Another Form of Relief

Our second Michigan band is the awesomely titled That’s Him! That’s The Guy! may sound like some large indie twee pop collective, but instead, it’s just two guys with four first names. Joseph Scott and David Martin are “a sort of folk duo”, a vague yet accurate description of what they do.

They make pretty stripped down, personal songs, but they still know how to bust out the instruments when they are called for. Over their six song EP, ‘Help Me, I’m On Fire’, they manage to make use of keyboards, a banjo, a glockenspiel (what’s with those lately?), a harmonica and a bunch of other fun stuff you wouldn’t usually expect from two seemingly miserable guys with guitars. The songs themselves are personal to the point of grimace, with brutal honesty winning the day here (”These days when I wake up / I don’t tell myself that I’m not gonna drink / Cause I know a lie when I hear one”) being delivered by half pained, half shouty vocals.

MP3 That’s Him! That’s The Guy! - These Days
MP3 That’s Him! That’s The Guy! - Love Again

‘Help Me, I’m On Fire’ can be purchased for the absurdly cheap sum of $5 from the band’s website. They are currently in the studio recording a full length album, tentatively titled ‘The Army Life’. Demos from these studio sessions can be heard on their Myspace.

That’s Him! That’s The Guy!: Website || Myspace