Athens' Easter Island set to release debut full length, July 3rd!

Easter Island emerged in 2010 from a multifaceted, wildly creative art scene in Athens, GA. Better Things, the band’s impressive debut EP, introduced the world to a dream pop canopy riddled with expansive guitars, keys and synths, all tied together by the light, airy vocals of Ethan and Asher Payne. “Proud,” the EP’s standout slow-builder, was featured on ABC’s Off The Map. Drawing inspiration from the Parisian Golden Age and the works of Hemingway and Fitzgerald, Easter Island romantically diagrams the way things are and the way they ought to be.

NEW MP3: Easter Island - "Frightened"

MP3: Easter Island - "Hash"

Following the departure of the band’s rhythm section, John Cable and Andrew Terrell, Easter Island’s current incarnation is rounded out by Nate Thompson on guitar, Ryan Monahan on bass and keys, and Patrick Ferguson on drums. Ryan is also the driving force behind burgeoning pop-rock outfit Monahan. Ferguson, who moonlights as the drummer for Five-Eight, is the man responsible for Easter Island’s dynamic post-rock sound, having engineered Better Things as well as Frightened, the 2012 full-length debut. The latter record thematically focuses on the quest for the intangible, the weight of apathy, and a yearning for something that will last forever. Lead single “Hash,” with its spectacular cult escape visual treatment that premiered at the Atlanta Film Festival, is emblematic of the album’s nuanced dissection of humanity and relationships. The brothers Payne, through the much-forgotten medium of the music video, display an auteristic approach which bleeds into their songwriting.

The video for (first single) "Hash", was directed by the brothers Payne and features an escape from a cult. The narrative concerns two kids growing up in a rural “community” who encounter another kid from outside of their world. As the song begins, we see them as adults at their wedding making their escape. The video premiered at the Atlanta film festival at The Goat Farm on March 29th and at the Midtown Landmark Art Cinema March 30th.  It's online debut, came via Paste Magazine.  Check out their video for first single “Hash” below or via Paste.

Easter Island is enamored with the finer things in life and the pursuit of beauty in all endeavors. They want to live a good life in a modern climate of diminished expectations. In the context of starving artists and communal living, this often manifests itself through a “champagne taste on a PBR budget” mentality. That same predilection towards golden sustenance is conveyed in the band’s studio approach and energetic live shows. With Easter Island’s five parts now firmly in place, their mellow yet urgent swells of sound cry out in the now with faint echoes lingering in 1920s Paris.

Artist - Easter Island
Album  - Frightened
US Release Date - July 3, 2012
Label - S/R

Tracklist:

01. Weekend
02. Hash
03. Ginger
04. You Don't Have A Choice
05. Independence
06. Frightened
07. Sneaking
08. Laika
09. The Light
10. Gray Tee

11. Can't Take You Anywhere

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