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BY SALLIE TURNER pendently released album. more electric and heavier sound to The Battalion Running on Ice, the group’s sec­ their lyrics. 1999-2000 ond album, released in 1995, in­ “The live record was a turning ' WgDrn its beginning as a duo play- cluded Carter Beauford of the point for us,” he said. “There was a Student Organization Funding H ing in nightclubs in Washington, Dave Matthews Band and backup lot of development, a lot of growth I y J[i |. D.C., Vertical Horizon has vocals by Cary Pierce and Jack in a very short time, and I think it re­ * I il)r^ei1 its way L1P to si8ninS with a O’Neill of Jackopierce. According ally shows on [LiveStages].’’ $$$ ' ' ijor label, RCA Records, last year. to the band’s Website, Vertical Vertical Horizon said its focus Keith Kane and Matt Scanned, Horizon employed a variety of was and continues to be songwrit­ Vertical Horizon Applications now available in Student Finance J* 8' ■aduates of Georgetown Uni- drummers and other musicians to ing, even though their sound has un­ Everything You Want Center (217 MSC) or Student Activities (125 Koldus) rsity, began playing acoustic gigs tour with them but made no per­ dergone some major changes over roughout the New England area, manent additions to the band un­ the past seven years. CD courtesy of RCA for 1999-2000 Student Organization Funding. Jentually joining with John Alagia til 1996. Records Jd Doug Derryberry, who recorded Kane said they try to put the fo­ The group finally found their per­ cus of their music on the lyrics, iew tracks for Vertical Horizon. In manent drummer, Ed Toth, through Applications due R, ^92, the band saved up enough melodies and chord progressions. Everything You Want, the Scannell’s mom, who was looking for first major label album release olackstr-^ney to record their first album, a Vertical Horizon album at the record “We’re not into huge produc­ Wednesday, April 14 4:30 p.m. Fm Hand Back Again. store where Toth was working. Toth tions,” he said. “Just real emotions by Vertical Horizon, brings and real situations.” forth a major change in the lil' Man/Int The album, which was recorded permanently joined the band just in ScannelTs high school, scored time to record and release the group’s The band added Sean Hurley on sound of this once acoustic Visit our Web site Recot band. e group a job touring with the third independently produced album. bass guitar for their latest album, http://stuact.tamu.edu/stuorgs/sofrequest/ en up-and-coming Jackopierce. Live Stages. scheduled for release in June. Every­ Their first album, 1995’s noday’s gluttedR Bring with Jackopierce helped Live Stages is a recording of many thing You Want marks their first ma­ There and Back Again, was a for more information ogeneity is them e band develop a strong grass of the group’s older songs, with a jor label release. mix of acoustic songs and With the repeat ots following that eventually pur- more electric sound. Scannell said The new album is a change from heavily romanticized lyrics. ige physics ton® ased 70,000 copies of their inde­ Live Stages was the first step in adding Vertical Horizon’s humble begin­ The newest release is all plus a certains® nings of playing acoustically at electric with a much harder in modicum olsti nightclubs to small audiences. sound. The romanticized ) ail the layers Scannell said the songs are still lyrics remain, but during id to be a few simple, recorded with sincerity de­ many songs on the album, the FREE ■who makethein spite the change to a more electric lyrics cannot be understood ’xplore the and louder sound. over the music. of music, Kane said one of the reasons for The loyal grass-roots fol­ MONEY! ackstneet, once it the increase in the use of electric gui­ lowing of Vertical Horizon can Iticultural versiot tars was his desire to hear a lot of expect a shock by this album, lively known as noise. which has an energy level un­ Partial funding available to student organizations s, ease into a “After six or seven years of tour­ like the band’s previous inde­ and academic departments producing programs Vest coast CM ing, toughing out relationships, pendent CD releases. [ground dance gut struggling, you begin to feel a little One has to wonder if the with an international focus in 1999-2000 of dirty talk. Theif more realistic about life,” he said. band’s signing with RCA is the gly fresh blend oft “That realism, that anger sounded cause for the change in the dectric and really good on an electric guitar.” music. MSC LT. Jordan Institute The band will play tonight at The title track, “Everything for International Awareness times, thegroups Shadow Canyon with Sly Letter You Want,” is sure to please as Enrichment Fund tagmire of these ! opening. Their performance is it tells the story of the lovelorn m: most groupsvri scheduled to be a mixture of both lead vocalist. Matt Scannell. ■■ [Jniortunjtely.Bi old and new stuff, but the empha­ Fans will have to adjust to For application information, mhiikI about as situ sis will be on the new material. the change in their music, stop by the MSC LT, Jordan Institute office y Spears smgingaftj Ed Toth said the new album and which is not altogether bad in the MSC room 223-1 i the Mickev Mo© new sound are a step towards but definitely different. spite these sn widening the scope of Vertical Hori­ The future of Vertical Hori­ or call 845-8770 ire plenty oil zon’s appeal. zon’s music is hard sound that http://ltjordan.tamu.edu mm. Blackstt “If we allow ourselves to keep fits into the mainstream of e-mail: [email protected] while staying moving forward, we’ll be able to rock today. 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