Prabir & the Substitutes

Prabir & the Substitutes hailed from Richmond, VA, where frontman Prabir Mehta initial assembled his vocally driven pop/rock and roll group in late 2005. Joined up with by local music artists Chris Smith (electric guitar), Adam Thompson (bass), and ex-Poprocket percussionist Shawn Lynch, Mehta drew upon the harmony-rich works from the ’60s — like the Seaside Young boys, the Hollies, as well as the Zombies — to form the sound from the Substitutes’ eponymous debut EP. Released in Apr 2006 by Pop Faction, an area comic/record distributor, the EP set up the Substitutes being a increasing act within their indigenous Richmond. The full-length Annabelle, I’m Arriving Home Tonight implemented in January 2007, and Prabir & the Substitutes backed their two produces with self-financed travels of the East Coastline. Upon returning house, organist Charlie Glenn was put into the lineup. The quintet released a third providing, the self-released Talk about, in June 2007, product packaging the record as a distinctive double disk (including a duplicate duplicate to talk about with a pal) to motivate the distribution from the band’s music. Afterwards that fall, both Lynch and Thompson still left the lineup and had been changed by drummer Tyler Williams and bassist/vocalist Robbie Ruler. Five Little Parts found its way to 2008, offering another batch of formidably crafted power pop music, accompanied by the six-song Hello EP in ’09 2009. The Substitutes made a decision to give up later that season, though, using a Dec efficiency marking their last gig being a fully-active band.