Chop Shop Records, an imprint on Atlantic Records owned by Alexandra
Patsavas of Chop Shop Music Supervision (Grey's Anatomy, Gossip Girl,
The O.C.), is pleased to announce the release of The Republic Tigers'
debut album, "Keep Color" on May 6th. Self produced and mixed by Mark
Needham (The Killers, Louis XIV, We Are Scientists), The Republic
Tigers are the inaugural signing to the new label.
The Kansas City-based quintet -- Kenn Jankowski (vocals, keyboards and
guitar), Adam McGill (guitar, vocals), Ryan Pinkston (guitar, keys,
vocals, auxiliary percussion), Marc Pepperman (bass, keys, accordion)
and Justin Tricomi (drums) - uniquely weave future folk, euphoric
psychedelia, and exuberant symphonic pop with intricately crafted
electronic textures. Urb Magazine has already picked them as one of
their Next 100 and Pitch Weekly recently featured them on the cover,
saying "people need to hear this album, get drunk to it and pull it out
years from now when they want something reliable."
Named after the mascot where Jankowski went to high school in Republic,
Missouri, Jankowski formed the band after leaving the now defunct
Golden Republic (Astralwerks). He recruited the other band members soon
after and the lineup took its final shape. Together they took a
naturalistic approach by including the prodigious use of acoustic
guitars, accordion, trumpet, and trombone, and countering that
instrumentation with seemingly infinite waves of blissed-out synths,
programmed strings and multi-tracked harmonies. The result is a bold
and beautiful collection of epic yet intimate tracks.
The Republic Tigers will be performing at SXSW and will be announcing
tour dates shortly.
www.myspace.com/therepublictigers
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