Press Here OUT TODAY: The Duke Spirit, Flyleaf, Freezepop,
Natasha Bedingfield, Paul Avion
Ashley Bryan
ashley at pressherepublicity.com
Tue Dec 7 14:09:57 CST 2010
Hello,
Press Here artists The Duke Spirit, Flyleaf, Freezepop, Natasha Bedingfield and Paul Avion all have amazing records out today! Let us know if you’d like to check any of these out.
THE DUKE SPIRIT * Kusama EP (Shangri-La Music)
London’s The Duke Spirit’s three-track EP Kusama is available today exclusively via the iTunes Store. It will be released across all digital platforms on December 21st and the full length album Bruiser is due in Spring 2011 on Shangri-La Music. The Kusama EP includes the free-wheeling lead single “Everybody’s Under Your Spell” (currently #1 on the Alternative Specialty Chart and streaming now at www.thedukespirit.com), “Victory” and “Northbound.” Kusama offers a captivating introduction to the band’s bold new material. These new songs combine the band’s blues rock roots and killer guitar riffs with a conscious effort to strip down the fuzz and allow the drums, guitar and bass to have their own sonic place, all the while making the raw, powerful noise that has won Liela Moss and her bandmates legions of fans around the globe.
The Duke Spirit will get the New Year’s celebration started early when they play The Roxy in Los Angeles on December 30th.
New album track “Villain,” a slow-burning ballad featuring Liela Moss on piano, is available as a free download at Spin.com http://www.spin.com/articles/exclusive-new-song-duke-spirit and is streaming here http://soundcloud.com/press-here/the-duke-spirit-villain.
Check out The Duke Spirit’s performance of “Everybody’s Under Your Spell” for Live Buzz: http://thelivebuzz.com/video/the-duke-spirit-everybodys-under-your-spell-livebuzz-session/
(gina at pressherepublicity.com / carla at pressherepublicity.com)
FLYLEAF * Remember to Live (A&M/Octone)
Today platinum-selling rock quintet Flyleaf have released Remember to Live (A&M/Octone), a seven-song album featuring new recordings of fan-requested tracks from the Flyleaf catalogue. Recorded with Mark Lewis (Chimaira, Trivium, Adrift) while on the road during their Unite & Fight tour, Remember to Live is a rare collection of tracks that fans have been demanding for years. The record includes a new version of fan favorite “Justice & Mercy” from the 2006 EP Music as a Weapon as well as a remix of “Arise” by Ben Moody of Evanescence. Lead by powerful front woman Lacey, Flyleaf’s coast to coast Unite & Fight tour was a force to be reckoned with, racking up rave reviews including ARTISTdirect’s Rick Florino who proclaimed “Flyleaf genuinely possess the power to save hard rock.”
Get a sample of Remember to Live on Flyleaf’s Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/flyleafmusic#!/flyleafmusic?v=wall
(ashley at pressherepublicity.com)
FREEZEPOP * Imaginary Friends (Archenemy)
Freezepop have always been something of an oxymoron: embraced by both hipsters and nerds; serious about irony; and retro-futurist. They made their first big splash as a synth band in a guitar video game, singing pop songs about rock. Now Freezepop, who have evolved from their blippy beginnings into a veteran multi-instrumentalist four piece, have released their fourth full-length album, Imaginary Friends, out TODAY on Archenemy. The album is the follow up to 2007’s Future Future Future Perfect, which boasts the break-out track “Less Talk More Rokk,” that appeared on Guitar Hero 2 and went on to become the #4 most downloaded electronic track on iTunes 2007. Imaginary Friends is a more impactful and refined record than fans have heard in the past. For the first time, new songs from this record were tested out on live audiences rather than being crafted solely in the studio, which in many ways streamlined Freezepop’s sound into a focused force that reflects the energy of the live show. Dead-pan vocals from Liz Enthusiasm float over the band’s electro-gadget musings with grace while punchy beats propel the album into pure sonic bliss. Lyrically, the band forms their own binary code of sorts, exploring themes of duality and disguise, with tracks such as “Doppelganger,” “Special Effects,” and “House of Mirrors.” Songs like “Lose That Boy,” and “Hypothetically” offer pop-melodies with a wink, while tracks like “Imaginary Friend,” “Lady Spider” and opening track “Natural Causes” are sophisticated no-fuss dance masterpieces. With Imaginary Friends, Freezepop take the leap from guitar heroes to dance floor legends.
Visit www.freezepop.com to download their first single “Doppelganger” for free!
Stream Imaginary Friends on AOL now!: http://music.aol.com/new-releases-full-cds/#/13
(ashley at pressherepublicity.com)
NATASHA BEDINGFIELD * Strip Me (Phonogenic/Epic Records)
Grammy nominated singer/songwriter Natasha Bedingfield is back with her highly anticipated third studio album, Strip Me (Phonogenic/Epic Records). Bedingfield’s talents as a singer and songwriter continue to remind listeners of the gift she has for creating smart, substantive pop music - an approach that catapulted her to being the first British female artist in twenty years to score a no.1 on the U.S. Billboard pop chart with her first smash hit “Unwritten.” From the upbeat, playful take on fate in “Touch,” to the insatiable single, “Strip Me,” which continues to climb the Pop radio charts on the strength of its incredibly buoyant and catchy refrain, Bedingfield’s album arouses a boisterous sense of passion that makes one feel like taking on all comers.
(linda at pressherepublicity.com / carleen at pressherepublicity.com / sarah at pressherepublicity.com)
PAUL AVION * R U WITH ME (Paul Avion Records)
If ELO, Devendra Banhart, Postal Service and Bob Marley were placed into an orbiting centrifuge and blended into The White Album, it might sound a little like this: R U With Me, Paul Avion’s first nationally released full-length album on December 7th, showcasing his mercurial energy that spans musical topography as well as geography, with just a twist of revolution. Moving from New Orleans to L.A., to Paris, to the slums of Africa…2010 was perhaps Avion’s most unexpected year. Besides making his “Napoleon Dynamite” and “Pretty In Pink” style music, his ongoing fight to raise awareness for the atrocities caused by “Joseph Kony”, show Paul’s drive. See his music video for the track "Stop Joseph Kony” here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GGHOImoIDw In 2009, SPIN.com named Paul Avion second in its “8 Undiscovered Bands Worth a Listen,” but if Avion hasn’t been better known until now, it’s probably because his life reads like a restless diary. http://paulavion.com
"[Henry Sage] is a gem of a song that should help you make a note to grab the album when it drops. Super good, ala early-60′s English cynical folk, with brass." - Loudvine.com
(inge at pressherepublicity.com)
Ashley Bryan
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