California band, Built Like Alaska, release their third record November 8 via Future Farmer Recordings!
NEW MP3 (Cleared to post): Built Like Alaska - "Antique Love"
"...the five-piece from Oakdale rolls on, generating keyboard-heavy melodies that dovetail eerily with Jackson’s trebled, Billy-Corgan-like vocals. Those first two collections, Hopalong (2002) and Autumnland (2004), spun spacey rock’n’roll loaded with synthesizers (think Grandaddy’s tech-nozzle sound...)" - Jesse Nathan / SF Station
Built Like Alaska is a five-piece rock band born in the sun annihilated Central Valley of California, landlocked between the Sierras and the Pacific Ocean. Residing in the small town of Oakdale, surrounded by rolling pastures, a cold river, and tiny hills, the band has developed their craft to reflect the scenery surrounding them. Bringing a rural perspective to sturdy rock songs, Built Like Alaska’s music has been said to conjure images both "warm and rich as the central valley sun” and "as isolated as a mic stand draped in cob webs and a wind chime hanging from a cow skull.”
After a year of touring to support 2005’s Autumnland, released on Future Farmer Recordings, the band hit a bit of a rough patch. There were many member changes and a lot of time spent dead in the water, but that gave the band the time to really develop and arrange the songs that make up In Troubled Times, the upcoming third release.
NEW MP3 (Cleared to post): Built Like Alaska - "Antique Love"
In Troubled Times is the natural next step for the band, lead by Neil Jackson. This record breaks away from the “indie rock” confinements that seem to be captivating the music industry, and harkens back to a time when musicians made good music by simply playing together and not relying on the decorations and gimmicks that plague much of modern music.
The first single, "Antique Love" is Jackson's response to what he was seeing happening to a lot of his friends. "People were starting to fall out of love and I needed to do something to help me understand why Love had changed so much from the old days to the modern times." Jackson continues, "Why were people just giving up on the things, falling out of love with their significant others/jobs/hobbies? Maybe Love hadn’t changed, but people had. Modern man doesn’t seem have the resolve of ancient man, and just throws in the towel instead of working the problems out."
Built Like Alaska now has a solid line up including Jackson, David Burtch, Sean Norman, Anthany Rossi, and Jacob Canada. With this new roster the band is ready to bring back the “raw energy and mindful spontaneity" of their live shows and is looking forward to working once again with Future Farmer Recordings on the forthcoming release, In Troubled Times, out in November 2011.
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