Preview: The Steps EP Release Party at Stubbs [Saturday, Giveaway]

The four impeccably coiffed lads that comprise local quartet The Steps have been playing around Austin for a couple of years now, and while they’ve already been exposed to the international music press and toured extensively, they seem to fly under the radar of music fans in their home town. Comparisons to The Strokes and The Stones are frequently lobbed at the band (and not without merit), and the members don’t necessarily discourage said comparisons, which are at least tacitly supported by their new EP and first official stateside release Take It All In. The EP sees the group further establishing their Strokes homage in style as well as sound, but if you listen closely, The Steps appear to have more chutzpah than your garden-variety black-clad rock combo. Judge for yourself tomorrow night, as they celebrate the release of Take It All In with a headlining set at Stubbs, a show that’s sandwiched between their just-wrapped tour of the west coast and a brief promotional junket in London. Only recently emerging from adolescence, these boys sure look like they’re being groomed to be someone’s Next Big Thing, so you may want to catch their live set now. Otherwise, you may see them next lustily staring back at you from the cover of whichever glossy music rag is still publishing when they hit the big time. Tomorrow night’s a good opportunity to see the future local heroes, with The Rocketboys, Dallas’ Dear Future, and Connecticut’s Doublethink playing in support.

The Steps [MySpace] [The Steps at Playing In Traffic]
The Rocketboys [MySpace]
Dear Future [MySpace] [Facebook]
Doublethink [Official] [MySpace]