The Will is a southern California band. What kind of band are they? Well that’s where the fun kicks in. It’s a kind of choose your own adventure scenario. The first time I heard The Will’s eponymous debut, I though punk, for sure. The second time I listened to it, I was with a friend and they said it just sounded like good old-fashioned rock. Since then I’ve played it for others and they said it has traces of metal and grunge. Yeah, I could see that.
So here is my ultimate conclusion. The Will is a band whose talent is the ability to capture a certain grittiness found in the most aggressive genres, like the above mentioned, and spit it out for the world to behold without the excessive testosterone. It is direct and provoking without feeling like they have to prove how tough they are for the sake of toughness.
What really gets me about The Will is Lucas Fackler’s whiskey-soaked vocals. Mmmm whiskey…and speaking of whiskey, they have a song by the same name so check it out on MySpace or this place.