smoe.org mailing lists
ivan@stellysee.de
| From | "Michael Adelsheim" <madelsheim@adelsheimvineyard.com> |
| Subject | Info on Fountains Of Wayne from the latest Yep Roc email blast |
| Date | Mon, 9 May 2011 14:36:50 -0700 |
[Part 1 text/plain US-ASCII (2.1 kilobytes)]
(View Text in a separate window)
Fountains of Wayne sign to Yep Roc. New album SKY FULL OF HOLES
available 8/2.
April 21, 2011, 12:00 am
Fountains of Wayne sign to Yep Roc, plan to release new album in
August.
Fountains Of Wayne's long-awaited new album, Sky Full Of Holes, will be
released in the US on August 2 via Yep Roc Records. This is the
acclaimed band's first new release since 2007's Traffic And Weather.
Recorded in New York City, Sky Full Of Holes features 13 new songs by
Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger, ranging from high-energy power
pop to intimate, acoustic-driven ballads. Songs like "The Summer Place,"
"Action Hero" and "Richie And Ruben" showcase the band's renowned
storytelling abilities and flair for creating memorable characters;
elsewhere, they take a more impressionistic approach, as in the
shimmering "Someone's Gonna Break Your Heart," the lilting "Firelight
Waltz" and the elegaic closer "Cemetery Guns." In signature FOW fashion,
the album manages to be simultaneously witty and wistful, imaginative
and personal.
Formed in New York in 1996, Fountains Of Wayne took its name from an
iconic garden store in nearby Wayne, NJ (which, sadly, closed recently).
The band has received steady critical accolades since its inception;
"Dean Of American Rock Critics" Robert Christgau has called them "lyric
poets" and "true art heroes." The group's line-up, which also includes
guitarist Jody Porter and drummer Brian Young, has remained unchanged
since they toured in support of their 1996 self-titled debut album. FOW
were nominated for two Grammys, including a slightly belated Best New
Artist nod, in 2003, after scoring a hit with their third album, Welcome
Interstate Managers.
Sky Full Of Holes is the band's fifth full-length release, not including
2005's two-disc B-side compilation Out-Of-State Plates. Produced by
Collingwood and Schlesinger, it was mixed by longtime collaborator John
Holbrook, who also worked on Welcome Interstate Managers and Traffic And
Weather.
The band will tour extensively in support of the new album, beginning
with a string of US dates in August and September.
For assistance, please contact
the smoe.org administrators.