Music can be a tricky beast. As an industry, the hype and smoke of music can be so misleading that it can become somewhat difficult to decipher the cogs in the wheel from the working class heroes. But sometimes, you just know. From the first glimpse I got of Driver F, I sensed that these six Austin transplants had more to offer than your average collection of musicians. These boys are for real.
Packing an excitement similar to that of kids waking up on Christmas morning, Driver F approaches their music with a energy and passion that reveals an unquestionable desire to be doing exactly what they are. There’s no denying that they love their jobs. With every note, word and gyration they make in time with their catchy as fuck constructions, the unique product of their raw emotion, which overflows and pours from them through every second of their live show, not only defines what makes them addicting, but sets them apart from most bands.
Now, if you take that raw energy and throw in the adrenaline of South by Southwest, you’ve got a stand out performance by the artists formerly known as Driver Friendly. Opening the evening at The Blind Pig the boys swung for the fences, pulling out all the stops to leave the festival listeners beside themselves and looking for more.
“Congratulations. You have found the secret Metallica show,” the band joked. However, what the audience saw on that tiny rooftop from this fresh band was a far better deal.
