Hear a new Dead Gaze song, "Runnin On The Moon"

Hear a new Dead Gaze song, "Runnin On The Moon"     Brain Holiday out Oct. 22 on FatCat / Palmist   STREAM: Dead Gaze - "Runnin On The Moon" -  https://soundcloud.com/fatcatrecords/dead-gaze-runnin-on-the-moon/

Photo by James Marshall Brain Holiday is the debut album proper from Dead Gaze, following on from the acclaimed self-titled compilation released by FatCat imprint Palmist in March. Brain Holiday is a confident and ambitious album, which places Cole Furlow's songwriting ability front and center; the move from recording in his bedroom to the famous Sweet Tea studio in Oxford, Mississippi allowing a talented composer of pop songs to emerge from the fuzz that characterized his earlier recordings. The time at Sweet Tea, which has played host to bands such as Animal Collective, Modest Mouse, The Walkmen, and Elvis Costello, came about by chance when a friend of Cole's who worked at the studio was offered 11 days of free studio time and immediately thought of Dead Gaze. As Furlow explains, the studio is a "huge million dollar studio with an amazing old Neve console," and he was excited at the opportunity recording at such a place presented to him; "I wanted everything to kinda be perfect. In my head I was thinking there is no way in the world I will touch another studio like this ever again, so fuck it - let's make an enormous pop record." Brain Holiday fulfills this criterion from the start, opening with the trademark thick Dead Gaze guitar sound and plowing into the hook-filled anti-anthem "Yuppies Are Flowers." Elsewhere, "Rowdy Jungle" is probably the biggest and boldest pop song Furlow has ever written, mixing the swagger of Suede with the chiming lead guitar of Joey Santiago while he implores, "please believe me when I say there is absolutely nothing that can get in our way." Dead Gaze still sits comfortably alongside contemporaries such as Cloud Nothings, White Fence, and Dent May, but Brain Holiday is a more varied listen than the self-titled compilation previously released, at times recalling The Flaming Lips, ELO and, with "Stay, Don't Say," a New Age Harry Nillson. A more positive album lyrically, the title of the record alludes to Furlow's wish for it to act as a vacation from people's troubles. "I just want people to listen to the jams when they need something to get their brain off whatever it is that's making them go to the music in the first place." The quality of the material will ensure that they keep returning to an album Furlow says he intended to make, "for everyone."    Dead Gaze  Brain Holiday (FatCat / Palmist) Street Date: October 22, 2013 Track List: 1.Yuppies Are Flowers 2. Rowdy Jungle 3. Stay, Don't Say 4. Runnin' On The Moon 5.You'll Carry On Real Nice 6. A Different Way 7. Breathing Creatures 8. Possible Embrace 9. Brain Holiday   Links: Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/deadgaze Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/deadgaze

The Republic of Wolves Announce New Album "No Matter How Narrow" Out December 17th

The Republic of Wolves
Announce New Album "No Matter How Narrow" Out December 17th



"...devastatingly dynamic, captivating and moody compositions with tasteful applications of all those risky elements apparent in this style of music." - Punknews

"No Matter How Narrow" is the second full-length album from The Republic Of Wolves, written and recorded after a nearly two-year hiatus following their 2011 EP "The Cartographer." As with their earlier releases, the album was recorded, produced, and mixed by the band themselves, although the process was more chaotic; the band's home studio setup migrated between three different locations throughout the roughly four months of recording, as all four members worked around various time constraints to make it happen. Dan Gluszak (ex-Envy On The Coast) was enlisted to play drums on the record, performing on all tracks except for "Keep Clean," which features Will Noon (Straylight Run, fun.) on percussion. 

"No Matter How Narrow" is a more immediate, concise, and light-hearted album than its heavy and somber predecessor, 2010's critically acclaimed "Varuna." The new album explores a more accessible sound while continuing to embrace the wide range of moods and dynamics that characterizes the band's catalog.

* "No Matter How Narrow" will be available digitally through iTunes and Amazon, and will also be available in physical formats, including limited vinyl and CD pressings through Simple Stereo Records, all available December 17th.



More information including new music, track list and live dates coming soon!

