"...easily their most standout and varied effort in the band's career." - Punknews.org
"...an incredibly enjoyable listen that is clearly a product of talented musicians who love their craft." - Pop Matters
"Think of Vacation as something like a sunnier version of Titus Andronicus’ The Monitor, or even Hüsker Dü’s Zen Arcade: It’s ambitious and intricate, but there’s a lot to be rocked out to." - Consequence of Sound
"...absolutely brilliant..." - Alternative Press
In support of their critically acclaimed new album "Vacation" out now on Ernest Jenning / Really Records, New York punk heroes Bomb The Music Industry!have announced plans to hit the road for a month of dates taking place this August throughout the Midwest and West Coast, as well as a quick stop in Tijuana, Mexico!
In addition, the band has also announced their contribution to the upcoming Showtime series Weeds, where they'll be covering the show's theme song "Little Boxes" on the season's sixth episode, joining a roster of artists covering the song in the new season of episodes including the duo of Kevin Nealon and Steve Martin, Mariachi El Bronx, The Mountain Goats and more (more information here).
Bomb The Music Industry! Live
8.3.2012 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero
8.8.2012 Lansing, MI Mac's Bar
8.9.2012 Chicago, IL Subterranean
8.10.2012 Appleton, WI Subterranean
8.11.2012 Minneapolis, MN 1st Ave *
8.12.2012 Davenport, IA Zam Compound
8.13.2012 St. Louis, MO Firebird
8.14.2012 Kansas City, KS FOKL Center
8.15.2012 Denver, CO Moe's
8.16.2012 Salt Lake City, UT The Underground
8.17.2012 Grand Canyon, AZ Acoustic Show
8.18.2012 Albuquerque, NM Spew Fest
8.19.2012 Phoenix, AZ Trunk Space
8.20.2012 Las Vegas, NV Yayo Taco
8.21.2012 San Diego, CA Che Cafe
8.22.2012 Tijuana, MEXICO! TJ Art & Rock Cafe
8.23.2012 Pomona, CA Aladdin Jr.'s
8.24.2012 Los Angeles, CA TBA
8.25.2012 Cupertino, CA Homestead Lanes ^
8.26.2012 Santa Cruz, CA Catalyst Atrium
8.27.2012 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill
8.29.2012 Portland, OR The Backspace
8.30.2012 Seattle, WA El Corazon
* = w/ Mighty Mighty Bosstones
^ = w/ Kepi Ghoulie
"Vacation" Track List
1. Campaign For A Better Next Weekend
2. Vocal Coach
3. Everybody That You Love
4. Sponge Board Baby Waves
5. The Shit That You Hate
6. Hurricane Waves
7. Sick, Later
8. Why, Oh Why, Oh Why (Oh Oh Oh Oh)
9. Savers
10. Can't Complain
11. Everyone That Loves You
12. Sunny Place Shady People
13. Felt Just Like Vacation
If there's still a few scattered embers of the fire of '80s punk, hardcore and the birth of D.I.Y., they are burning inside Bomb the Music Industry! Formed by Jeff Rosenstock as a bedroom project reaction to the serious business machinations of his former band, BTMI! was never supposed to sell over 10,000 records or tour the world. They weren't supposed to headline festivals or drive their van over 300,000 miles. At the core of the band is the kind of reverse-careerist leaning that's more at home in a vicious thrash-crust-death-horror-rap-band. Instead, it's dressed up like Elvis Costello or Rivers Cuomo, a self-deprecating bunch of punks playing smart-ass pop songs. Oh, and giving it all away for free on the internet.
Since 2004, Rosenstock and a rotating cast of guitarists, keyboardists, drummers, bassists, mandolin players, horn players, and assorted weirdos have been writing and recording music under the Bomb the Music Industry! banner. And every single song has been released by Rosenstock's own Pay What You Can online-only label, Quote Unquote Records. It's a choice that predated Radiohead or Nine Inch Nails, and it didn't stop the band from selling thousands of physical records, endearing them to a fan base who recognized that BTMI! were a band that actually respected and trusted them. That Scrambles, the band's last record, has been downloaded over 60,000 times, isn't half-bad, either.
When you look at BTMI!'s history through that lens, it makes sense that Vacation, their latest full-length, will be a split release from Brooklyn indie Ernest Jenning Record Co. (also home to two of Rosenstock's other bands - Pegasuses-XL and Kudrow) as well as the first release Rosenstock's own label, the freshly-minted Really Records (also manned by Dave Garwacke, founder of If You Make It.) A further step away from the band's entrenched punk origins,Vacation will resonate with fans of bands like Titus Andronicus or The Thermals, ethically punk bands who take the genre and run in a totally new direction with it. For Rosenstock and BTMI!, that means thrashing My Aim Is True-style jams through the hive-mind of a group of musicians raised on The Blue Album and old Superchunk. It's punk for guys and girls who love Merge Records today as much as they loved Fat Wreck Chords in high school. It's music that's not ashamed of its past, but isn't interested in reliving it.
Thematically, the band have been moving away from the dark introspection of their past material, with Rosenstock penning many of Vacation's songs while on a free vacation in Belize, hanging out on the beach and, for once, writing songs from a positive, grounded headspace. The optimistic tone of the record suits the band's loose, fun style, and as a result, Vacation has the very real feeling of a band coming in to their own, discovering what they do best and truly being comfortable in their own skin.
Recorded by Rosenstock and guitarist Tom Malinowski at their homespun recording spaces, the record also features contributions from across the country, with friends in bands like Fake Problems, Bayside, Andrew Jackson Jihad, and Good Luck adding to tracks from their own homes, or when they would tour intoBTMI!'s homebase of New York City. It's easily the biggest and best sounding record of the band's career, and marks the first time they've enlisted someone outside the band to mix and master, ensuring the final product is seriously massive.
Vacation will still be available online, for free, as well as on vinyl and CD through Ernest Jenning Record Co. and Really Records. The band plans to tour like crazy once its released, adding a few more thousand miles to their worn-in van, and spreading the gospel of grown-up punks truly doing it themselves.
* Purchase "Vacation" from Really Records here and Ernest Jenning here.
For more information, visit:
www.bombthemusicindustry.com
www.facebook.com/bombthemusicindustry
twitter.com/bombthemusicinc
www.ernestjenning.com
www.reallyrecords.com
www.quoteunquoterecords.com
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