{"id":999,"date":"2015-01-27T21:52:14","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T21:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/?p=999"},"modified":"2015-02-12T21:53:35","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12T21:53:35","slug":"the-damnwells-new-album-set-for-april-14-2015-release-new-album-features-original-band-line-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/the-damnwells-new-album-set-for-april-14-2015-release-new-album-features-original-band-line-up\/","title":{"rendered":"The Damnwells\u2019 new album set for April 14, 2015 release; new album features original band line-up"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Damnwells\u2019 new album set for April 14, 2015 release<\/strong><\/div>\n
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New album features original band line-up<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Tour planned in support of forthcoming album<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Indie rock band The Damnwells will be releasing a new, self-titled album featuring the original four band members on April 14, 2015 (via Rock Ridge Music). \u00a0This is the first album since 2006 to include the original band lineup. \u00a0(The original members of The Damnwells are Alex Dezen [lead vocals, guitar, piano], David Chernis [lead guitar], Ted Hudson [bass], and Steven Terry [drums\/percussion].)<\/div>\n
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Since 2006, Dezen continued to make Damnwells records with a cast of talented musicians to fill in the blanks. \u00a0But for the forthcoming self-titled album, he and his former comrades decided to \u201cget the band back together\u201d for real and joined producer Salim Nourallah (Old 97s) in the studio to capture the magic. \u00a0They recorded at the intimate Tree Fort Studios in Austin, TX, where they sought, as Dezen says, to \u201ccapture as much live as possible.\u201d<\/div>\n
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In early 2013, Dezen was keen to make another record. He\u2019d spent two years writing and co-writing songs for and with others (Justin Bieber, the Dixie Chicks, Dave Grohl, Gary Louris of The Jayhawks, Jason Derulo, Christina Perri, Genevieve Schatz of Company of Thieves, and Kelly Clarkson, to name a few). \u201cWriting songs for other people definitely made me pretty hungry for going out and writing some songs for myself,\u201d Dezen says. To kick-off work on a new album, for the first time in The Damnwells\u2019 career Dezen enlisted the help of some of the other songwriters he had met and worked with. \u00a0Most notable was Charlie Peacock (The Civil Wars, Switchfoot) with whom he wrote the song \u201cWreck You,\u201d as well as \u201cHeavy Heart,\u201d which was co-written with Eric Rosse (Tori Amos, Sara Bareilles). Nine additional songs round out the musical offerings on\u00a0The Damnwells<\/i>.<\/div>\n
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\u201cWhat this record represents is four guys, 15 years, a few defeats, and a ton of tiny victories,\u201d says Dezen. \u201cWhat this record means to me is more than what you hear carved into the wax. This is about coming together. It’s about brotherhood. It’s about making music together. We have never been more excited to share anything with the fans.\u201d \u00a0The band plans to tour in support of the forthcoming album (see tour schedule below).<\/div>\n
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The first stirrings of what would become The Damnwells occurred when Dezen and Hudson met at Bard College in 1996 and played in a string of college bands together before they both moved to Brooklyn in 2000. There they met Terry (who was fresh off a stint playing with Ryan Adams\u2019 former band, Whiskeytown) and started jamming together. \u00a0The trio began playing shows at now-defunct clubs throughout Brooklyn and the Lower East Side of Manhattan, sometimes with various guitar players and sometimes as a three-piece.<\/p>\n
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At the end of 2000, Chernis joined them and they christened themselves The Damnwells. The band released its first EP (PMR) in 2001, then signed to Epic Records and released\u00a0Bastards of the Beat<\/em>\u00a0in 2003. \u00a0The follow-up,\u00a0Air Stereo<\/em>\u00a0(which was the last album featuring the original line-up), was recorded for release on Epic but was instead picked up and released by Rounder Records in 2006. \u201cGolden Days,\u201d the single from\u00a0Air Stereo<\/em>, was a top 20 Triple A charting song and was also the name of a documentary film about the band released in 2007. Over the years, The Damnwells toured relentlessly, sharing stages with The Fray, the Dixie Chicks, Old 97s, Cheap Trick, and Bob Dylan, to name a few.<\/div>\n
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The Damnwells\u2019 next release,\u00a0One Last Century<\/em>\u00a0(2009), featured Hudson and Dezen and was given away for free via\u00a0Paste\u00a0<\/em>magazine\u2019s website. \u00a0It was followed by the fan-funded record,\u00a0No One Listens to the Band Anymore<\/em>, which came out in 2011. \u00a0Dezen also released four solo EPs via Bandcamp (https:\/\/thedamnwells.bandcamp.com<\/a>) in 2014 to whet fans\u2019 appetites for the forthcoming new Damnwells music.<\/div>\n
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The Damnwells Tour Schedule:<\/b><\/div>\n
5\/8 \u2013 New York, NY \/ Irving Plaza (ticket link<\/a>)<\/div>\n
5\/10 \u2013 Atlanta, GA \/ Shaky Knees Festival (ticket link<\/a>)<\/div>\n
5\/14 \u2013 St. Louis, MO \/ The Firebird (ticket link<\/a>)<\/div>\n
5\/15 \u2013 Chicago, IL \/ Double Door (ticket link<\/a>)<\/div>\n
5\/16 \u2013 St. Paul, MN \/ Turf Club (ticket link<\/a>)<\/div>\n
6\/26 \u2013 Washington, DC \/ Howard Theatre (ticket link<\/a>)<\/div>\n
6\/27 \u2013 Boston, MA \/ Brighton Music Hall (ticket link<\/a>)<\/div>\n
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 27, 2015 \u00a0 The Damnwells\u2019 new album set for April 14, 2015 release \u00a0 New album features original band line-up \u00a0 Tour planned in support of forthcoming album Indie rock band The Damnwells will be releasing a new, self-titled album featuring the original four band members on April 14, 2015 (via … <\/p>\n

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