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Artist
The If In Life
12+ albums
about
A handful of phrases and adjectives get thrown around far too often in discussion of music: epic, revolutionary, genre-defying. It’s the latter that the southern Maine anomaly called The If In Life exercise in keeping themselves out of any box, small or large. The four-piece defies (see: smashes, discards, delivers a blatant “fuck off” at the mere thought of) genre as well as the current music scene, both in their sound and fresh attitude. They also transcend the growing trend of throwing a batch of arbitrary ingredients into a song and hoping it finds as many fans as possible; their demo, “Four Steps to Becoming a Social Animal,” shows the band artfully delivering tunes that seamlessly flow across the defining qualities of heavy music, peppered with groove and trance-inducing ambience. With their eyes on the prize of originality and pure good times, The If In Life are nothing less than authentic; few bands pour this much of themselves into their music and performance. See a show for further proof, as The If In Life reigns among the most energetic, insane live acts in the area, and do so modestly and without ego. Prizing talent and hard work ethic in bands, Tate speaks for his group: “We just like to have a good time, hang out, and rip awesome tunes. We’re here, we want to make this thing full time, and we know we aren’t shit without the people who really enjoy the music.” User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may app
