Sofa - "Arcanum"

The very first time I heard this band was at a party my first weekend at college. They were your typical college band, except they were actually good. They played pretty regularly around Provo and I went to several of their shows throughout the year. We even hired them at one point for a dorm party. They got robbed of the battle of the band title at BYU that year, largely because the judges were "older" faculty members, who, in opposition to the crowd, judged a country band the winners. It may also have had something to do with the "no moshing" rule that was flagrantly violated during Sofa's set. In a somewhat odd coincidence, I became friends with an apartment of girls early on that year, and found out a few weeks later that one of the girls was the sister of the lead singer. Since moving to California I have run into both of them, again, under a completely separate set of circumstances. Sofa released their first and only CD in the spring of that same academic year, and I purchased a copy at their cd release party. I still listen to it more than one would expect, not out of any sense of nostalgia, but because it's got some really entertaining songs on it. Considering the limited release, I don't have a link for samples for this one.