Karate Coyote is a self described “20-something sextet” of college
graduates that are balancing post-college pressure to enter into
careers, while working hard to break through as a full-time touring
band.
These polar forces of adult life tugging at the band are also an apt
metaphor for their music, which balances simple melodies with complex
rhythmic time signatures to create sounds that are accessible to fans on
both sides of their pop/indie rock designation.
For a band founded in a crowded college music scene in Columbus and
entering into a more crowded indie rock market, creating music with a
unique balance of instrumental sounds and tight three-part male and
female vocal harmonies is advantageous.
“It is really the sum of the six of us, and we have so many influences
that we end up having a pretty unique sound,” band member Eric Vescelius
said in a recent telephone interview. “Some of us have a jazz
background, some of us have a folk background and some of us have choral
experience. It all comes together and I think that is what makes us
unique.”
With strong support from their home base in Columbus, Karate Coyote has
established a growing fan base by providing an engaging live show that
highlights their diverse background and talents.
Reviews for their debut album “Inner Animals” and their recent EP “Ride
On Pegasus!” include such accolades as “Columbus’ rising star …” and
“… one really great song away from a career-changing iPod commercial.”
Karate Coyote opens up the 2011 Black Swamp Arts Festival, and the
audience can expect a high-energy set from a band that is on the cusp of
breaking through to the national indie pop market.
“We are lucky to have so much support from the Columbus music scene and
from the Midwest in general,” Vescelius said. “We would love to do this
as a career and it is something that we enjoy so much that even if it
doesn’t break through, it is the best thing that has ever happened to
us.”