I repeatedly struggle to find exactly the right words to describe Blow Up Hollywood, a New York-based rock band with over twelve years of music making under their belt. Emerging in 2002 with a self-titled debut release, they’ve since proven to be unrestricted by genre, their listeners, and the pressures of the music industry. While they admit to finding the business a bit corrupt (as their name suggests), they continue to create in spite of it, equipped with a special kind of persistence that has helped them build a loyal fan base over the years. The band offers Steve Messina’s raw, uninhibited vocals atop sophisticated instrumentals, with each album taking shape entirely independent of the others. – Read Jillian Dooley’s interview with Blow Up Hollywood.
