Well, look who it is! V1 covered The Gentle Guest back in September when they released their debut full-length, We Are Bound to Save Some Souls Tonight. Today, Tuesday, February 10th, Rykal and friends are featured on the widely popular and innovative blog, Daytrotter.com (the image above is lifted from there). The site brings in a new band five days a week to record a handful of live songs at Futureappletree Sudio One in Rock Island, Illinois. Not only did The Gentle Guest hammer out chilling live versions of four of their songs, but they also got a damn good review on the site from Sean Moeller, who also contributes to Rockpile, Filter, Punk Planet and Skyscraper, just to name a few. Of course, a lot of Moeller’s focus was on Eau Claire’s recent explosion of good bands, of which he had this to say. “They have a saying about hotbeds of talent and that saying hinges on the water and something being in it, something formidable and magical…It sometimes also has to do with a city having cornered a small market of indie rock and roll the way that humble Eau Claire, Wisconsin has in the past year.” The site has also featured Eau Claire-based bands Bon Iver and The Daredevil Christopher Wright.

Congrats, boys! Drinks on me. Actually, you, since you're famous now.

LISTEN: Darlin' Darla (live on Daytrotter)