BIO: West Trinity plays the kind of raw bluesy rock that spans from the Piedmont to Picadilly Square. Free from synthesizers, samplers and drum machines, the music of West Trinity is centered around barbaric tribal drumbeats and biting guitar, with soaring vocals and thoughtful composition.
Booking: booking@westtrinity.com
MP3s: Doomsday | Illuminatus | Skeleton Cage
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PRESS
An article from the Independent Weekly:
23 DEC 2009
Local 506—Every year, when people are worrying about the presents they should be stuffing into boxes—or how fastest to return presents they pulled out of boxes—the dockets of the most popular local rock clubs become clean slates. It’s a good thing too, as such vacancy allows newcomers—or simply bands whose sounds might not sync with the currents of the moment—a chance to be heard. So it goes with West Trinity, a new Durham four-piece that quotes classical music within its vaguely spectral blues-rock anthems. A little like light Deep Purple Cream, West Trinity builds electric washes beneath Therese Honeycutt’s incensed voice. The free show starts at 9:30 p.m. See www.local506.com. —Grayson Currin
An article from the Siler City News:
OCT0309
West Trinity at Mina Bean’a Café
West Trinity is a three-man band from Durham. They have been together for two years and play quite a variety of music, sometimes including a little Bach or Beethoven mixed in with rock music. Guitarist John K and bass player Kenray met at an open mic in Durham two years ago. A few months later, they found drummer Jensen Tu at another open mic session, and the band was formed. They said that an interactive crowd is the best of conditions for the group – feeding off the energy of the crowd, as well as each other.
By Milburn Gibbs
The restaurant was alive with the sounds of music on Friday night. Mina Bean’a Café brought in West Trinity – a trio of musicians from Durham – to entertain at the café on October 2. What the customers got (in addition to some luscious food) was a sound a little different from what Siler City is accustomed to hearing.
Singer and guitarist Kenray said before the concert that West Trinity played bluesy rock music, then took the stage to prove his point. The band writes a lot of their own music, and can improvise if and when needed. “We pay a lot of attention to dynamics,” Kenray said. “We are never doing just one thing.”
Showing the band’s versatility and confidence, halfway through the performance he played a tune drummer Jensen Tu and guitarist John K had never heard before. Being the skilled professionals that John and Jensen are, the two improvised expert accompaniment to the new tune right on the spot, in real time – no one in the audience being any the wiser that they were hearing the very first performance of an original song. The band also enjoys inserting a little Bach or Beethoven into their complex rock and roll arrangements. One of the selections they played Friday evening was an original song entitled, “Above Me.” The trio added some “Carmina Burana” strains to the “Above Me” selection.
An upbeat version of Concrete Blonde’s classic hit “Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)” proved one of the audience’s favorites. “They hit some surprising licks,” dancer Travis Cohn said. He and Mina and her mother Dianna Metreaud tripped the light fantastic during the entire song. Dianna was also drafted to sing backing vocals on a rendition of Dylan’s “Knocking on Heaven’s Door”.
“We improvise a lot,” Jensen said to no one’s surprise.
The band finished the evening with a few originals, plus an improvised medley of requested U2 classics.
This was not your everyday pickers and drummers. “The secret of a good band is having a stable drummer,” Kenray said of his group. One could not be sure if he was kidding or not.
Videos and mp3s are available at the band’s website at www.westtrinity.com.
