NASHVILLE |DT: FEBRUARY 20, 2008
FR: KRISTINE ASHTON-MAGNUSON/LIBBY HENRY/MITCH SCHNEIDER
PENNYWISE
REVEAL SONG TITLES FOR ‘REASON TO BELIEVE’ CD
OUT MARCH 25 VIA MYSPACE RECORDS;
“SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR” TO BE FEATURED AS
MYSPACE “SINGLE OF THE WEEK DOWNLOAD”
BEGINNING TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19;
BAND PERFORMANCE ON FUEL TV’S “THE DAILY HABIT”
PENNYWISE–one of punk's most credible and influential bands, who’ve sold over three million albums worldwide–have revealed the album title and track listing for their forthcoming CD, due out March 25 via MySpace Records. Beginning March 25, fans around the world will be able to obtain a high quality, DRM-free, 320kbps MP3 free download of the REASON TO BELIEVE CD from MySpace for a period of two weeks.
To provide fans a sneak preview of the upcoming album, the new PENNYWISE song “Something To Live For” will be available for download as the MySpace “Single Of The Week” at myspace.com/pennywise from Tuesday, February 19 through Friday, February 22.
For REASON TO BELIEVE–their ninth studio album–PENNYWISE enlisted Grammy Award-winning artist Don Clark of Invisible Creature, Inc. to design the album artwork. In addition, the band teamed with longtime PENNYWISE fan and seasoned producer Cameron Webb (Social Distortion, Motorhead, Sum 41) to produce and mix the upcoming CD. The full track listing is as follows:
1. (Intro) As Long As We Can
2. One Reason
3. Faith And Hope
4. Something To Live For
5. All We Need
6. The Western World
7. We'll Never Know
8. Confusion
9. Nothing To Lose
10. It's Not Enough To Believe
11. You Get The Life You Choose
12. Affliction
13. Brag, Exaggerate & Lie
14. Die For You
As previously revealed, this collaboration between the seminal Southern California punk band, their new label MySpace Records, MySpace.com and Textango (provider of creative solutions for distributing music via text messaging) sets a music industry precedent. It marks the first time a U.S. record label has provided an artist with the opportunity to offer a new album free of charge and the first time MySpace has offered a full album download with a worldwide push.
On the same day REASON TO BELIEVE becomes available for free download (March 25), PENNYWISE and MySpace Records will also release a CD version of the album to retail outlets for sale, containing the same songs as the downloadable version. There will also be a limited-edition double-vinyl version available on April 8 with two extra exclusive tracks.
To download the free, 320kbps version of the album, users simply have to add promotional partner Textango (myspace.com/textango) as a MySpace friend on their MySpace page (anyone can create a MySpace account for free) anytime before April 7, 2008. Users who have added the profile before March 25 will all receive the album in their MySpace inbox on March 25; users who add the profile between March 25 and April 7 will receive the download soon after adding Textango as a friend.
Look for PENNYWISE–JIM LINDBERG (vocals), FLETCHER DRAGGE (guitars), BYRON MCMACKIN (drums) and RANDY BRADBURY (bass)–to announce tour dates in the coming weeks and check out myspace.com/pennywise and pennywisdom.com. The band will also make a national television performance on Fuel TV’s “The Daily Habit” in early April (exact air date TBA).
Press Contacts
MSO for Pennywise:
(818) 380-0400
Kristine Ashton-Magnuson (ext. 233)
kashton@msopr.com
Libby Henry (ext. 224)
lhenry@msopr.com
Mitch Schneider (ext. 235)
mschneider@msopr.com
Textango:
Jill Siegel
(212) 289-8533
Jill@textango.com
MySpace:
Dani Dudeck
(310) 969-7148
ddudeck@myspace.com
About MySpace Records
In November 2005 MySpace launched MySpace Records to create an entertainment hub that enables music fans to connect with bands and the record label in new and innovative ways. MySpace Records continues to tap into the still thriving independent music community and operate as a full-service independent label, structured with its own marketing, sales, and A&R departments. MySpace Records has a growing roster of artists that run the gamut from rock to singer/ songwriter to punk to R&B.
About MySpace
MySpace, a unit of Fox Interactive Media Inc., is the premier lifestyle portal for connecting with friends, discovering popular culture, and making a positive impact on the world. By integrating web profiles, blogs, instant messaging, e-mail, music streaming, music videos, photo galleries, classified listings, events, groups, college communities, and member forums, MySpace has created a connected community. As the first ranked web domain in terms of page views*, MySpace is the most widely-used and highly regarded site of its kind and is committed to providing the highest quality member experience. MySpace will continue to innovate with new features that allow its members to express their creativity and share their lives, both online and off. MySpace's international network includes 20 localized community sites in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Mexico, Austria, Finland, Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, Denmark, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain, Austria, Japan and New Zealand. Fox Interactive Media is a division of News Corp. (NYSE:NWS – News, NWS.A – News; ASX:NWS – News, NWSLV – News).
*Among the top 2000 domains comScore Media Metrix, September 2007. For more information on comScore Networks, please go to http://www.comscore.com.
About Textango.com
Textango.com is the revolutionary, patent-pending mobile billing and music delivery platform. Textango allows anyone, anywhere in the United States and 30 other countries to purchase music simply by sending a premium text message with their cell phone. The consumer is billed on their cell phone bill, allowing for impulse purchasing when prompted at concert venues, over the radio, via print advertisements, etc. The music purchased is then downloaded off of Textango.com at any time by entering the mobile number. Some of the countries involved include United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Finland, Sweden, & South Africa.
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PENNYWISE REVEAL SONG TITLES FOR ‘REASON TO BELIEVE’ CD OUT MARCH 25 VIA MYSPACE RECORDS; “SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR” TO BE FEATURED AS MYSPACE “SINGLE OF THE WEEK DOWNLOAD” BEGINNING TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19; BAND PERFORMANCE ON FUEL TV’S “THE DAILY HABIT”TO AIR IN EARLY APRIL
