Self Conclusion / Typewriter Poet
Diamonds In The Rough
By: Adam Bernard
Last updated October 19th , 2009

Every week, 101D.com will highlight two new artists in our exclusive Diamonds In The Rough Series. This week, we proudly present Typewriter Poet and Self Conclusion; two talented bands who are causing a ruckus in the music industry!


Typewriter Poet
Representin' Dallas, Texas

Background Check: Texas indie pop/rock band Typewriter Poet isn't just a fresh face on the scene, they're a fresh band overall, having just officially formed in 2008. Lead singer Danny Bolin, who has been writing lyrics since he was 12, got together with guitarist Martin Allen during their senior year of high school and the two started performing under the Typewriter Poet name, but it wasn't until they moved to college that they fully rounded out the group. Typewriter Poet now has a full lineup that also includes keyboardist Zac Simmons, bass player Michael Broun and drummer Josh Boyken. All five band members currently attend Dallas Baptist University with Bolin and Allen majoring in music business.

The Goods:  Typewriter Poet are currently working on their first EP. The album is completely written, they're just taking their time in the studio to make sure everything sounds the way they want it to. Bolin says that although fans who've heard them live, or sampled songs of theirs like "Patrick Swayze" or "You Could Say That" online, may think of Typewriter Poet as purely a pop/rock group "the sound will be more punk rock than we are used to, but it will still have that Typewriter flair."

As Cruel as School Children:  Sometimes being in a Battle of the Bands competition can be a huge uplifting moment for a group. According to Bolin, however, for Typewriter Poet one such competition was memorable for all the wrong reasons. "We played a Battle of the Bands in Tyler, Texas one night," he remembers, "we played against one good band and four bad bands. One of the bands consisted of four ten year olds and their mother, who was the singer. Needless to say the band full of ten year olds and their mom weren't what we would call ‘good.' Anyways, it came time to see who would win and we were hoping for at least second place, but out of six bands we tied for fifth place with a bunch of ten year olds and their mom! It was a humbling experience." Thankfully, everyone in the group can laugh about it now as they've gone just a little bit further with their music than that group of ten year olds.




Self Conclusion
Representin' Nampa, Idaho

Background Check: Four piece indie pop-rock band Self Conclusion has gone through its fair share of members over the years. Lead singer Justin Seward notes "drugs, relationships, school and family got in the way" for a number of his former bandmates. In March of '09 Self Conclusion released an EP titled It's Bad Luck To Be Superstitious and immediately after the album hit stores Seward looked to finalize the lineup of the group so touring could be possible. Guitarist David Gardner returned for his second stint as a member of the Idaho based band and drummer Clay Tucker, formerly of My Paper Camera, came aboard, as well. Finally, while touring the northwest, the group came across bassist Ben Johnson, who is the latest addition to the Self Conclusion family.

The Goods:  Musically, Self Conclusion's top priority is creating songs that are a little deeper than your typical pop-rock fare.  According to Seward, "we pride ourselves on making our music and our lyrics about more than just relationships or lack there of. We try to address other issues that people deal with on an everyday basis. We want to have music that people can relate to when they listen to it."

Aren't You Out Past Curfew?:  During a tour date in Provo, UT, Self Conclusion found out that sometimes a pop-rock band's groupies can skew a little young. Make that A LOT young. Seward remembers, "there were two girls around 12 or 13 that seemed to really enjoy our music. After the show they stuck around and we gave them stickers and thanked them for coming and figured it would end there, but oh were we wrong. We hung around the mall for a while and the girls were no more than five feet away from us the whole time. When we left the mall the girls watched us drive away. They must have overheard that we were headed to the liquor store because when we arrived they were there waiting for us. Needless to say we were a little weirded out. We said another hello and another goodbye and got the hell out of there." The story didn't end there, though. "We continued on the tour and went to Colorado and after that date we were supposed to head back to Idaho but instead we went back to Utah to crash with a friend. After arriving in Utah we got a blocked call that ended up being those two girls from the show and they knew we were back in Provo even though we had literally just arrived five minutes before the call. Oh by the way, did we mention these girls did not have any shoes on the entire time they stalked us?" The moral of the story - when in Provo, beware of barefoot tweens!

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