Trey Bentley
The Van Lears' sound is what you get when two rock and roll brothers are raised by two talented parents who are steeped in classic country music. The result is genre bending music that is both classic and modern. Lyrically, the songs are rooted in the tradition of stories of "Love and Love Lost", which happens to be the title of their new EP. Underneath the lyrics are a solid foundation of modern rock elements that jump out of the speakers and propel the songs to new heights.
Some of the forward looking radio programmers that are spinning the tunes have called it "arena country", some others have called it "country-ish". Whatever you think it is, it's definitely the future of country music.
"The Casper from CAST Engineering is in every way the pedal version of The Van Lears - Rock and Roll with a Country soul - I can go from U2's The Edge or the killer delay tone from Billy Duffy of The Cult, to Albert Lee with a simple turn of CAST's kick ass LED knobs. It's everything I look for in a guitar pedal...and then some."