{"id":1178,"date":"2016-01-06T19:04:42","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T19:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/?p=1178"},"modified":"2016-06-10T19:05:48","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T19:05:48","slug":"the-haymarket-squares-to-release-light-it-up-on-february-26-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/the-haymarket-squares-to-release-light-it-up-on-february-26-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"The Haymarket Squares to release “Light It Up” on February 26, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n

January 6, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Haymarket Squares to release\u00a0Light It Up<\/i>\u00a0on February 26, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Blending acoustic instruments, fast tempos, rich harmonies<\/strong><\/p>\n

and rabble-rousing lyrics, The Haymarket Squares are<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201csmart,\u201d \u201cfunny,\u201d and \u201cthey\u2019re raging against the machine<\/strong><\/p>\n

in four-part harmony.\u201d –\u00a0Arizona Republic<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Haymarket Squares\u2019 new album,\u00a0Light It Up<\/i>, due for release on February 26, 2016, is a 12-song summation of the band\u2019s musical influences and lyrical concerns, with tasty dollops of polka, gospel and Latin percussion mixed into the group\u2019s signature punkgrass sound.\u00a0Light It Up<\/em>\u00a0was recorded and produced (on largely analog gear) by Bob Hoag (Dear and the Headlights, Gin Blossoms, The Ataris) at Flying Blanket Recording in Mesa, AZ, and mastered by Jason Livermore (Alkaline Trio, Propagandhi, Drag The River) at Blasting Room Studios in Fort Collins, CO.<\/p>\n

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Some of the songs on the album have been part of the band\u2019s live show for years, while others are recent arrivals. But they all share the same genesis: \u201cWe\u2019ll hear or read something on the news that pisses us off, and a few days\/weeks\/months later, a new song arrives,\u201d laughs Mark Sunman, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist who wrote several tracks on\u00a0Light It Up<\/em>. \u201cFor better or worse, there\u2019s no shortage of inspiration out there,\u201d adds Marc Oxborrow, who sings, plays bass, and wrote a number of songs on the album.<\/p>\n

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Known for their incisive lyrics and boundless live energy, the band stocked the album with plenty of witty wordplay and pointed commentary, touching on everything from surveillance (\u201cNo Such Agency\u201d) to liberal guilt (\u201cPart of the Problem\u201d) to the end of the world (\u201cGoodbye\u201d). Acoustic guitarist John Luther Norris somehow manages to mention Zapatistas, Japanese vending machines\u00a0and\u00a0<\/i>elephants in his Latin-infused \u201cJump the Border.\u201d And no Haymarket Squares release would be complete without a love\/hate ditty about their hometown of Phoenix, where there are \u201ca million little places with local bands and beer, to have a drink and wonder what the hell you\u2019re doing here.\u201d With an accordion providing a melancholy backdrop,\u00a0Light It Up<\/em>\u2019s first single, \u201cLet\u2019s Start A Riot,\u201d perfectly captures the \u201ccrushing weight of boredom and responsibility\u201d of adult life, while the urgent \u201cHorrible Inventions\u201d (driven by a blistering solo from slide guitarist Mark Allred) takes on the dirty business of unjust border policies.<\/p>\n

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Having played more than 500 shows in the U.S., Canada, and Europe, the 5-piece band will support their new album with a busy touring schedule, highlighted by a main stage performance at Arizona\u2019s largest music gathering, the McDowell Mountain Music Festival (headlined by Beck and the Avett Brothers). And as winners of the 2015 Pickin\u2019 in the Pines band competition, The Haymarket Squares will play that festival\u2019s main stage in the fall of 2016.<\/p>\n

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In 2015, The Haymarket Squares were nominated as Best Local Band by the\u00a0Phoenix New Times<\/em>, who called them \u201cPhoenix\u2019s original protest band\u201d and \u201cone of the most distinctly talented groups in town.\u201d And in 2010, less than two years after their humble Craigslist beginnings\u00a0(a rare case where online matchmaking actually worked), The Haymarket Squares won the Train Tracks band competition in Phoenix, beating out 50 other local acts in a year-long battle of acoustic performances on the city\u2019s light rail system. \u201cWe\u2019ve always been able to hold our own in that kind of setting,\u201d says fiddle player Jayson James. \u201cIn fact, we end most shows by wading out into the crowd to play a few acoustic numbers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Haymarket Squares have provided direct support for such national acts as The Meat Puppets, Reverend Peyton\u2019s Big Damn Band, Greensky Bluegrass, MarchFourth!, Young Dubliners, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Old Man Markley, The Brothers Comatose and others. The band has headlined the most prestigious mid-size venues in Arizona: Crescent Ballroom (Phoenix), Rialto Theatre (Tucson), and the Orpheum Theater (Flagstaff) and has played in markets around the world.<\/p>\n

www.haymarketsquares.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 6, 2016 \u00a0 The Haymarket Squares to release\u00a0Light It Up\u00a0on February 26, 2016   Blending acoustic instruments, fast tempos, rich harmonies and rabble-rousing lyrics, The Haymarket Squares are \u201csmart,\u201d \u201cfunny,\u201d and \u201cthey\u2019re raging against the machine in four-part harmony.\u201d –\u00a0Arizona Republic The Haymarket Squares\u2019 new album,\u00a0Light It Up, due for release … <\/p>\n

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