Tennessee is a hotbed of music – but most mindsets turn to quickly to twangy guitars, banjos and women with price tags hanging from their hats. But there is a new, up and coming scene that’s just far enough outside of Nashville that indie rock bands can spread their artistic wings and create a sound that merges the eclectic and the mainstream.

Murfreesboro, TN is home to The Roosevelts, a staple of the local scene since 1998, and touring nationally full time since 2002. While the band had never really set out to get signed to a label, in 2004 they were approached by Word of Mouth Records and joining their family seemed like a natural progression.

So that fall, the band traveled to Buffalo, NY to record their full length debut - It’s So Hard to Make A Sound. With producer Kevin Bruchert (Mending Point) behind the board, recording became a process of experimenting with sounds and progressions. “I really consider myself more of a music guy than a lyric guy,” explains Noah Curtis, songwriter and vocalist for the group. “The recording of the record just happened so easily, it’s hard to explain.”

Lyrically, It's So Hard To Make A Sound is a coming of age record. It’s songs about growing up. About getting married. About finding your place. The transition between youth and responsibility. But not in a way that shuns these changes – these are songs about the journey, and the choices you make along the way.

“It’s So Hard to Make A Sound,” but the sounds that have been made promise to make you question your motives, make you consider what’s important in your life and make you become an instant fan of The Roosevelts.