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Turin Brakes Releases New Album "We Were Here" Today, Listen + Share Title Track

Turin Brakes Releases New Album We Were Here via Cooking Vinyl/Red River Entertainment Today
 

 
Listen + Share Title Track “We Were Here”
 
From the majestic opening swoop and swirl of “Time and Money” through to the elegiac campfire slide of closer “Goodbye”, the new album We Were Here finds the members of Turin Brakes - Olly Knights and Gale Paridjanian along with long time collaborators Rob Allum and Eddie Myer - at their most assertive and consistent, with a hypnotic collection of songs that nods to classic releases of the ’70s and also to the triggers of existential dread that sit right at the heart of the information age.

Recorded over two weeks of eighteen hour days in legendary Welsh studio Rockfield, We Were Here (to be released October 8^th via Cooking Vinyl/Red River Entertainment) gorgeously chimes and echoes with the pastoral psychedelia of Pink Floyd, the sunset soul of Laurel Canyon, the blues of the Mississippi Delta and the band’s own six-stringed past. Listen and share the tender title track HERE.
 
Formed in Balham, South West London, in 1999 by childhood friends Olly Knights and Gale Paridjanian, Turin Brakes signed to French label Source in 2000 and released their Mercury Music Prize nominated debut album The Optimist (2001). Their second album Ether Song (2003) entered the UK album charts at number 4 and spawned the Top 5 single Pain Killer (Summer Rain). The Top 10 album JackinABox was released in 2005 and followed byDark On Fire (2007). The band signed to Cooking Vinyl in 2009 and released Outbursts (2010).
 


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The Fratellis New LP + Live Video Drop Today + Nat'l Tour

We Need Medicine LP Out Today via BMG!

“This Old Ghost Town” Live Video Unveiled w/ Paste

National Fall Tour Kicks Off 11/1 at 
SOLD OUT Webster Hall Show in NYC
 
" …an urgent and exhilarating shot of rock & roll…" – Rolling Stone
 
“…energizing and rowdy…” – Paste
 


The Fratellis today release their highly anticipated new album, We Need Medicine, through BMG. To celebrate, the band have unveiled their energetic live video for album cut “This Old Ghost Town.” The “This Old Ghost Town” live video premiered with Paste, and is available HERE for posting.
 
The full length We Need Medicine album is preceded by a special digital EP (out now), featuring the studio version of  “Seven Nights Seven Days” & two live album tracks- “She’s Not Gone But She’s Leaving” and “Whisky Saga” recorded at Glasgow Barrowlands.
 
Known for having an electrifying live show, The Fratellis will launch a national US tour this November, and have already sold out 5 of 9 shows. Be sure to catch them in the US this fall.
 
The Fratellis US Tour Dates
11/1: New York, NY @ Webster Hall – SOLD OUT
11/2: Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall – SOLD OUT
11/3: Boston, MA @ Paradise – SOLD OUT
11/4: Philadelphia, PA @ World Café Live – SOLD OUT
11/6: Chicago, IL @ Metro
11/7: San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop – SOLD OUT
11/8: Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
11/9: Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
11/12: Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre
 
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CAGE THE ELEPHANT'S MELOPHOBIA RELEASED TODAY!

CAGE THE ELEPHANT'S MELOPHOBIA RELEASED TODAY BAND TO RETURN TO THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN THIS FRIDAY CONCERT AT THE STUDIO AT WEBSTER HALL TO AIR LIVE ON SIRIUSXM'S ALT NATION ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9th "Its glorious chaos makes for thrilling listening" - USA Today

