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The Morning Benders Release Big Echo 28 June 2010 in The Morning Benders
The morning benders’ new album, Big Echo, opens with the warm crackle and pop of a needle hitting vinyl, before the swooning orchestration sweeps in and carries you away to a time when life was more carefree and natural. A lush, big-hearted collection of songs rooted in the greatest traditions of American songwriting, Big Echo incorporates symphonic pop, a Wall of Sound production aesthetic, and sunny harmonies as told from the point of view of 4 kids in their early 20’s from Berkeley, California.
“The title Big Echo sums up what we’re doing sonically and textually,” singer, lyricist, song-writer, Christopher Chu, reveals. “The idea was to take sounds from all different eras and all different kinds of music, throw them together, and see how they sound bouncing off each other. Throw it all into an echo chamber. Thematically, there’s a lot of pondering about time, the span of your life and how your perspective fits into everyone else’s. It’s explores the idea of your memories as echoes that are always inside you, creating these frequencies that become your soul.”
Recorded in several smaller sessions spread out over 11 days Big Echo was self produced by Chu with the mixing being handled by both Chu and Grizzly Bear’s Chris Taylor (Dirty Projectors, Department of Eagles).
Tracklisting:
1. Excuses
2. Promises
3. Wet Cement
4. Cold War
5. Pleasure Sighs
6. Hand Me Downs
7. Mason Jar
8. All Day Day Light
9. Stitches
10. Sleeping In
Buy:
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Listen:
Watch:
Watch the Morning Benders perform Stitches for Yours Truly
Watch The Morning Benders perform Excuses on Carson Daly
Live:
the Morning Benders play the following UK shows:
28th of June – Night & Day, Manchester
29th of June – King Tuts, Glasgow
30th of June – Rough Trade East In-Store, London. Free entry with a purchase of the album
1st of July – Barfly, London (Sold Out)
For more dates in Europe please see www.roughtraderecords.com
The morning benders announce UK tour dates 19 May 2010 in The Morning Benders
We’re pleased to announce that the morning benders will be touring their critically acclaimed new album ‘Big Echo‘ in the UK in June and July.
The morning benders are currently playing a succession of huge shows across America, first with Broken Bells and then with The Black Keys. They recently completed a headline tour of the US playing to capacity crowds nearly every night.
The morning benders perform their new material in the UK for the first time in June.
They will be kicking off their tour on the 26th June in Brighton, full details are as follows:
June:
Sat 26 – Brighton, Freebutt
Sun 27 – London, Hyde Park Calling
Mon 28 – Manchester, Night & Day
Tues 29 – Glasgow, King Tuts,
July:
Thurs 1 – London Barfly, UK
The band will release their debut album ‘Big Echo‘ on the 26th of June.
Pre-order it from Rough Trade Shop.
Tour: The Morning Benders announce new US Tour dates 14 May 2010 in The Morning Benders
On top of playing shows with the likes of The Black Keys and Broken Bells. The Morning Benders have announced the following US shows:
UK and European shows are to be announced in the coming weeks.
The band release their acclaimed new album ‘Big Echo’ in the UK, Europe and Australia on June 28th.
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