The Superficials will be appearing at the Evening Muse in Charlotte, NC on December 8th, 2007.  Make your plans now!

The Superficials will be appearing with their friend Jared Blake at the Rutledge  in Nashville, TN on December 6th, 2007.  Make your plans now!

The Superficials will be at Cafe Coco on Ocotber 24th, 2007.  Come out and join us!

So you’re sitting in a bar.  Maybe it’s a dive in the rust belt with sticky floors.  Maybe it’s a watering hole in the Bible belt with stock car fenders hanging from the walls.  Or maybe it’s one of those places where you need a belt to get in, where people come to “see and be seen.”  But for whatever reason, you’re there,  enjoying a beverage, be it a $10 martini or a $2 can of Pabst Blue Ribbon. 

All of a sudden, you hear music.  It sounds familiar, but you know you’ve never heard it before.  You investigate.  Soon, you’re in a room full of people watching a band, a scenario you’re no stranger to. However, there’s something different about this crowd.  You can’t seem to figure it out.  The folks are from many different walks of life.  Are they relatives? Friends? Surely not all of them.  Some are wearing khakis.  Some are wearing Stetsons.  They are old and young…chic and geek…and they’re all singing along.  You decide to stick around for a just a little bit, maybe 10 minutes or so. 

An attractive fan makes their way to the bar for a drink.  You realize that it’s the perfect icebreaker when you ask: “Who’s the band?”  and they respond: “The Superficials.”

As you chat, you learn that the band is made up of songwriters from Nashville.  They’re somewhat new as a whole, but each of them have been performers for a while.  As the conversation breaks from time to time, your attention reverts to the stage, and you notice how much fun the band is having.  Even the between-song banter is amusing, as they entertain the audience with anecdotes about everything from flat-sharing in London to hand-fasting in Seattle. You like their sound, but it’s hard to categorize.  Almost any prefix put in front of “Rock” or “Country” would do…Folk, Alternative, Classic, whatever.    Eventually, the 10 minutes you planned to stay turns into an hour, and the group is doing their closer.

You meet the guys while they’re packing up.  Sure, they look like musicians, but they also look like the sort you could just hang around and listen to old vinyl records with.  After all is said and done, with your name scrawled on the mailing list and a CD in your hand, you ask yourself one last question: 

“Why haven’t I heard of The Superficials until now?”

 You don’t have a good answer, but it doesn’t matter. You had a great time.

 Berry Hill Bungalow

Berry Hill Bungalow is the Superficials’ sophmore outing.  In the winter of 2005-2006, the Superficials began recording a demo of new songs on borrowed equipment in the 1940’s Bungalow they were living in.  After a while, the project ballooned into a serious endevour, with the help of producer Joe Kuhlmann from Charlotte, North Carolina, and Matt Coble and Dean Carroll from Nashville.

Amplifier Magazine says:

“The Superficials put together a charming not-so-lo-fi album.  “Somehow” a plaintive love song, is as strong as any pop/rock song you’ll hear on the radio this year.  [With] lots of vocal harmonies and solid musicianship…look for this touring band through the south and midwest.”

IndiePro.com says:“Donning a fun and unique style, Berry Hill Bungalow inspires toe-tappin’ and head-bobbin’ throughout each song.  The music is light and happy, with an interesting lyrical arrangement.”Berry Hill Bungalow features 12 all-new, all-original tracks:

1. Mermaid
2. Fine Line
3. Somehow
4. The Bellows (for Cecilia C. Jones)
5. Written in the Stars
6. Rainbows & Roses
7. Townie
8. Answer Key
9. 666-69
10. Something Right
11. Count on Me
12. Rex & Regina

Get it now at CDBaby.com!

Click here to listen to samples from Berry Hill Bungalow!

 YEARBOOK

The band’s first full-length CD! Features 11 original tracks:

1. Coming Up Roses
2. Just Desserts
3. Forgive Me
4. Sour Milk Sea
5. Platypus Rag
6. So Tall
7. Broken-Hearted Oratorio
8. Charlotte’s Web
9. So Long
10. Understand
11. Roll It

Get it now at CDBABY.com!

 Live at the Living Art
Tripp and Erik live at the Living Art (now Evening Muse) in Charlotte, NC.

 YOU’RE NO NINJA
1999 compilation from Greensboro, NC Indie label Delusion Records.  Features electric version of the Superficials single “Understand”, as well as a song by Erik and Tripp’s high school rock group, The Vox Pops.  Features 20 tracks by various artists.