Satisfying, Wild, and Authentic: The Wheel Workers Save the Moment Live.

A fearless alt-rock collective that combines psych textures, punk thrash and pure attitude into one explosive live show.

The Wheel Workers are powered by turbulence, collaboration and cracking songs. They offer their eclectic potion of alt-rock psych, indie-pop and outspoken social commentary, and bring extremely amazing innovations in their songs. The mesmerising singer-songwriter Steven Higginbotham leads a band that strives for a new angle on modern life. Those sounds are a combination of surreal guitars, melting keyboard motifs, wry lyrics, odd song ideas and inspirations, from the Pixies to the Flaming Lips. Their various visits around the country have brought them a humongous fan base, and album sales have earned them lots of love from the audience.

The band is still redefining itself and making bold music about strength, the art community, and the world at large.

"Rainbows, "Fine Time,, and "Day After Day" exhibit all the can-do-ness of The Wheel Workers, a modern indie-rock entity that is impossible to pin down. It rushes by like a swirling storm, regularly transforming into something else. With stormy guitar lines, relentless percussion, and a barrage of fuzzy keyboard sounds, "Suck it up" balances on anger and fatigue in a unique, impressive manner. It's not hard to hear strong influences of Porcupine Tree's progressive arrangements, but at the same time, the bursts of Pixies-esque music and muted three-chord fury lend the song a punky edge of power and glory. Instead, they turn the inspiration into something straight from the heart. The afterglow recordings display a very raw, cheapness, but it works brilliantly. This band is truly alive in everybody's thoughts. The song's high point comes from the band's singer and frontman, Steven Higginbotham. His emotionally battered voice is heartbreaking and well-crafted. The high point comes just before the song's violent conclusion when he sings “S.O.S.”, which packs all the punch of a bad breakup. One second, the singer was tenderly submissive, the next he was screaming, swallowed into excesses of over-consuming waves of blurring synthetic sound and tribal drum attacks. "Day After Day" is the approach that makes it powerful, never settling in safe, easy territory, whereas "Desire" and "Smokescreen" bring life to the EP. Noyce moves between sections, stops of creating, finding a new texture, a new rhythm, an exciting melodic line. It's never boring to wonder about the next turn. Even when the screaming is going on, plainly voicing what is sung is still an intention. And all of this is captured even better on stage. The power of the band shines through the crackling and the expressiveness of each song that will make you groove with them, get up and dance. It is a great example of how well The Wheel Workers perform, all the tracks are a must listen.