The Epochs Announce East Coast Tour with Mobius Band, Ra Ra Riot and Others

The Epochs Announce East Coast Tour with Mobius Band, Ra Ra Riot and Others
Look Out for Debut LP on February 2008

Epochs Tour Dates

12/04/07 Atlanta @ Drunken Unicorn
12/06/07 Orlando @ The Backbooth
12/07/07 Tampa Bay @ The Crow Bar
12/08/07 West Palm Beach @ Respectable Street
12/09/07 Jacksonville @ Jack Rabbits
12/10/07 Charleston @ The Map Room
12/11/07 Chapel Hill @ Local 506
12/12/07 Norfolk @ The Boot
12/13/07 Baltimore @ Lo-Fi Social Club
12/14/07 Washington @ The Rock and Roll Hotel
12/15/07 Philadelphia @ North Star Bar

For brothers Ryan & Hays Holladay, the craft of songwriting has always been closely linked with that of recording. From
their earliest days of musical collaboration in elementary school, they employed computers and tape machines to not only
document their songs but to begin sculpting their sound. A sound that could be called a distant relative to pop music. A
sound that would later become the musical foundation for The Epochs (pronounced ee-poks).

The two continued to write and record together after moving to New York City. By 2000 they had amassed a sizable
collection of recorded material, some of which was included on a self released CD titled 'Ten Billion Light Years of Solitude'.

In Spring 2004, The Epochs, having expanded to include bassist Kevin Smith and drummer Kotchy, began translating the
recordings into songs that could be played live. After performing multiple residencies at such New York venues as the Knitting
Factory and Nublu, the band decided to relocate to Seattle. For over a year, they called an abandoned 3-story building in
downtown their home, out of which they developed their live show and adjusted to recording as a four-piece. Local radio
station KEXP began playing the demos they slid under their door which helped The Epochs develop a following and attention
from local press.

Since returning to Brooklyn in September of 2006, the band has finished producing their self-titled debut. It is a big, varried
sounding record. Ranging from the bombastic electronics on 'Opposite Sides', to the seething orchestration and manipulated
guitar of 'Mouths to Feed', to the playful ryhthms of 'Giving Tree', it never stops in one place musically long enough for it to
be pigeonholed into a category. And it is this restlessness that gives the group its unique sound. However, a consistent
thread can be found amongst the genre exploration. The shared vocals of Hays & Ryan, their lyrics and layered harmonies
help give this sonically eclectic work its continuity. The record was mixed by Hays Holladay in the Spring of 2007 and is
scheduled for release later this year.

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