EMERY RELEASE NEW ALBUM ‘I’M ONLY A MAN’ THIS FALL ON TOOTH & NAIL RECORDS

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DT:      AUGUST 29, 2007
FR:      SHAZILA MOHAMMED/LIBBY HENRY/CHELSI SCHRIVER

Seattle-based rock outfit EMERY–Toby Morell (vocals/bass), Devin Shelton (vocals/bass), Matt Carter (guitar), Josh Head (keyboards) and Dave Powell (drums)–is set to release their third album I'M ONLY A MAN October 2 on Tooth & Nail Records. On the go since they packed up and drove from their hometown of Rock Hill, South Carolina to Seattle in 2001, EMERY have toured non-stop in support of their prior releases, including headlining the Smartpunk stage of the Vans Warped Tour in 2005 and landing a spot on the 2006 Nintendo Fusion Tour. The band will head out again this fall, playing festival dates and one-off headlining shows before joining Chiodos on a national tour launching October 19 in Lawrence, KS and running through the end of November.

I’M ONLY A MAN–produced by Ryan Boesch, who previously engineered discs by The Cure, Foo Fighters, Eels, Ozomatli and From First To Last–takes the band further into territory glimpsed at in their prior releases: 2004’s self-financed The Weaks End and 2005’s The Question, which have sold over 250,000 copies combined. EMERY expand on their melodic side with catchy tracks that resonate long after the first listen including lead single “The Party Song,” “Story About A Man With A Bad Heart” and “Don't Bore Us, Get To The Chorus.” Their evolving lyrical prowess is especially on display in the ballad “Can’t Stop the Killer” and album closer “From Crib To Coffin.” The latter song takes you on an epic journey through the band’s vast musical know-how, from quiet, confessional thoughts to gut-wrenching pleas and back again; it allows band members to step into the spotlight throughout the almost 11-minute track.

“We love our first two albums but if we re-write those again then we’re not being fair to ourselves or any fans,” Toby acknowledges. “We’re not doing this just for a paycheck. We want to evolve, which is why we’re stretching the boundaries and going beyond what people might expect from us.” Devin adds, “Being in a band you always want to grow musically. You never want to get stagnant. We’ve got to keep moving forward and make things happen.”

EMERY recently filmed a video for “The Party Song” with director Major Lightner (Hawthorne Heights, Straylight Run). Shot on location in Seattle, the clip explores the lyrics’ dark themes of substance abuse twisted into a murder-mystery. About the song, Toby says: “I wanted a simpler, almost happy kind of feeling, although the lyrics are pretty serious…I’ve had friends who have had some serious stuff go down in their lives and they’ve turned to drugs or alcohol or sex, whatever it might be. And all that stuff wound up being empty because they weren’t fixing themselves. They were avoiding the pain instead of addressing it.”

I'M ONLY A MAN Track Listing:
1)      Rock-N-Rule
2)      The Party Song
3)      World Away    
4)      After The Devil Beats His Wife
5)      Can't Stop The Killer  
6)      Story About A Man With A Bad Heart
7)      Don't Bore Us, Get To The Chorus
8)      What Makes A Man A Man     
9)      The Movie Song         
10)  You Think You're Nickel Slick (But I Got Your Penny Change)
11)  From Crib To Coffin

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For additional information on EMERY, contact MSO at 818.380.0400:
Shazila Mohammed, x238      shazila@msopr.com 
Libby Henry, x224                   lhenry@msopr.com   
Chelsi Schriver (tour), x231    cschriver@msopr.com

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EMERY RELEASE NEW ALBUM ‘I'M ONLY A MAN’ THIS FALL ON TOOTH & NAIL RECORDS