The Box Social "Scary Dream" from Blown to Bits Live at The Journey Music Madison, WI May 2, 2006 PODCAST EXCLUSIVE!

Almost a year and a half ago, I made a resolution to see more local bands. I also had made a point of trying to see the Box Social in particular, as their guitarist had been one of my students a few semesters ago. Since then I've seen enough local bands to count on one hand, and none of them had been the Box Social until yesterday. I had actually skipped seeing them at the King Club last weekend (and another local show at the Slipper Club), so finally getting to one of these shows really was an event.

When Nick, the guitarist, was in my class, he gave me a copy of their then-current EP, Golly Gee Whiz!, which was kind of a laid-back pop affair, but their 2005 follow-up is much heavier. He told me that they basically had five songs that were much heavier than everything else they were working on and decided to segment them off, so I guess their upcoming full-length will sound a bit different. Whatever the record sounds like, I expect it to drop with an impact in the Madison/Milwaukee uber-scene, as they're putting in a ton of work and have been picking up some decent publicity.