There’s something mythic about Brooklyn based band Falcon. It’s not a penchant for face melting solos, mystic robes, or even a rock legend in the band’s line-up. Their concept is mythic.
Falcon is a new band founded by three classmates of a junior high student named Jared Falcon. Jared Falcon was a songwriting prodigy that wrote nearly a song a day from 1986-1988 on a fischerprice tape recorder until he was institutionalized. The band studies the recordings and then fleshes out the musical arrangements to create some stunningly affecting rock songs. Neil Rosens’ boyish vocals add to the stark poignancy of the lyrics. They may have been the compulsive musings of a junior high student but the band gives incredible power to the simplest lyric. If some of the power present sounds vaguely familiar, it’s because the band is powered by the guitarist and drummer of Longwave. With a debut EP of this high a caliber, not only are Falcon making Jared proud, they’re making some really great music too.
