Success in Store for Zerochance

I meant to post this entry about a week and a half ago, but things kept getting in the way and I'm only getting around to it now.

It's pretty rare that I put much stock in a band that friends me on MySpace. In my view its two easy for any group of people to come together claiming to be a band when all they do is scream three-chord nonsense into a microphone or whatever. However, Zerochance happened to find itself one of the rare exceptions.

Zerochance is the brainchild of singer/songwriter Erick Belitto who basically woke up one morning and decided to chase his dream (with a little help from John Mayer and Guster). Comparing Zerochance's music to that of groups like Train or Dashboard Confessional really doesn't do it justice, because it does have a style all its own, with Erick's southern twinge and heart-on-a-sleeve conviction that would make even Chris Carabba's heartstrings tug. At this point his first album Better Days for Broken Hearts is only available on his website and on iTunes, but believe me when I tell you that this album is truly worth hearing. The songs range from the bouncy "Burn My Radio" to the poignant in "Four Letter Words" and "First Born". If you go to his MySpace page you can hear two tracks from his forthcoming Accessory to Success, due out in June.



I'm going to post an mp3 of "Van Nuys", my favorite song on the album, but PLEASE check out his MySpace page and go check out the rest of the album. Trust me on this one. I can't predict if Zerochance is gonna be huge, but if Nickelback can sell 5 million albums, there's no reason Zerochance doesn't deserve the same shot.

Zerochance [MySpace]
Better Days for Broken Hearts on iTunes
Zerochance - Van Nuys

==TJ==