Broverdose To Play Final Round Of Upper East Side Music Festival/Battle Of The Bands At Bar East

New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Broverdose Official Website) New York-based foursome Broverdose bring an eclectic array of songs blending '60s psych, neo-folk, ambient moods and indie rock with sweeping atmospheres, gritty textures and lyrical intrigue to Bar East, 1733 1st Avenue @90th Street, Friday, April 15. Showtime is 11 p.m.

Broverdose features principal songwriter/guitarist/vocalist Nick Bodnar, drummer Brendan Dunn, bassist Brendan Plesha and lead guitarist Chuck Yovino.

Bodnar's musical wanderings traverse a myriad of paths as he dips a finger into the psychedelic vial, brushes the dust off homespun folk and nibbles bubblegum rock's cardboard edges. Plesha was raised on hip hop and rap, but also digs that island vibe so much he plays guitar in a reggae band. Dunn gets off on funk and grooves while Yovino goes for indie and electronic music.

"The sum of the parts isn't at all like the sum of our influences," laughs Plesha.

"I don't how, or why it comes together as it does," Yovino adds, "but for us it works."

And people are taking notice - especially the affect of Broverdose's live sets.

Bodnar calls it bright energy.

"I don't know exactly what else to call it," he says. "Performing we just go to this 'musical place' and the audience follows. Everyone feels great - on stage and off."

Broverdose's new album, Metaforest, due out this May, further stretches the band's musical imagination.

"It's classic and old, rustic and new," Bodnar explains. "There's an enhanced eclecticism with that same familiarity of the original sound."