NASHVILLE |DT: APRIL 8, 2008
FR: SHAZILA MOHAMMED/CHELSI SCHRIVER
“AUSTIN'S BEST NEW LOCAL BAND 2008”
ADD NEW YORK, BOSTON AND TEXAS TOUR DATES
AFTER SUCCESSFUL RUN OF SHOWS AT SXSW;
LEAD SINGLE “POWER TO CHANGE” RISES TO TOP OF
INFLUENTIAL MODERN ROCK STATION WEQX’S TOP 10 COUNTDOWN
AND LOGS FOUR WEEKS AT #1;
GOES TO COLLEGE RADIO NATIONWIDE ON APRIL 28
THE BLACK AND WHITE YEARS–named "Austin's Best New Local Band 2008" by Andy Langer at the Austin Chronicle earlier this year–will bring their “angular post-punk guitar carefully structured over jittery synths and polyrhythmic beats” (Austin Chronicle, 3/15/08) to the Northeast for the first time in May. Fresh off of a successful run of dates during SXSW, including the Mayor of Austin’s official kickoff party, the band have announced tour dates in New York, Brooklyn and Boston as well as a number of Texas shows. The band’s not-to-be-missed live show will feature songs from their self-titled debut album, produced by Talking Heads and Modern Lovers’ keyboardist/guitarist Jerry Harrison.
The Northeast dates follow the band’s recent radio success at influential Albany, NY/Manchester, VT modern rock station WEQX. Lead single “Power to Change” made it to the top of the station’s listener-voted Top 10 daily countdown and spent four weeks at the #1 position on the station's playlist. Second single “Everyone,” with its ska-like rhythms and flashes of surf guitar, has just been added.
In addition to airplay on WEQX, the propulsive “The Power to Change” will go to college radio nationwide on April 28. Of the track, lead singer and lyricist Scott Butler says “The lyrics can be interpreted in so many ways and in this election year with all of the political talk of ‘change’ it seems to be striking a chord. But it was actually written about the state of our planet's environment and the negative effect caused by mankind since their evolution from eco-friendly hunters and gatherers to the wasteful consumers that we are today."
Formed in 2006, THE BLACK AND WHITE YEARS–Scott Butler (vocals, guitar, keys), Landon Thompson (guitar, keys, vocals), John Aldridge (bass and brass) and Billy Potts (drums)–will see the nationwide in-store release of the album later this year. It was initially issued regionally and on iTunes by Austin’s Brando Records in late-February.
An MP3 of “The Power to Change” is available for use on blogs. For more information on THE BLACK AND WHITE YEARS, visit www.myspace.com/theblackandwhiteyears.
THE BLACK & WHITE YEARS’ current tour dates:
| Date | City | Venue | |
| Thu | 4/17 | San Antonio, TX | Trinity University |
| Tue | 4/22 | Austin, TX | The Parish (w/VHS or Beta) |
| Fri | 4/25 | Austin, TX | Mohawk (w/Belaire) |
| Tue | 5/6 | New York, NY | Crash Mansion |
| Wed | 5/7 | Boston, MA | The Church of Boston |
| Thu | 5/8 | Brooklyn, NY | Spike Hill |
| Sat | 5/24 | Austin, TX | Emo’s |
For additional information, press requests and to RSVP to any of the shows, contact:
MSO 818.380.0400
Shazila Mohammed, x238 shazila@msopr.com
Chelsi Schriver (regional), x231 cschriver@msopr.com
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THE BLACK AND WHITE YEARS: "AUSTIN'S BEST NEW LOCAL BAND 2008" ADD NEW YORK, BOSTON AND TEXAS TOUR DATES
