Album Notes

Blueprint is one of the most captivating and upcoming artists in the music industry for one very simple reason: their reflections of life, introspective lyrics and powerful pop melodies combine to make them instantly identifiable. They are a band whose music immediately attracts and captures your attention while building a relationship with the listener. While sometimes compared to artists such as the Counting Crows and Matchbox Twenty, such a comparison would be too simplistic. Blueprint has established themselves as a band that combines elements of expression not often found in the mold of modern rock music. Fusing together a new form of melodic tapestry, they forge personal connections through their music. Using this framework, Blueprint blends a range of eclectic influences to create a distinctive style of their own.

From Robert Johnson and Miles Davis, they draw a sense of rhythmatic patterns and melodic structure. From Tom Petty to Jackson Browne and understanding of acoustic-based rock and melody. The music of acoustic pioneers Simon and Garfunkle to Joni Mitchell combine with elements of hair bands such as Warrant and Skid Row to create the harmonies and large choruses of Blueprint's songs. They incorporate all aspects of life in an album that reads like a revealing autobiography.

From Blueprint's debut album, Maybe Wednesday, songs such as Ten Years tell Darren's story of a relationship's coming-of-age and the hardships it produces. A similar theme is expressed in the song California, where themes of a broken relationship and the exorbitant costs of living in California are explored. The two songs follow the story of Step Away, where the uncertainties of change, both in relationships and location, are discovered. Blueprint's next two albums, One Way Out and Wilderness of Mirrors continue on life's themes. The song Crossing Nine, off of One Way Out, tells the true story of friend's suicide and everything he left behind. From their most recent release, Wilderness of Mirrors, the song Siren tells the story of having only one person to turn to in a time of need.

Blueprint is a decisive departure from the mundane. They are in a realm of artists who can take something complicated and make it seem simple while still presenting it in a compelling manner. Their songs have been featured in movie soundtracks, won numerous national songwriting awards, received airplay on stations in the U.S.A., Europe, Canada and the Philippines and won accolades in reader's polls in their hometown in each of the last three years. Guitarist Zach Friend believes Blueprint provides a direct connection with their audience not found in a lot of modern music. This direct connection might just be through their music's sonic narrative of life, love and regret.


Members: Darren McClure (vocals)
Zach Friend (guitar)
Julian White (guitar)
Flip Sophie (guitar)
Dave Price (drums)

"The most promising new band of the year" - AFS Magazine "Blueprint is a band filled with incredible spirit and promise.

Certainly we will be hearing more from them" - Musician's Trade Journal "Blueprint's unique brand of guitar oriented pop and Mc Clure's solid vocal work moves listeners with its graceful explosions--clearly a band to look out for" - Musicosm "This is not your standard alternative pop faire...

Blueprint has a true bright future" - Indie Journal "Absolutely remarkable" - Frank Handler, In the Spin Light www.blueprintradio.com