Pescaterritory is an award winning rock n roll band from the Coachella Valley in Southern California. Together since 2019, the band consists of bassist Gavin Lopez, vocalist Aiden Schaeffer, drummer Nick Willman and guitarist Jason Zembo. Pescaterritory blends the styles of rock n roll music from several decades to form their own brand of rock.
Their self titled debut album released in 2020 contains nine tracks with a run time of 40 minutes which includes the 10 minute closing track “The War”. Album opener, “King Street” with cowbell count in, muscular guitar riffs, slide guitar, and big chorus is a great opener. Track 2, “Running Away” starts off with a heavy speed grunge type intro and with massive drums and and hook filled chorus that really drive this track. With two explosive rockers to open the album the band takes a breather with track 3, :Dream Inside a Dream” with it’s clean phaser guitar line and out front harmonized vocals of singer Aiden Schaffer, before moving in to a mid tempo rock chorus.
The muscianship here is first rate with the rhythm section of drummer Nick Willman and bassist Gavin Lopez locked in to provide the low end and drive the rock focused tunes. Lopez has a great mid range tone bass lines and even jams a short distorted solo on Track 2 “Running Away”. Guitarist Jason Zembo is throws out heavy riff after riff and has no problem blasting out solos that any shredder would appreciate. In addition to the heavy rock riffs, Zembo can also change course with Track 6 mid tempo acoustic jam “I’m Fine” and the acoustic intro on Track 4 “Better Off Dead”. Willman has his moments throughout the album, but really makes his mark on Track 6 “Rise” with some double time machine gun style snare fills. Singer Aiden Schaeffer displays his vocal chops and many tracks, but especially shines on the chorus of “Rise” and “Running Away”.
The band has an upcoming slot on Saturday October 22, 2022 at the 15th annual Concert for Autism in Indio California. Check their social channel and website for info on their new single “Another Day”. The band also joined us for a live interview in September for a discussion on their influences, style of music and future plans for world domination. Check out the interview here.