Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

With the start of October, summer at Drexel and the excitement of moving in is finally coming to a long-awaited close, but you can’t let the months of warm weather pass without an introduction to the sweet chords of one of the most publicized bands of 2008, Thieves and Villains.

Produced by Paul Leavitt (All Time Low, Circa Survive, Senses Fail) with Victory Records, Thieves and Villains have been working persistently to promote their debut album “Movement,” which first hit the shelves in early July. Thieves and Villains started on the scene only a year ago, and have already made a significant splash in the music scene—playing Warped Tour 2007, touring with bands such as Mayday Parade, being featured on Fuse and imprinting in the pages of chief music magazines such as Alternative Press, Kerrang!, Spin and Revolver.

This young pop-punk band, hailing from Hudson Valley, New York, has created an incredible reputation for themselves in an extremely short time, marked as one of Alternative Press’s Unsigned Bands to Watch this past March. Thieves and Villains are presently set for a full-scale tour, which started out in June and will continue on through the end of the year. With their non-stop stream of charmingly introverted lyrics, surging, heartfelt beats, and swelling fan-base, Thieves and Villains is heading quickly to the top of the pop/rock genre, and will not be overlooked easily.

***Photo courtesy Corey Fillion/Victory Records