Strikeout Pro

There's nothing I enjoy more than pimping/promoting a local band, and that's exactly what these guys are. But they're not just another "local band"; they are an AMAZING band. Now, I use that word pretty loosely, but I'm dead serious: There is not a better word to describe this band. They're from Toledo, their lead singer's name is Nathan (always a plus :) ), and he has one of the most amazing voices I've ever heard.

If you liked Number One Fan and Copeland from my previous posts, and/or Days Away, Mae, or the All-American Rejects, I'd almost be willing to bet my life that you will adore this band. Every person I've shown them to before now has been blown away, no joke. I fell in love the first time I heard them. Beautiful, passionate music with a slight but not too strong spiritual overtone. I would highly recommend this band to ANY music fan of music in general, not just fans of similar bands. If you just love music itself, you've got to appreciate this band. They are nothing short of stunning.

Unfortunately, these guys have only 1 official EP out, and I don't want to rob them by posting the whole thing on here so, I posted 2 songs, and on their myspace you can hear more of them. Seeing as these guys are local, you'll have plenty of oppurtunities to see them live and pick up an actual copy of the EP. And I highly suggest you do so. These guys are going to be huge.

This is the very informative bio from their Myspace page:

Strike Out Pro is on a mission to give the world a message of love and truth through the sounds of melodic rock. In September '06 SOP released the Here and Now EP recorded and produced by Brennan Willis (The Undeserving, More Than Electric) and mixed by Allen Salmon (This Beautiful Republic, Sanctus Real, Mute Math).

The Title track “Here and Now” comes from Ephesians 5:14 which says …Awake thou that sleepest and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. When we are physically asleep we are insensible to any danger that may be near, we are unconscious of what may be going on around us, we can’t hear the voice of our friends, we can’t see beauty in the life around us, and we are left incapable of realizing our own condition. The same goes for a person who is spiritually asleep. When you stop and look around, you’ll find so many friends or people you pass by on the street who are spiritually asleep. You might even find yourself in this state. Often situations arise in our lives that make it easy to just forget what we know is real. But even if we close our eyes and pretend God’s not real, doesn’t mean that He doesn’t exist.

It’s so easy to seek after our own desires and ambitions, or in other words it’s easy to be selfish. If you live just for your own dreams, you’ll soon find yourself spiritually asleep and unaware of the reality that’s all around us. The song “Here and Now” is simply a calling out for people to wake up from the mundane and lifeless state we can all find ourselves in. Even when our dreams fall apart, know that there is a love so incredible, and so overwhelming, that is waiting for us. Can you let go for a love you can’t explain? There’s no reason to wait, you can make a change right here and now.


Please give these guys a listen and support them, they are so good, no joke.

http://myspace.com/strikeoutpro

2 Tracks from their "Here and Now EP"
Don't Turn Your Back - http://www.sendspace.com/file/pg07ft
A Little Ways Away - http://www.sendspace.com/file/uyhkeq