The Record Company

When The Record Company pick up their instruments, the members—Chris Vos [guitar, lead vocals,harmonica], Alex Stiff [bass, backing vocals], and Marc Cazorla [drums, backing vocals]—participate in amusical back-and-forth akin to a formative andsupportive conversation among siblings. The nuances oftheir personalities seep through loose,bluesy guitar leads, airtight drum grooves, thick bass, and vividlyevocative lyrics. With such fluidity, the musicians respond to one another so instinctuallyyou’d swearthey were telepathically linked. However, there’s no such superpower necessary when you’ve got theclosest thing to a brotherhood that three musicians unrelated by blood can share...The GRAMMY®Award-nominated trio only amplify the power of this bond on their fourth full-lengthoffering and 2023 debut for Round Hill Records.“We know each other’s personalities on the instruments, so we reconnected with one another andreally found that brotherhood again,” explains Chris. “It'salwaysbeen there, but we got back into aroom where it was like a circle of stone. We’re creating something that will go out into the world. We allstand behind it equally, and we’re willing to put our lives and love into it. When you put your career,your future, and your art into another person’s handsand you know they’re doing the same for you,there’s a different level of trust. That’s been our secret since day one. When it’s challenging, we’re alltrying to figure out the challenge. When it’s good, we’reall experiencing it together.”They’ve experienced everything as a family since forming back in 2011. Along the way, they served up atested-and-provenepic in the form of their 2016 debut,Give It Back To You.The releaseearned aGRAMMY®Award nomination in the category of“Best Contemporary Blues Album”and spawned “OffThe Ground,” which reached #1atAAA Radio and tallied nearly 40 million total streams and counting.Beyond a string of stunning late-night television appearances, they performed onCBS This Morning, atBonnaroo, and on an extensive tour with John Mayer in addition to headlining coast-to-coast. Theymaintained this momentum withAll Of This Life[2018] andPlay Loud[2021].On top ofpraise fromAmerican Songwriter,Classic Rock, and more,NPRhailed the latter as“the band’s biggest and mostdynamic record to date.”In 2021, the guys hunkered down and commenced creating what would become their fourth LP.Working out of an intimate home studio in Beachwood Canyon, they wrote, recorded, and self-producedthe music. Outside of cutting drums at the legendary Sunset Sound,it proved to be a homegrown affairthrough and through.“We got back to our old perspective, which is to trust the idea, get out of the way, make something,listen, and respond to it,” affirms Chris.Alex elaborates, “We decided to record the organicthing that got us really excited to play music as aband in the first place. That was the general theme of this record. Keep it as close to a three-piece soundas possible. Keep the music raw. It’s a return to form in a way, but we’re still growing.”“We’vebeen doing this for a while,” adds Marc. “As long as we sound like us, we can be proud of it.It’s not going to be for everybody, but we’ve never been prouder of what we’re doing.”

he Record Company kicks off their next era with the single “Dance On Mondays.” Guitar cries through ahypnotically hummable bassline and head-nodding beat. Meanwhile, a chantable hook instantly takeshold with grit and gusto as Chrisaffirms,“I don’t dance on Mondays.”“Somebody asked me to go see a bandon a Monday night, and I just said,‘I don’t dance on Mondays’,”Alex recalls. “I wrote it down in my phone. The phrase signifies,‘I’m taking my life back, and I’m notgoing to dance for anybody’. It goes back to where we are as a band and us being The Record Company.”Then, there’s “Talk To Me.” Bass practically dances atop a simmering groove punctuated by tambourinebefore guitar kicks back in as Chris urges,“So, why don’t you talk to me?”Marc goes on,“It reminds meof one of those rare Blue Note groove records with a chill vibe.”Launching into toe-tapping bounce, harmonica wails on “Darkest Days” as the stomp and 12-stringguitar underline a soulful vocal. “Highway Lady” shines with a Laurel Canyonmeditationin the glowof swooning slide guitar.“We wanted to make music you could listen to“Highway Lady”on a road trip in the car with the city’slights behind you,” Alex says. “This songhad this big vibe of feeling good both musically andspiritually.”“Lyrically,it’s my favorite,” adds Marc. “It could be about so many different things. I moved into thishouse with a little pool, which I’d always wanted in Southern California. When it’s hot as shit out, younaturally develop all of these new friends during the summer. You make a pool playlist, and I wantedone of our tunes to be a contender. To me, this is one.”In the end, The Record Company are stronger than ever as a band and, more importantly, as brothers.“I’d love for people to hear this record and feellike they’re in the house with us making it,” Alex leavesoff. “I want them to feel like they’re part of this unpolished and homemade thing, because that’s whatwe were trying to get back to.”“We’re a trio, and that’s the completion of this circle,” Marcconcludes. “The fourth member of thisgroup is the space between us. We embrace that space as part of the raw element. That’s what weexplored on this album, and it’s beautiful. We can’t wait to bring it on the road.”