Dangerbird Records

An expansive collection of modern mythology and lush orchestration, Sea Wolf’s sophomore LP, White Water, White Bloom, will be released on September 22. Akin to Sea Wolf’s debut LP, Leaves in the River, the latest was penned solely by Alex Brown Church but was this time recorded with a full band, which expanded the sonic palette. These new compositions were injected with a raw, dynamic energy that the band developed through extensive touring together, and will be unveiled on a cross-country six-week tour beginning in September. The album can be pre-ordered here via Dangerbird starting today. Fans have the choice of a 180-gram vinyl package that comes with two vinyl-only bonus tracks and a digital download card or a standard CD digipak with fold-out poster. You can also download a bonus track from the new album, “Stanislaus,” here.

Upon completing his extensive touring cycle behind Leaves, lovestruck Church followed his muse to Montreal last fall and began to write his second album. Here, in a new and unfamiliar environment, he was flooded with inspiration and let his surroundings seep into his songwriting. “Being somewhere new, away from your home, you spend a lot of time observing and reflecting,” Church revealed, “And just the feeling of a new city can inspire new ideas, new places to explore in your music.”

Church headed to Omaha and enlisted the aid of producer Mike Mogis (Bright Eyes, Monsters of Folk, M Ward) to help him capture his vision for the album in the studio. Alongside keyboardist Lisa Fendelander, bassist Ted Liscinski and drummer Joey Ficken, Church and Mogis crafted a rich foundation for the songs to sit upon.

White Water, White Bloom is set against the changing of seasons and unfolds like an epic poem over 10 tracks. Pulsing with evocations of nature at its most elemental, Church’s songs are filled with vivid imagery and a cinematic sense of movement. From the opening orchestral swell of “Wicked Blood,” to the driving rock of “O Maria!” and culminating with the dreamy folk farewell of “Winter’s Heir,” Sea Wolf deftly navigates a variety of musical waters, leaving a reel of striking imagery in their wake.

Division Day have announced a month long tour in support of their sophomore full-length, Visitation, out August 18. The tour, with labelmates Bad Veins, will kick off September 2 in the band’s hometown of Los Angeles, at Spaceland and run through September 24 in Austin. See the full list of dates on the Division Day tours page.

Visitation was recorded in Los Angeles with producer Justin Meldal Johnsen (NIN/Beck/Gnarls Barkley) with whom the guys discussed musical waypoints that included Harvey Milk, David Sylvian, Cocteau Twins and Pink Floyd. “It wasn’t about genre, but it was more about sounds. And he was able to ascertain what about those elements were important to us,” says keyboards/vocals Rohner Segnitz. The album features the lead single, “Chalk Lines”, a propulsive track that exemplifies the band’s darker, more textural sound.

You can download a free remix of the track “Devil Light” and pre-order Visitation at: dangerbirdrecords.com/visitation

Silversun Pickups will perform on the Late Show with David Letterman tonight (28 July) on CBS at 11:30pm. The band will also appear on It’s On with Alexa Chung tomorrow on MTV at noon ET/PT. Set your Tivos!

A week into the release of Bad Veins’ self-titled debut album, reviews are streaming in from all corners of the internet. MTV Newsroom has labeled Bad Veins a “band you should know”. Time Out New York calls the record “an impressive, danceable debut.” Buzzbands.LA calls the music “catchy, clever indie-pop.” Head over to the IMEEM to stream the record in it’s entirety.

This morning, Stereogum made the debut single (‘Chalk Lines’) from Division Day’s forthcoming record, Visitation, available for download in their mp3 section, claiming: “the guys have reinvented themselves as a more maturely dark and focused band than you heard on Beartrap Island.” Click here for article and mp3.

After months of anticipation, Bad Veins self-titled debut album is out today (21 July)! Check out the video for ‘Gold and Warm’ here – directed by the band’s own Benjamin Davis. The album is currently featured on Spinner’s Listening Party. Head here to stream the debut album in it’s entirety. Look for Bad Veins on tour in the US this fall.

We have also made the lead single from the album, ‘Gold and Warm,’ this month’s free download in the Dangerbird email newsletter. Sign up here to receive FREE downloads in your inbox each month, including b-sides, remixes and album tracks.

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Today, LIVESTRONG’s newest TV commercial went live. It features Dangerbird co-founder Jeff Castelaz and his son Pablo. Watch the spot below, and visit the Pablove Foundation’s website, named after Pablo, to learn how you can help.

SSPU will join Placebo for the following tour dates:

dec 3 ahoy/rotterdam, holland
dec 4 lanxess arena/cologne, germany
dec 6 sportpalais/antwerp, belgium
dec 8 lg arena/birmingham, uk
dec 9 o2 arena/london, uk
dec 11 bridlington spa/bridlington, uk
dec 12 central/manchester, uk
dec 14 secc hall 3/glasgow, uk
dec 15 olympia/dublin, ireland
dec 16 olympia/dublin, ireland

On sale now!

Head over to shockhound.com and enter to win 2 tickets to the Outside Lands festival in San Francisco. The Grand Prize includes roundtrip airfare for two, hotel accommodations and two VIP tickets to the festival, plus an exclusive meet and greet with the band.

Check out this new video for Bad Veins. “Gold and Warm,” directed by the band’s own Benjamin Davis.

Eulogies rescheduled their Morning Becomes Eclectic session for this Thursday (July 9) at 11am PST on 89.9 FM for those of you in Los Angeles. For everyone else, listen live on KCRW.com.

The Silversun Pickups Unplugged session is LIVE this morning and featured on the MTV.com home page. Check it out!

Shepard Fairey, the artist responsible for the iconography of Andre the Giant and Barack Obama, has paid tribute to our own Pablo Castelaz. He unveiled the image on Tuesday, June 30, at Pablo’s memorial celebration. You can see the beautiful design, and read what Shepard has to say about Pablo, at http://obeygiant.com/headlines/pablo.