Tub Ring

Having kept their silence for well over a year, Tub Ring's personnel have not only crafted an album that is as loud as it is fun, but uncovered new territory and bested the lines they've already blurred.   Unable to define a sound that is more than curious, shy of calculated and too quick to keep tabs on, has left fans and critics eagerly awaiting Tub Ring's every move.   Foregoing their typically busy touring schedule, and instead opting to write and record their new -- and aptly titled -- album, Secret Handshakes, Tub Ring have only surfaced to offer information on a need to know basis.

On this new album, Tub Ring's vivid and colorful compositions mix the elements of rock and the synth driven “big beat manifesto” with those of an orchestra pit.  Backed by a rhythm section comprised of marching-band-nerds-packing heat in the form of marimbas, bells, timpani and the rest of the percussion auxiliary, Tub Ring's got an energy akin to that of Oingo Boingo's playful stature. Amidst the backbone are a guitarist and keyboardist, busily lilting and lacing the songs together as if Josh Homme had ventured towards Radiohead's brainy textures.  Fronted by a singer ruminating over the decrees of science and the human condition, and delivered anywhere between crooning and barking orders like Jello Biafra still had a pulpit from which to preach...it's no wonder that one listen to Tub Ring alerts the ears and brains to something deeper, something more than the atypical rock agenda.

While an extensive and rigorous touring regimen has allowed the band to exercise their craft, cutting their teeth alongside such acts as: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Clutch, The Birthday Massacre, Dub Trio, Foxy Shazam, and Mindless Self Indulgence (to name but a few), Tub Ring have even found time to infiltrate the mainstream... Full Bio