October 8, 2013 - Cage The Elephant's highly anticipated and already acclaimed new album, Melophobia, was released today on RCA Records. The band will return to The Late Show with David Letterman this Friday, October 11th and perform the album's first single "Come A Little Closer" from Melophobia. To purchaseMelophobia now, click HERE. "Come A Little Closer," which debuted at #1 on Hype Machine, is currently #6 on the Mediabase Alternative Chart. The track is currently featured in Esquire Magazine's "Sexiest Woman Alive" video with Scarlett Johannson. To watch, clickHERE or see below. Cage The Elephant will also perform an intimate show for SiriusXM radio subscribers and winners at the Studio at Webster Hall on Wednesday, October 9th. The performance will air live on SiriusXM's Alt Nation. Click HERE to check out Esquire's Sexiest Woman Alive Video featuring Cage The Elephant's 'Come A Little Closer' Consequence of Sound praised "Come A Little Closer" for sounding "larger than ever before, cuing their popularity to potentially reach new heights." USA Todaydeclared, "Its glorious chaos makes for thrilling listening." LA Times said, "Let's just be glad to have such imagination on our drive time rock radio again."New York Magazine called them, "one of America's best, cleverest mainstream rock groups." Melophobia is the follow up to 2011's acclaimed sophomore album Thank You Happy Birthday, which debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart and has sold over 250,000 copies to date. Rolling Stone, New York Times, LA Times, USA Today, and Entertainment Weekly praised the release as "one of the best rock albums of the year". The album also spawned the hit single "Shake Me Down" which spent six weeks at #1 at Alternative radio. Their acclaimed self-titled debut album was released in 2009 and has sold over 550,000 copies to date. The album remained on the Billboard 200 Chart for an astounding 73 consecutive weeks and produced three Top 5 singles at Alternative Radio, including the massive hit "Ain't No Rest For The Wicked". In additional to numerous Sold Out headline runs, Cage The Elephant has toured with Black Keys, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, Muse, Stone Temple Pilots, Foals, Silversun Pickups, Manchester Orchestra, and many more. Cage The Elephant consists of singer Matt Shultz, guitarist Brad Shultz, bassist Daniel Tichenor, guitarist Lincoln Parish, and drummer Jared Champion. www.cagetheelephant.com  www.facebook.com/cagetheelephant  www.twitter.com/CageTheElephant  www.youtube.com/CageTheElephantVEVO

NYC'S SKATERS ANNOUNCE DEBUT ALBUM RELEASE DATE OF FEBRUARY 25, 2014, AND NEW SINGLE

FIRST SINGLE, "DEADBOLT," DUE DIGITALLY OCTOBER 29TH AND ON 7" VINYLNOVEMBER 29TH IN THE U.S. "DEADBOLT" LYRIC VIDEO PREMIERS ONLINE TODAY BAND ON THE ROAD WITH PALMA VIOLETS IN THE U.S. AND DEAP VALLY IN THE U.K. THIS FALL October 8, 2013 - (Burbank, CA) - New York City's very own SKATERS have announced that their upcoming debut album will be released by Warner Bros. Records on February 25, 2014 in the U.S. and February 24, 2014, in the U.K. The album's first vinyl single is "Deadbolt," and will be released digitally on Oct 29th, and pressed on glorious 7" vinyl and available for sale on Black Friday / Record Store Day, Nov 29th. The single has already been released in the U.K. (its first public broadcast was Oct 2nd on the ultra-cool Huw Stephens' BBC Radio show) where the band are quickly amassing an ardent following. A brand new lyric video has been created for "Deadbolt," andwill premiere on PureVolume.Combeginning today. The clip was directed by Bill Richards and can be viewed here  Beginning tomorrow, NME.Com in the U.K. will premiere the song. Go to http://www.nme.com/  To hear the track. What the U.K. press has been saying: "We present to you SKATERS - the best band to emerge from Manhattan since...great writing and an incessantly creative arrangement. Gloriously inventive grooves, wonderfully nonchalant vocal and constantly engaging composition. SKATERS have got that vintage lo-fi pop sound down to a tee so what are you waiting for?" - ThisFeeling.Com (UK) "Like the Beach Boys, who famously didn't surf (Dennis Wilson excepted), SKATERS don't skate... [songs] reeking of subways and steam hissing from backstreet vents with a clattering urgency . It's the end of the world as we know it ... and SKATERS feel fine." - The Guardian (UK daily) Back home in the USA, the media know what's up: "New York band SKATERS want to be your new party soundtrack. Wait, scratch that - this band doesn't want to deliver the late-night anthems only to you. They want to serve 'em up to your friends, your little brother, and pretty much everyone you know." These guys are well on their way to cementing their place on the sweaty dark dance floors everywhere." - NylonMag.Com "There's no covering up their romantically ragged edges" -- The New York Times The domestic tour w/ Palma Violets begins tomorrow. Dates are as follows: 10/08    Philadelphia, PA            Boot & Saddle 10/09    New York, NY               Webster Hall 10/14    Seattle, WA                   Neumos 10/15    Vancouver, BC              Venue 10/16    Portland, OR                 Crystal Ballroom 10/18    Berkley, CA                   UC Berkley/ ASUC Superb 10 Esheleman Hall #4500 10/19    Los Angeles, CA           El Rey Theater On Oct 14, the "Deadbolt" video will make its worldwide debut via NME.Com in the U.K. Shortly thereafter, SKATERS will tour overseas w/ Deap Vally. Those dates are: 10/29    Sheffield                       The Leadmill 10/30    Oxford                          Oxford Academy 2 11/01    Brighton                        Concorde2 11/02    Bristol                           Trinity Centre 11/04    Nottingham                   Rock City Basement 11/05    Manchester                   Club Academy 11/07    Birmingham                   Birmingham Academy 2 11/08    Leeds                           The Wardrobe 11/10    Newcastle                     Warehouse 34 11/11    Edinburgh                     Liquid Room 11/12    Glasgow                       Oran Mor 11/14    London                         Electric Ballroom

