BAND TO PERFORM AS PART OF WNYC's "JS 30: THREE DECADES OF JOHN SCHAEFER" CELEBRATION ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2
BAND TO PERFORM AS PART OF Xfm's SOLD OUT WINTER WONDERLAND CONCERT AT BRIXTON ACADEMY IN LONDON WITH THE HORRORS, KAISER CHIEFS AND BAND OF SKULLS ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14
"BOOK OF JAMES" MUSIC VIDEO STREAMING ONLINE
DEBUT ALBUM, RISE YE SUNKEN SHIPS, OUT NOW VIA OXCART RECORDS
Brooklyn-based indie-rock trio We Are Augustines will be featured as part of NPR's Weekend All Things Considered tomorrow, Saturday, November 19. Airing at approximately 5:45 p.m. EST, Weekend All Things Considered will feature a recently-conducted interview with front man Bill McCarthy about the band's debut full-length, Rise Ye Sunken Ships, and the gripping story attached to this powerful and inspiring album. A stream of tomorrow's show can be found via NPR.org.
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We Are Augustines have also been selected to perform as part of WNYC and The Greene Space's "JS 30: Three Decades of John Schaefer" celebration. Throughout December, WNYC
will honor pioneering music host John Schaefer's inimitable
contributions to the musical life of New York City, and the festivities
will kick off with an evening of live music and heartfelt memories in WNYC's
downtown, street-level studio, The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space,
on Friday, December 2. The event will be followed by an after-party with
Schaefer and invited musical guests. Tickets are $30 and include access
to the after-party. To purchase tickets or stream the event via live
video Web cast, visit The Green Space's official Web site HERE.
The
band recently released the music video for their new single "Book of
James." Directed by Matt Amato, the music video stars young actor Brady
Corbet and was filmed this summer in and around the boroughs of New York
City. "Book Of James," a track produced by Dave Newfeld (Broken Social
Scene), is singer Billy McCarthy's gripping eulogy for his deceased
brother James, a once-resilient spirit who succumbed to the pressures
bearing down on him. Check out the music video HERE.
Out now in physical and digital formats, Rise Ye Sunken Ships (Oxcart
Records) landed in the Top 10 of SoundScan's New Artists chart on the
strength of its first week of digital sales. The album's August 23
release was succeeded by several appearances during the CMJ Music Marathon in New York City in late October as well as a tour of the UK supporting Glasvegas. The band is scheduled to perform as part of Xfm's sold out Winter Wonderland concert
at Brixton Academy in London on Wednesday, December 14, an evening that
will also include performances from The Horrors, Band of Skulls, Kaiser
Chiefs and Maccabees.
"Rise
Ye Sunken Ships not only drips with emotion but it's comprised of 12
deeply-layered, life-affirming compositions, and is a top-to-bottom
excellent recording." - MAGNET
"McCarthy's
story is relevant because it is precisely what makes him so powerful.
Rather than wallow in the past, the band casts for redemption, treating
each confessional track like a lesson in perseverance." - THE WASHINGTON POST
"Their
eponymous debut album is simply one of the best records of 2011, and
some of the most emotionally-charged, melodic indie rock I've heard in
years." - JOHN SCHAEFER, WNYC SOUNDCHECK
We
Are Augustines was formed by ex-Pela members Billy McCarthy and Eric
Sanderson, and includes Rob Allen on drums. Much of the material on Rise Ye Sunken Ships
documents the most traumatic period of lead vocalist/guitarist
McCarthy's life in which he lost both his schizophrenic mother and his
brother, James, to suicide. "Headlong Into The Abyss" recounts James'
flight from the police while "The Instrumental," a transcendent, richly
textured piece written by bassist/keyboardist Sanderson, closes out the
album on a note of hope, suggesting that struggle can ultimately point
the way to peace. As a whole, Rise Ye Sunken Ships represents
the culmination of many years of personal struggle and eventual triumph
in the completion of a shimmering album that had been floundering about
for some time.
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