Thriving Ivory – Review of their self-titled album
Music genre: Alternative/Pop
Band members:
- Scott Jason – Piano and Keys
- Clayton Stroope – Vocals
- Drew Cribley – Guitars
- Bret Cohune – Bass
- Paul Niedermier – Drums/Percussion
Sounds a bit like: Maroon 5, Train, Our Lady Peace, Gavin DeGraw
Recommended for: People who like the aforementioned bands
I’ll start with the good. Thriving Ivory’s album currently has over 90 reviews on i-tunes and the vast majority of them are five stars. Not to mention, the band has received a lots of exposure on VH1 recently; I believe they’ve even broken into VH1’s top 20 Countdown. So, it’s obvious that people are liking them. They sound a little like Maroon 5 and their lead singer, Clayton Stroope, has a quality to his voice that resembles Gavin DeGraw’s. Couple all this with the fact that the bandmembers are easy on the eyes – appealing to a late teens/early twenties demographic – and you have a band that will likely do very well.
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