happily we report that our song "Don't Try/ New Friends" is featured in the May issue of Sound Magazine as the "Single of the Month"...



here's the text from the original write up at seattlesoundmag.com where it was first featured as song of the day:

The 17th Chapter is an interesting band in that it manages to meld two fairly standard musical aesthetics to create something of its own sound. The Seattle band 's rhythm section of Zak Melang on bass and Mike Stone on drums has a talent for constructing churning dance-rock beats while vocalist/guitarist Matt Garrity and multi-instrumentalists Kimo Muraki and Ryan Burns push a more languid, almost-folksy aesthetic that is as breezy as the band's rock side is blistering. All the musicians blend together fine, but the changes of direction from song-to-song on the band's upcoming release, Around the Bend and Then Some, are sometimes whiplash-inducing. "Don't Try/ New Friends" is notable as it manages to include both styles without sacrificing coherence or comfort. Lead by Garrity, the band pushes into a furrious pace, complete with a bit of a guitar riff here that calls to mind United State of Electronica's "Emerald City." Then everything drops out and Garrity returns with a spare, plucked guitar and his muffled moan. The song is a journey, the band at its finest.