The Purple Clay Strays is an enormous band with a future that retains increasing. Previously few years the Cell, Ala.-born five-piece has rocketed from membership gigs to main phases like Colorado’s Purple Rocks and Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on the power of its joyful interaction and hovering Southern rock sound. It wasn’t a on condition that the Strays may rein within the grandeur that its fanbase relishes to suit the modest Tiny Desk. However this simple rolling set reveals what’s made these longtime highway canines one of many fastest-rising ensembles in any style proper now: the flexibility to mix intimate and epic moments in a seamless and completely modulated efficiency.
Singer Brandon Coleman possesses critical magnetism and a novel, keening voice — wanting eerily like Boyd Holbrook as Johnny Money within the Bob Dylan biopic A Full Unknown, he shared tales of self-doubt and solace in a better energy whereas introducing favorites like “I am Nonetheless Fantastic.” However the Strays are a band, not only a set piece for a good-looking frontman, and the interaction on chooglers like “Ramblin'” or ballads like “Wanna Be Cherished” may have viewers returning to this set. It is simply so enjoyable to look at keyboardist Sevans Henderson commerce riffs with bottleneck guitarist Zach Rishel, or observe how drummer John Corridor adjusts his mighty energy to the Desk’s confines. And the Strays preserve issues creative, all the time. “Modified that one up fully — it was scary,” guitarist and songwriter Drew Nix laughed after the band’s swinging new tackle its hit ballad “Wanna Be Cherished.” No want for concern — the Purple Clay Strays proceed to show they’re as much as any problem.
SET LIST
- “Ramblin'”
- “Wanna Be Cherished”
- “I am Nonetheless Fantastic”
- “God Does”
- “Moments”
MUSICIANS
- Brandon Coleman: lead vocals, guitar
- Drew Nix: vocals, electrical guitar, harmonica
- Zach Rishel: electrical guitar
- Andy Bishop: bass
- John Corridor: drums
- Sevans Henderson: keys
TINY DESK TEAM
- Producer: Ashley Pointer
- Director/Editor: Joshua Bryant
- Audio Technical Director: Josh Newell
- Host/Collection Producer: Bobby Carter
- Videographers: Joshua Bryant, Kara Body, Maia Stern, Alanté Serene
- Audio Engineer: Josephine Nyounai
- Manufacturing Assistant: Elle Mannion
- Photographer: Zayhra Rodriguez
- Tiny Desk Copy Editor: Hazel Cills
- Govt Producer: Suraya Mohamed
- Collection Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
- VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
