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| Saturday, 15 November 2008 | |
One of the quietest,
but most sustained success stories this year is singer/songwriter
John Vesely, creator of the project Secondhand Serenade. Vesely is
celebrating the major success of the single, “Fall For You,”
which has reached the upper echelons of the Billboard Top Singles
Charts where it cracked the Top 10 earlier this year. In a rare
feat these days, “Fall For You” became a platinum selling
single and was met with praise from enamored emo fans.
But now that the single has exposed the group to tons of fans, and Vesely wants you to know there’s more to the group than just one hit single. The group’s sophomore release, A Twist In My Story came out last February and shows off that there’s more sensitive ballads and upbeat numbers where that came from. The album features teenage and young adult approved tracks like “Your Call” and “Goodbye.” For Secondhand Serenade, the buzz started in 2006, as the band turned themselves into a MySpace darling and had success selling the material strictly through iTunes, before the group signed with Glass Note Music. Vesely has been touring through 2008 behind the release and has seen him come from playing intimate venues like the Magic Stick in Detroit to the biggest gig he’s had to date here in the Detroit area when Secondhand Serenade co-headlines a show with the oddly titled Cute Is What We Aim For on Sunday, November 16th at Clutch Cargo’s. This is sure to be a chance to see how far Secondhand Serenade has come in the past year. It will be the last tour as Vesely prepares to work on new material, probably due out in 2009. Secondhand Serenade plays at Clutch Cargo’s on Sunday, November 16th. Tickets are $18.50 and are available at www.ticketmaster.com. Additional dates can be found at www.myspace.com/secondhandserenade
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