The Republic of Wolves-Indie rock/Alternative rock

The Republic of Wolves is a band formed by Mason Maggio and Christian Van Deurs out of Long Island, New York soon after the completion of the album, Grandfather which was part of their previous band, Tigers on Trains. Soon after the completion, they started experimenting with a much different, heavier and more dynamic style of music with their friends, Billy Duprey, and Chris Wall. With this experimentation, The Republic of Wolves was formed.

I have to admit that I'm kind of biased towards these guys mainly because of their main influences which are, Taking Back Sunday, Straylight run, As Tall As Lions and my all time favorite, BRAND NEW. Something kind of cool and interesting is the fact that the reason they are known for being influenced by Brand New is because some of their music was posted on youtube and MISTAKEN FOR BRAND NEW!  They were actually posted as Brand New songs and fans were confused.

In November of 2010, the band released their first full-length debut album, "Varuna". The cd was actually self-released by the band while the vinyl was in fact released by Simple Stereo.Their EPs include: "His Old Branches"(2009) and "The Cartographer" (2011). Their most famous and best (In my opinion and the opinion of most fans I find...) is "Oarsman".

If you guys love Brand New you will definitely DIG The Republic of Wolves. 

"Oarsman" Sample Music Video:

Pictures retrieved from Google.