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"It's impossible to come away from Major without
a big grin plastered from ear to ear." -- BBC Music
"An eye-popping, pop-punking, limb-flinging,
brow-singeing celebration of the major chord and its many
possibilities." -- SPIN
"As an album, if I had to give Major a rank, I would promote it to General." -- Vice
Brooklyn's beloved guitar-anthem optimists Fang Island announce co-headlining Midwestern
tour dates with Anamanaguchi starting in October, followed
by the band's performance at Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, TX on November
4th. Please see complete dates below.
Fang Island also recently premiered the first video from their sophomore album, Major on cable network MTVu. The clip, "Sisterly" is available to watch video HERE. Alternate Vimeo link HERE. Check out Anamanaguchi's "Sisterly" remix HERE. SPIN.com recently premiered the song, "Seek It Out" -- available to stream HERE. (AlternateSoundcloud link HERE.) Pitchfork also previously launched MP3s for the tracks "Asunder" (HERE) and "Sisterly" (HERE).
Like the painstakingly chiseled marble of the album
artwork, Major is hefty, solid, monolithic and regal.
Whereas Fang Island described their celebrated 2010
self-titled Sargent House debut as, "everyone high-fiving
everyone," Major is evermore confident, triumphant and
brimming with infectious enthusiasm. Its warm harmonies are given proper
berth with more expansive dynamics and focused pop song craft.
"One of our core ideas has always been that our songs
would be all of your favorite parts of the song that other bands make you
wait 8 minutes to get to," explains guitarist/vocalist Jason Bartell.
"We wanted to be the band that's nothing but your favorite hooks back to
back." Major shows Fang Island deftly achieving that
aim.
Throughout, Major highlights the band's
endeavor to elevate positivity as an art form. "It's kind of similar to
writing songs about being sad," Bartell says. "It can come across
as simplistic, or easy. Positive songs often run the risk of sounding
shallow, but we feel there are a lot of shades and depths to positivity that
can be explored." That exploration becomes clear from the first notes of Major.
However, Georges sums up the album's bold steps best in
this short sampling of the band's nearly 1,000 bullet point explanation of
the album title:
"Some reasons we called the album Major:
- Major key (the first song is minor though!)
- Valley girl colloquialism
- Because we are on an independent label
- Because the rank under Sargent (House) is major
- It sounds like a constellation
- Steely Dan's "Any Major Dude" was in rotation
a lot during the sessions
- The record is packaged to look like stone because it's
ROCK. I really wanted people to hold a piece of rock when they picked up the
record."
Major was released everywhere on LP, CD and
download via Sargent House on July 24th, 2012.
FANG ISLAND Live:
10/26 Buffalo, NY @ Tralf Music Hall **
10/27 Lansing, MI @ Mac's Bar ** 10/28 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean ** 10/30 Columbia, MO @ Mojo's ** 10/31 Lawrence, KS @ Jackpot Music Hall ** 11/01 Oklahoma City, OK @ The Conservatory ** 11/04 Austin, TX @ Auditorium Shores - Fun Fun Fun Fest ** w/ Anamanaguchi |
Artist: Fang Island
Album: Major (Full album stream)
Label: Sargent House
Release date: July 24th, 2012
Track list:
01. Kindergarten
03. Seek it Out (Stream)
04. Make Me
05. Never Understand
06. Asunder (MP3)
07. Dooney Rock
08. Regalia
09. Chompers
10. Chime Out
11. Victorinian
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