Boston alt-rock quartet The Fair Enough are banking on the notion you'll share in their nostalgia for Kool-Aid, the Letter People, and Pong. Says singer/guitarist Stu Dietz, "I like to think we pick up where early 80's music was headed before video actually did kill the radio star." Bridging the gap between finely crafted pop arrangements and reckless rock abandon, The Fair Enough's music blends Brit pop, new wave, and Americana, evoking elements of the Talking Heads, Police, and The Who, as well as modern hipsters Coldplay, Phish, and Franz Ferdinand. While the dynamics and spontaneity of their live shows have been turning heads since their inception, it is the songs which are the real strength of the band--great songs that are catchy yet inventive, challenging yet accessible; whether it's the new wave disco drive of What Lies Within, the turn-on-a-dime dynamics of The Undertow, or the face-melting punch of You Know I'm Right.

Leading the musical charge are the vocals and guitar wizardry of Dietz, a Nebraska native and former member of Boston Music Award nominee Hazie Maze. Dietz hooked up with keyboardist/singer Aaron Rosenthal, a conservatory-trained composer, through an internet message board. As luck would have it, the two lived only a block apart in Boston's bustling Fenway neighborhood, a coincidence which immediately fostered a collaborative songwriting partnership. Rosenthal quickly recruited jazz drummer extraordinaire Brandon Erdos who had just completed his psychiatry residency and appropriately goes by the nickname "Doc B." amongst bandmates. The trio then went through several bassists until the arrival of Jim Larkin, a talented multi-instrumentalist and popular sideman in the local Boston scene, and the lineup was complete.

The Fair Enough recently released their debut self-titled EP, recorded at Boston's Chillhouse Studios alongside engineer/producer Will Holland, whose credits range from The Pixies and Devo to local heavies SeepeopleS. After an encouraging first year, the band knows they're on to something. Boston's The Noise magazine predicts a "bright future" for the band, hailing their "proud and beautiful melodies delivered with impeccable playing." Having already performed at major Boston clubs such as the Paradise, Middle East, Harpers Ferry, Lizard Lounge, and Bill's Bar, as well as venturing into New York City and around New England, it seems there is nowhere for the band to go but up. Whether you're up for sitting down or getting down, The Fair Enough will deliver.