THE CLOSE SECONDS

There’s a particular joy from rediscovering a neglected photo album. You find things you’d forgotten or never known. That same feeling runs rampant in the music composed by Seattle-based rock quartet, The Close Seconds.
With Alan Wenokur’s nostalgic vocals and guitars, lightning-quick lead guitarist Eric Stovall, low-end-walking bassist Steve Reeves and steady-handed drummer Dan Thornton, the Emerald City four-piece pride themselves on their traditional vibe, playing local clubs with likeminded powerful rock bands like longtime prominent players, Stag, and new favorite sons, Stereo Embers.
Despite the group’s classic groove, The Close Seconds is the recent brainchild of the band's lead singer. Wenokur, a guitarist most of his life, only recently began writing songs. But he learned quickly, the songs kept in his creative mind. And, upon locating them, the sonic ideas tumbled out like Polaroids from a favorite camera.

 WHITE LINE. THE NEW RECORD FROM THE CLOSE SECONDS:

Seattle band The Close Seconds play clean, unvarnished rock songs of regret and redemption. Two bright guitars ringing over locked-in rhythms. Alan Wenokur (vocals/guitar), Eric Stovall (guitar), Steve Reeves (bass), and Dan Thornton (drums) combine years of experience, grounded in the purity of rock.

The Close Seconds' sound is distinctive, but contains echoes of artists like Big Star, Wilco, Teenage Fanclub, and Neil Young. Pre-pandemic, the band was seen playing at The Sunset, Slim’s, and Conor Byrne.

Alan writes all the songs. Gary Mula very ably produced, mixed, and engineered this recording.