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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">KNESSET Premieres Cover of Bon Iver’s “Holocene” on RCRDLBL.com TODAY<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Wednesday, July 11<sup>th</sup> 2012 – New York, NY –
</span></i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">In anticipation for their forthcoming sophomore release, Arizona-based
<b>KNESSET</b> premieres their haunting cover of Bon Iver’s “Holocene” on RCRDLBL.com TODAY; download
<a href="http://rcrdlbl.com/2012/07/11/premiere_knesset_holocene_bon_iver_cover_">
HERE</a>. Following the success of their debut album <i>Coming of Age </i>(& Records), produced and mixed by John Congleton (St. Vincent, Explosions in the Sky, The Walkmen), the band completed a sold-out performance in Japan and have since returned to the
studio.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">KNESSET, who formed in 2007 in the unlikely locale of Phoenix, Arizona,<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>is a rising band comprised of Evan Fox (guitar, vocals), Eric Graf (bass), Mitch Manger (mallet percussion, keys) and acclaimed Lymbyc Systym/The Books/ Crystal Castles' Michael Bell (drums, percussion). The band fuses engaging pop hooks, shimmering
textures and strikingly sincere lyrics that have captured audiences around the world. After embarking on regional tours in the southwest, the band recorded their debut album
<i>Coming of Age</i> in 2011, which culminated in a<span style="color:#222222"> triumphant show in Tokyo to a packed house of ardent fans in 2012.
<b><i>Rolling Stone (Germany)</i></b><i> </i>called <i>Coming of Age</i> “an incredibly mature album…reminiscent of early compositions of Death Cab for Cutie, ”<b><i>NME</i></b> highlighted the “propulsive drumming that wouldn’t sound out of place on a National
album, and Americana tropes seen through plaintive, jaded young eyes,” while <b>
<i>BBC</i></b> raved “crushingly beautiful layers of indie brilliance.” Listen to
<i>Coming of Age</i> <a href="http://weareknesset.bandcamp.com/">HERE</a>.</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#222222">KNESSET will release their sophomore record in Fall 2012. Watch this space for updates:
<a href="http://www.weareknesset.com">www.weareknesset.com</a> </span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">For more information on
<b>KNESSET</b>, contact:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">PRESS HERE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">212.246.2640<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Samara Shwidock //
<a href="mailto:samara@pressherepublicity.com">samara@pressherepublicity.com</a> <o:p>
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