Massy Ferguson CD Release Party

Massy Ferguson is a four piece rock-and-twang outfit that originally started rehearsing in an under-construction commercial building in Seattle's Wallingford district in early 2006. Founding members Adam Monda and Ethan Anderson crafted the band's early ditties amongst scaffolding, sheetrock and rolls of carpeting, creating a fitting backdrop to their own nascent project.

Over the past four years, Massy Ferguson has moved out of the construction phase and become a fixture in the local roots rock scene, headlining packed venues as well as supporting larger acts such as Son Volt, Fastball, Billy Kreutzmann of the Grateful Dead. The band has toured Australia, played for U.S. troops in Germany -- and, fortunately, has moved into a proper rehearsal space.

Their 2008 debut album, "Cold Equations," went on to garner praise from influential DJs such as Bruce Warren at WXPN (Philadelpia), who made MF's song "The Ride," the station's Download of the Day in March of 2009. In November 2009, the band was part of an MTV.com video interview of Seattle bands on local station KEXP, where the band has been in rotation since 2008 with the songs "Breathing In" and "Powder Blue."

Hailing from a town that is better known for indie and grunge rock, Massy Ferguson has their own brand of blue collar americana, likening their sound to Drive-by-Truckers, the Hold Steady, Tom Petty and the Jayhawks. They have been described as "blue collar alt-rock" and "raucous rock americana."

In 2010, the band signed to Seattle's Spark & Shine Records and in September, will release their second full-length album, "Hard Water." The 4-piece band expects continued success with this latest album, building on what they've already done. In the words of Seattle Weekly's Brian J. Barr, "You know only good things can come from a band that named themselves after a tractor company."