Careless Hearts + Left Coast Live = Great Time!

Performing at The Blue Chip at 11 PM. 

“Careless Hearts’ audio stew: start with a Wilco base, chop up some REM, throw in some tumbleweeds, season with some ripe Neil Young, and serve with some coleslaw, biscuits and corn on the cob.” …Zero Magazine, 6.2008

Formed in the spring of 2005, Careless Hearts has quickly gone from being a sketched out idea on the back of a coaster into a fully articulated working rock ‘n’ roll outfit. Having weathered a few line-up shifts since then has only served to strenghthen the visible chemistry between Paul Kimball (lead vocals and rhythm guitar) and Derek See (lead guitar and vocals), while more recent members on bass (Brian Michael) and drums (Eric Powers) have taken the band to rich new frontiers. Consistently, Careless Hearts’ approach to music remains rooted in tradition, novel in execution, and free from pretense.
Taking inspiration from California artists that came before them (Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers, X, and The Beat Farmers, to name just a few), Careless Hearts place melody, honesty, and heartfelt playing above all else, and the evidence is all there on both their dynamic self-titled debut, “Careless Hearts” and its successor “Heart’s Delight”. Their growing catalogue of original songs is solid from top to bottom with stories of sleepless nights, love gone awry, and the dangerous thrill of hope.

“Being a South Bay band is a lot of what we are,” says Kimball. “I look at San Jose as an overgrown small town—it just doesn’t feel like a city to me. When you look at the DIY rock history here, it’s all about doing it for your people. It’s easy to look at it negatively, and say, ‘Oh, it’s just a tiny scene,’ but there are a lot of good things that come from the small environment. People go out to see shows because they care, and they want to be a part of something outside of the home with the TV glowing in their faces. A lot of people tend to look at the businesses here and think that’s what defines the South Bay, but that’s all bullshit—that’s what we have to do, we have to work. I’d much rather be defined by artistic production than what kind of jobs we have.”

Careless Hearts take the Blue Chip Stage on Friday, May 15th.