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"   Photo: Loren Wohl  &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve broken, like, four drumsticks,&amp;quot; laughs Sam Duke, alluding to the rough-and-tumble, balls-to-the-wall stage antics of Sea Monsters. The Brooklyn-based trio doesn&amp;#039;t rock softly. After one of their shows, your hair might be mussed, your toes may be trodden on, and your chest will be heaving from all the leaping about that their music will incite you to do. Bassist Jared O&amp;#039;Connell, guitarist and vocalist DL Tashjian and drummer Sam Duke, all 25, wouldn&amp;#039;t have it any other way. &amp;quot;What we don&amp;#039;t like is people just standing there,&amp;quot; says O&amp;#039;Connell. &amp;quot;We don&amp;#039;t want to be up there just making sounds. We want people to move.&amp;quot; In the time one can say &amp;quot;flannel shirt,&amp;quot; a hundred and one hipster-hot burgeoning bands will have made some kind of impression on someone, but, dare we say, these guys are good. Sea Monsters have an affinity for noise, as most punk-rock bands do, but their sound is not raucous; it&amp;#039;s exuberant, catchy, and slightly poignant. Tashjian&amp;#039;s voice is purposeful and provocative, and in &amp;quot;In This Town&amp;quot; it resonates with a subdued intimacy that nudges your gut. In &amp;quot;Fin in Water,&amp;quot; Duke and O&amp;#039;Connell make their powerhouse talent known on the drums and bass, respectively, on what is the band&amp;#039;s feel-good party anthem. Fun is their focus, and angst isn&amp;#039;t really in their repertoire. &amp;quot;Our songs are about love, sex, and cutting loose,&amp;quot; explains Tashjian, who pens the lyrics and gets song fodder from all over the place, including surfing at Rockaway Beach, listening to the band&amp;#039;s favorite punk-rock group Dinosaur Jr., and drinking at seedy watering holes. &amp;quot;I used to live across from this super-forgotten bar where most of the guys in there have had crazy lives. The vibe in there was so inspirational, &amp;quot; he says. The boys are quickly amassing a fan base, and are set to play a host of gigs at venues in Brooklyn this summer. The sun will be shining and spirits will be high-flying; the perfect complement to the band&amp;#039;s boisterous beats. Says Duke, &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;re not trying to be grandiose or overblown. I like music that makes me feel good, and I think our songs do that.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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