVER, which is coming out in June via the Noise Machine label. “We’re really proud of this record,” Pegorraro declares, giving additional props to his blood-brother bandmates: guitarist Jason Hatmaker, guitarist/keyboardist Matty Shea, and bassist Dennis Patterson.

How does the No Resolve teamwork exactly work, you ask? A good bit of it emits from the in-tandem creative mindmeld the band have with their Noise Machine label heads and production partners, the Grammy Award-winning, platinum-certified duo of B.J. Perry and John Pregler. “They’re very specific in their views of what covers they’d like us to do,” Pegorraro notes. “They either want it to be brand new and on the top of the Spotify charts, or older — at least 10-years-plus older, to where it’s considered vintage.” The just-released “Surface Pressure” and their collaboration with State of Mine on Garth Brooks’ chart-topping “The Thunder Rolls” are but two shining examples of No Resolve’s well-balanced then/now covers approach.

As 2022 continues to take shape, No Resolve are gearing up for their first full-scale headlining tour, one that’s aptly been dubbed the “Take Cover Tour,” with many of its dates already having sold out in advance. The band’s overall goalpost as artists is to bring a sense of unity (to borrow an album title of theirs) to their ever-expanding audience. “My goal as an artist changes on a daily basis,” Pegorraro clarifies, “but the biggest one is to have people enjoy and hear our music around the world. I’m very grateful we’ve been able to chart our last three or four songs in not only the United States but also in the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, and Slovenia. It’s pretty wild to think about, but I want us to keep doing more. I want No Resolve to play in Europe and South America on a regular basis, to the point where it’s a standard thing for us to do.”

One of the band’s fondest memories remains the reaction garnered by the aforementioned cover No Resolve did with State of Mine of Garth Brooks’ huge country smash “The Thunder Rolls,” one that hit the top of the charts. “It got so big that Garth Brooks saw it himself, and he made a reaction video to it,” marvels Pegorraro. “I have a picture and a video of Garth Brooks looking at my face on his TV. That may be one of the coolest moments in my life.” What could possibly top that? “I’d love to play on a bill with Metallica,” Pegorraro replies with no hesitation. “There’s nothing else that would happen in my life that would be cooler than that.” (Nothing else matters, in other words. . .)

Wherever they may roam, No Resolve have continued to show they’ve got the mettle, the fortitude, and the full resolve to catapult their way to the next level. And like the young rock & roll survivors they already are, the men of No Resolve have figured out how to outwit, outlast, and outperform the competition, so there’s nowhere left to go but up. Take cover, and steel yourselves to go on a breakneck ride with No Resolve. Without a doubt, their star power is very much on the rise.