Lucius Debut LP Streaming at NPR "First Listen", New Video + International Tour

Wildewoman Streaming at NPR First Listen, 
Debut LP Drops October 15 via Mom+Pop

International Tour Kicks Off This Week

The A.V. Club premieres “Turn It Around” video


 
NYC’s Lucius, dubbed a “band to watch” by TIME, Rolling Stone and more, is a triple threat quintet with tight vocal harmonies, stomping percussion and an irresistible live show. The band’s debut full-length album Wildewoman sees its official release in North America next week, on October 15 via Mom+Pop, and is streaming now at NPR “First Listen.”
 
Stylishly showcasing 60’s classic pop influences with a decidedly modern edge, Lucius make “perfect, magnetic pop music” (NPR) " ...powered by fuzzy guitar hits, soft organ tones, electronic effects, and reverberating keys, making for a very modern take on some classic ideas" (SPIN).
 
Solidifying its burgeoning reputation as a must-see live act, the band kicks off an extensive international tour this week, making stops in Chicago, Nashville, Boston, Paris, London and more. For another chance to experience Lucius live, tune in to the band’s 101.9 KINK FM live session or watch the live stream HERE on October 9 from 12-12:30pm PST.
 
The A.V. Club has also just revealed a new video for the infectious album single “Turn It Around” which is available HERE for posting.


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Folding Legs Release "Double Time" Video, Drown In Light EP Out Today!

Folding Legs
Drown In Light
(KID Recordings, October 8)

Folding Legs Release Video for “Double Time”

Drown In Light EP Out Today, Listen on SoundCloud!


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Upcoming Shows
 

                       10/17             New York, NY @ Arlene’s Grocery (CMJ)
                                10/18             New York, NY @ Living Room (CMJ)
                                11/30             New York, NY @ Pianos

Brooklyn-based alt-rock/indie-pop quartet Folding Legs (whose members hail from New York City, Vienna and Stockholm) have developed a distinctive melodic sound that incorporates diverse influences from Talking Heads, Radiohead, Bootsy Collins and Laurie Anderson to Swedish folklore, performance art and surrealist Czech filmmaker Jan Švankmajer. Their debut 5-track EP ‘Drown In Light’ , out today via KID Recordings, brings into sharp focus their thunderous sonic panorama supplanted by skilled musicianship, rich melodies, expressive vocals and vivid, self-reflecting storytelling. The band have just released a transfixing video for “Double Time” filled with nostalgic and apocalyptic images projected onto a haunting singing totem of a child’s head. Watch the video on YouTube and Vimeo.

The frenetic stomp of “This Glass House” begins the journey of Drown in Light with the shattering of a relationship and the strength and clarity that come after. “Double Time” starts with a sparse piano melody that is overtaken by front woman Katharina Stenbeck’s seductive vocal as she addresses a lover she keeps urging to “break the silence”. Her intimacy and directness is underpinned by a fearless sound that alternates between volcanic and pastoral with ease. The mesmerizing “Spring on 93^rd St” is a nostalgic lament for an unfaithful partner with a delicate melancholic arrangement. This is the sound of a band unafraid to be defiantly honest with a disarming sound that can be as bold and angular as it is fragile and crystalline.

Drown in Light is part of Rdio’s New Music Weekly program this week. Listen to the EP on Rdiohere.

Folding Legs is:
Katharina Stenbeck – Lead Vocals, Scenic Design
Gregory Henits – Bass, Vocals
Christopher Cerny – Guitar
Jesse Richman – Drums

Drown in Light on iTunes
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SKELETONWITCH: "Unfit" For Disney, But Fit For A Wedding; Hometown Record Release Show Announced

Fresh off a short run of dates supporting Ghost B.C., Athens, Ohio-based blackened metal quintet,SKELETONWITCH, has announced a hometown release party for their forthcoming new full-length,Serpents Unleashed. The show will take place at The Union (18 W. Union St., Athens) on October 23rd, the eve of the kickoff to their extensive North American fall tour with The Black Dahlia Murder. Tickets for the event are just $10.

