Raw, Dirty, Rock N Roll

We were a chemical experiment gone bad. Make the prudes of the world so sad with your bad cheesy dick songs and oh how the girls drop their thongs! Right or wrong we always finish strong with our latex on. If we're not on stage we're in the back getting strange and we need short change.

HAILING FROM ATLANTA, GA, GARAGE ROCKER ROD HAMDALLAH HAS BEEN TEARING UP THE SOUTHEAST'S VIBRANT MUSIC SCENE SINCE BEFORE HE WAS OLD ENOUGH TO ORDER HIS FIRST DRINK. AT 16, ROD BEGAN SOAKING UP THE SOUTHERN DELTA BLUES AND GARAGE ROCK SOUNDS AT A RELENTLESS PACE; INFLUENCED BY EARLY SOUL, BLUES AND GARAGE ROCK, ROD TOOK HIS SOUND TO ANOTHER LEVEL. AT 17, HE STARTED SHARING THE STAGE WITH INFLUENCES SUCH AS, SEAN COSTELLO, DEXTER ROMWEBER AND MORE. ROD'S ORIGINAL MUSICAL ELEMENTS ARE ROOTED IN BLUES, GARAGE AND EARLY SOUL. LOW-FIDELITY, DARK STORYTELLING AND AMERICAN ROOTS MUSIC PLAY A BIG PART IN THE SONG WRITING. HE CREATES A SOUND THAT CAN BE LIKENED TO ARTISTS SUCH AS, THE FLAT DUO JETS, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND THE BLACK KEYS. DEBUT EP, ‘THINK ABOUT IT’, RELEASED MAY 1ST 2014 IS A WAILING GARAGE ROCK STOMPER WITH LO-FI BLUESY VOCALS THROUGHOUT ALL 5 TRACKS. THE SINGLE "THINK ABOUT IT" KEEPS YOUR HEAD SHAKING WITH DIRTY GUITAR AND A PUNK ATTITUDE, WHILE THE SOULFUL VOCALS KEEP THEIR PLACE. "CARRY YOU HOME" FEATURING COLONEL J.D. WILKES OF TH' LEGENDARY SHACK SHAKERS ADDS BANJO AND DREAMY WURLITZER PIANO TO THE BLUESY WESTERN TUNE. CRAFTING A SOUND FROM ALL INFLUENCES AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH DYNAMIC VARIATION AND MELODIC VOCALS.

Temporary Arrangement are a rock band from Kalamazoo, Michigan, founded in September, 2014 by Will Benoit (drums, vocals), Joe Billian (guitar, lead vocals), and Alex Ehrnstrom (bass, vocals). Their debut EP, Minor Conspirators, was recorded at Broadside Studios in September, 2015, and released February, 2016. Minor Conspirators is equal parts raw energy and stylistic diversity; Benoit and Billian alternate songwriting and lead vocal duties, resulting in an EP that resists straightforward categorization, except to say its passion is matched by its hooks. Following the release of Minor Conspirators, Temporary Arrangement welcomed new member and lead guitarist, Jarab Selner, the addition of whom fostered a more unified musical vision.  Eschewing many contemporary musical trends of the 2010s - and drawing primary influence from many bands from the 60s, 70s, and 80s - Temporary Arrangement sound decidedly old school. Primary older influences include The Velvet Underground, Television, Talking Heads, The Cure, The Beatles, and Sonic Youth; newer influences include Deerhunter, St. Vincent, Destroyer, and The Strokes. Their latest releases find the band with a renewed emphasis on vocal harmonies, rhythmic and dynamic variety and precision, and a desire to emphasize past tradtions without ignoring the present or future. As Temporary Arragement find new audiences, their energy to connect with a growing fanbase continues to grow.

Randy Newman without the sexual charisma.