US rock band Avenged Sevenfold join our online roster this week. The band will play Twickeham on June 6th with Iron Maiden followed by a single ‘Dear God‘ on Warner Bros July 7th.
innerpartysystem at MySpace
Innerpartysystem’s amazing debut single ‘Don’t Stop‘ was featured this week on MySpace as a worldwide video exclusive. The Pennsylvanian 4 piece have also been announced as a support to Jay-Z at Milton Keynes alongside other Division acts Pendulum and Enter Shikari. Hammers.
NASS campaign is strong
Online press for the NASS Festival has landed on blogs, mainstream music and ISP’s over the last month making sure that it is seen across the board on the web.
Tiscali’s homepage is currently featuring a comp for the festival that will see the likes of Pendulum, Less Than Jake, The Subways and more play live.
Torche roll on
This week saw Torche’s stunning ‘Meanderthal‘ album reviewed in Mojo, Q, Kerrang, Classic Rock and Powerplay.
“Breathless songcraft and a fluid, skyscraping virtuosity,” say Mojo. Nice.
Atmosphere have Front
Blokes magazine Front (not a lads mag, they stress) give Atmosphere the lead album review in the June issue that hit the shelves today calling it “fresh, fonky and fly like a zip.” Ace.
We The Kings join Division
Already taking the US by storm with a barrage of pop-punk singalong classics, We The Kings join our online pr roster to fuel their first UK tour with Cute Is What You Aim For.
Releases via Virgin records will be announced shortly.
We The Kings
For pop-rock quartet We The Kings, it’s all about staying connected with each other, with their hometown roots, and especially with their fans. Named for hometown Bradenton, Floridas King Middle School where they first made music together, the band Travis Clark (lead vocals, guitar), Hunter Thomsen (guitar, backing vocals), Drew Thomsen (bass) and Danny Duncan (drums) has grown into one of the most engaging and exciting acts on the pop-rock circuit. Talent, ambition, and hard work have all played a part, but for We The Kings, nurturing the bonds between the band and their fans is what makes it all happen.
In the age of Twitter, MySpace, and YouTube, interactivity and engagement are key to success, and the band has worked hard over the past two and a half years to stay as close to their fans as possible. The results are obvious in what they’ve accomplished. Their self-titled debut album hit #1 on Billboard’s New Alternative Album sales chart and spawned the Billboard-charting tracks “Secret Valentine” and “Check Yes Juliet,” which is nearing Platinum status. They’ve sold over 2 million tracks and had over 56 million plays on MySpace, 15 million YouTube video plays (including the #1 most played music video), and three of MTV.com’s most requested videos.
The infectious first single from second album “Smile Kid”, titled “Heaven Can Wait,” is gaining nationwide airplay in the US, climbing the Billboard Singles chart, and has already reached the Top 10 on the Alternative Singles chart. It’s the band’s third Top 40 charting single in their home country. On the road and in the studio the band has had the opportunity to collaborate with artists like teen sensation Demi Lovato who appears on the new album on the pop ballad Well Be A Dream.
With all their travels and recent success, the band remains bonded by their network of fans, friendship, and hometown pride, always coming back to their home. In fact, We The Kings were awarded the key to the city of Bradenton last year and Travis wears the key around his neck, so wherever the band may travel, they’re never far from home.
Funeral For A Friend
Funeral for a Friend‘s energized blend of emotional rock, metal, and post-hardcore was first created by the Welsh quintet in 2002 with a series of EPs and singles, including ‘Between Order and Mode’, ‘Four Ways to Scream Your Name’, and ‘Juneau’. Such releases helped land the group on the cover of Kerrang! magazine, a recognition of the band’s growing hype and widespread appeal. Funeral for a Friend’s debut full-length, ‘Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation’, was then issued in October 2003. Meanwhile, Funeral for a Friend embarked on a series of high-profile touring engagements, including a series of European dates opening for Iron Maiden.
Touring continued through summer 2004, and Funeral for a Friend returned with new material in June 2005 in the form of ‘Hours’, their second full-length. The guys picked up that year’s Kerrang! award for Best British Band. Two years later in 2007, Funeral for a Friend issued their next album, ‘Tales Don’t Tell Themselves’, subsequently jumping on the road for headlining dates in the U.K. and U.S. before spending summer on the Warped Tour. ‘Memory and Humanity’ followed shortly thereafter, arriving during the final quarter of 2008 and featuring the band’s familiar mix of emotional songcrafting with an anthemic rock uplift.
Funeral for a Friend join Division
Funeral For A Friend join our online pr roster this week ahead of their future album campaign. A full Division production filming session has already taken place with b-roll and video blogs documented for the release of Waterfront Dance Club released July 14th.
Enter Shikari lead Kerrang!
Enter Shikari discuss work on their second album in the lead news story in Kerrang! this week.
“This is the difficult second album,” they say. “But is doesn’t seem that hard!”
