NASHVILLE |FROM: TODD BRODGINSKI/LATHUM NELSON
FEEL
SIGN TO CURB RECORDS AND WILL RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM OCTOBER 1;
FIRST SINGLE ‘WON’T STAND IN YOUR WAY’
#3 MOST-ADDED AT AAA ITS FIRST WEEK
Los Angeles-based rock band FEEL have signed with Curb Records and will release their self-titled debut album October 1. From out of the blue and seemingly without warning or hype, the album’s debut single “Won’t Stand In Your Way” was released to AAA radio last week and immediately added to over 20 stations.
Of the album, Album Network said, “Each song is a fully realized showcase for a band that sounds like it’s been playing together for much longer than a year. The combination of acoustic and electric guitars, picture-perfect melodies and strong, confident performances across the board makes it all seem like old hat for this quartet from the city that produced Gram Parsons, Jackson Browne, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and those very same Eagles.”
The catchy hook and jangling guitars of “Won’t Stand In Your Way” are amplified by the chorus’ positivity: “You can let the bad days wash down the drain/You can lift your head up out of the rain/Look in the mirror and start again/I won’t stand in your way.” Other highlights on the album include “Got Your Name On It,” “Under The Radar,” “Until They Close The World” and “Girl In A Raincoat.”
Defying conventional music industry wisdom, the group didn’t have a record deal but found major support in producer Dusty Wakeman, who donated his expertise and studio time. The group’s singer/songwriter/frontman SCOT SAX says, “I just thought that we had a really good record in us, and that we had an album to make. And that’s what we did.” Rather than making an album with A&R guys giving their input, SAX and his FEEL bandmates–guitarist/singer BILLY ALEXANDER, bassist MARK GETTEN and drummer DAVE SHAFFER–made the album they wanted to make, then found a record company that appreciated their music.
“It’s certainly been an interesting set of circumstances that brought us to today,” says SAX. “We hadn’t been together all that long, but had scheduled to do a bunch of club shows on the East Coast last September, even though we didn’t really have the money to do, but we really had a feeling that it was something we needed to do. Then, after 9/11, we couldn’t get flights. So we rented a van and drove cross-country and went and did the shows anyway.” To the group’s surprise, the gigs were packed and the crowds’ energy was infectious. FEEL made their way back to Los Angeles and hit the studio…to make that album.
True to form, the band heads back out on the road starting in Chicago September 17…stay tuned for a confirmed itinerary.
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