The Black Dahlia tour will be swiftly followed by another lap around America in early 2014 alongside Amon Amarth and Enslaved. Unfortunately for fans in Orlando however, where the tour stops on January 27th, SKELETONWITCH will not be allowed to perform at the local House of Blues, as the group has joined the likes of Exodus, Machine Head and others deemed "unfit to be associated with" Disney, on whose property the venue is located.

Although SKELETONWITCH might be unwelcomed at the Magic Kingdom, a California couple has asked the band to make their dreams come true. During SKELETONWITCH's performance in Fresno on November 15th, longtime fans Travis Bartlett and Lanae Forrest will get married on stage -- making local venue Strummer's their own happiest place on Earth. Says groom-to-be Bartlett, "Lanae and I are taken aback and beyond elated that SKELETONWITCH are willing to be a part of the most important day of our lives. There really aren't words to show our appreciation for the band being with us as we begin our lives together."

Commemorating the group's 10-year anniversary, Serpents Unleashed -- recorded earlier this year with Kurt Ballou (Converge, Isis, High on Fire), and featuring artwork by John Baizley (Baroness, Kylesa, Kvelertak) - will be unleashed in North America on October 29th, in Australia, Germany, Austria and Switzerland on October 25th and in the UK and the rest of Europe on October 28th. Serpents Unleashed is available for preorder at SKELETONWITCH.com in CD, LP, cassette, digital download and limited edition 7-inch collector's box formats. In addition, you can now pre-order the album digitally at iTunes and BandCamp and receive an instant download of "I Am Of Death (Hell Has Arrived)."

See for yourself whether SKELETONWITCH are "unfit to be associated with" at one of their dates below.

SKELETONWITCH
10/14/2013 Bijou Theatre - Knoxville, TN w/ Ghost B.C.

10/23/2013 The Union - Athens, OH * Record Release Show w/ The Black Dahlia Murder, Fallujah, Noisem10/24/2013 Peabody's Concert Club - Cleveland, OH
10/25/2013 Chameleon Club - Lancaster, PA
10/26/2013 Knitting Factory - Brooklyn, NY
10/27/2013 The Met - Pawtucket, RI
10/28/2013 Higher Ground - Burlington, VT
10/29/2013 Le Cercle - Quebec City, QC
10/30/2013 La Tulipe - Montreal, QC
10/31/2013 Ritual - Ottawa, ON
11/01/2013 Rum Runners - London, ON
11/02/2013 Mod Club - Toronto, ON
11/04/2013 Crocks - Thunder Bay, ON
11/06/2013 West End Cultural Centre - Winnipeg, MB
11/07/2013 Louis' Pub - Saskatoon, SK
11/08/2013 Avenue Theatre - Edmonton, AB
11/09/2013 The Den - Calgary, AB
11/11/2013 The Biltmore Cabaret - Vancouver, BC
11/12/2013 The Center - Spokane, WA
11/13/2013 WOW Hall - Eugene, OR
11/14/2013 Whiskey Dick's Saloon - South Lake Tahoe, CA
11/15/2013 Strummer's - Fresno, CA
11/16/2013 Glasshouse - Pomona, CA
11/17/2013 The Rock - Tucson, AZ
11/18/2013 Tricky Falls - El Paso, TX *newly added
11/19/2013 Club Patron - Odessa, TXw/ The Black Dahlia Murder, Fallujah, Wolvhammer11/20/2013 Conservatory - Oklahoma City, OK
11/21/2013 Outland Ballroom - Springfield, MO
11/22/2013 Firebird - St. Louis, MO
11/23/2013 Blue Moose - Iowa City, IA
11/24/2013 The Castle Theatre - Bloomington, IL
11/25/2013 Mojoes of Joliet - Joliet, IL
11/26/2013 The Intersection - Grand Rapids, MI
11/27/2013 The Machine Shop - Flint, MI
w/ Amon Amarth, Enslaved
1/17/2014 House of Blues - Las Vegas, NV
1/18/2014 Club Red - Phoenix, AZ
1/20/2014 Backstage Live - San Antonio, TX
1/21/2014 House of Blues - Dallas, TX
1/22/2014 House of Blues - Houston, TX
1/24/2014 Center Stage - Atlanta, GA
1/25/2014 The Ritz - Tampa, FL
1/26/2014 Revolution - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
1/29/2014 The Fillmore - Charlotte, NC
1/30/2014 NorVA - Norfolk, VA
1/31/2014 The Fillmore - Silver Springs, MD
2/01/2014 House of Blues - Boston, MA
2/03/2014 TLA - Philadelphia, PA
2/04/2014 Irving Plaza - New York, NY
2/07/2014 House of Blues - Chicago, IL
2/08/2014 Mill City Nights - Minneapolis, MN
2/09/2014 Grenada Theatre - Lawrence, KS
2/11/2014 Summit Theatre - Denver, CO
2/12/2014 Murray Theater - Salt Lake City, UT
2/14/2014 The Regency - San Francisco, CA
2/15/2014 Wiltern - Los Angeles, CAw/ Amon Amarth2/16/2014 House of Blues - San Diego, CA

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Beats Per Minute premieres Flagship's "Break the Sky" music video

BEATS PER MINUTE PREMIERES FLAGSHIP’S
“BREAK THE SKY” MUSIC VIDEO

SELF-TITLED DEBUT ALBUM OUT TODAY ON 
BRIGHT ANTENNA RECORDS

FALL TOUR DATES INCLUDE
CMJ SHOWCASE IN NEW YORK  

PRODUCED BY BEN ALLEN
 (ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, WASHED OUT, YOUTH LAGOON)

“Both immediately captivating and unique, largely due to the impressive vocals by singer/songwriter Drake Margolnick.”—Filter Magazine

Beats Per Minute is premiering the new music video for Flagship’s “Break the Sky” at http://bit.ly/1bFfRMZ. The song, which was recently hailed by American Songwriter as “a moody anthem reminiscent of the best of The National and old school U2,” is from the band’s self-titled debut, out today on Bright Antenna Records. To celebrate the release the band will be performing at New York’s CMJ Music Marathon on October 17, 18 and19. MTV Buzzworthy described Flagship as “a powerhouse of gloomy guitars and anthemic melodies” andConsequence of Sound raved that the band “sifts through the pastoral folk rock graces of bands like Fleet Foxes and Grizzly Bear, with occasional detours into wide-eyed pop catharsis.” The new album was recorded with critically acclaimed producer Ben Allen, best known for his work with Animal Collective, Washed Out and Youth Lagoon. Please see below for complete tour dates.

In 2011 solo singer, songwriter and guitarist Drake Margolnick joined local musicians Matthew Padgett (guitar, backing vocals), Michael Finster (drums, programming) and Grant Harding (keys) forming Flagship. In 2012, Christopher Comfort joined on bass. The band has become a staple of their hometown club scene and was voted Best Local Band for Charlotte Magazine’s 2013 Bob Awards. They toured the U.S. with The Wombats performing in front of sold out crowds in New York, Washington, D.C., Boston, Chicago and Salt Lake City. This year Flagship played SXSW for the second time along with a performance at the inaugural Bottle Rock Festival in Napa Valley.

With Margolnick as the main songwriter, the band worked on the tracks in unison at an Atlanta studio. He notes, “normally we just start playing together, no talking, just playing. No planning. It just falls together and we organize it. Once we have the song, I’ll start mumbling and making noises and I’ll find my melody during that process and then go and write the lyrics.” The band experimented with the recording process on tracks like “Waste Them All,” which Harding explained was recorded in one live take. Of working with Allen, Finster points out, “Whenever we recorded with Ben I remember we’d do batches of songs, like three at a time. He’d set everyone up in different ways depending on the song and record those people together—drums,bass, guitar—whatever was going to happen.” Allen said of the sessions “It’s really satisfying as a producer to hear the song sound complete and epic right when it’s being recorded live, as opposed to having to edit, tweak and mix until it feels that way.”

Flagship’s self-titled full-length album comes on the heels of 2012’s Blackbush EP, which Baeble Music praised for “the deep-throated baritone delivery of lead singer Drake Margolnick a la Ian Curtis from Joy Division.”

FLAGSHIP TOUR DATES

October 17            New York, NY             CMJ Showcase

October 18            New York, NY            CMJ Baeble Showcase

October 19            New York, NY            CMJ Paradigm Showcase