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LMR Sampler: Get on the Bus [free download]
Happy new year, friends. We hope your 2012 is off to a fresh start. Up here in Boston we’re suffering through the usual intense chill that happens around this time of year. (8°F this morning without the wind chill, kiddos.) However, at least we haven’t had to shovel an ounce of snow; it’s the little things that count, eh?
But enough of my meteorological banality. There’s business to take care of and news to be dispensed.
We’re very pleased to announce Get on the Bus, a sampler featuring tunes from The Wandas, Aloud, When Particles Collide, and The Bynars. All four bands perform next month at upstart Somerville, Mass. venue Radio on Saturday, February 18. Cover for the 21+ show is only $5.
Get on the Bus may be downloaded here for free, so share it with your friends and invite them to come down to the show!
Saturday, February 18 — 9pm
Radio
379 Somerville Ave, Somerville, MA (map)
featuring The Wandas, Aloud, When Particles Collide, and The Bynars
21+ | $5 | Facebook event page
Download LMR Sampler: Get on the Bus
Five years later, Aloud’s debut album leaves its light on
Most have come to know rock n’ roll band Aloud through their high-energy album Fan The Fury (2008) and their latest Exile (2010) thanks in large part to the hefty touring schedule accompanying each release. Leave Your Light On, Aloud’s debut released on May 2, 2006, did not have the benefit of a muscular touring itinerary, yet songs like “Release”, “Godspeed”, and “Beaches” have managed to persist as fan favorites and regular tunes on the set list.
To celebrate the fifth anniversary of their first full-length album, Leave Your Light On, Aloud will be reducing the price of the record to $7 and including three previously unreleased bonus tracks with every purchase starting Monday, May 2.
Press for “Exile in the Night” music video
Just released last week, Aloud’s music video for “Exile in the Night”—the second single and title track off Exile—has already received some press! Read below the jump for snippets, and click on the links for the full write-ups.
The music video was animated and directed by Chris March, who also directed Aloud’s music video for “Old Soldier” (which featured live-action yet no less animated folks from the Boston music community).
If you haven’t seen the video for “Exile in the Night” yet, click here to watch it!
A festive union
A review of last week’s album release show for Exile is featured in this week’s edition of the Boston Phoenix.
Michael Marotta caught up with Aloud’s Henry Beguiristain and Jen de la Osa immediately after their “harmonious-yet-boisterous” set at Church to talk about the recent successful Kickstarter campaign, the upcoming national tour, and the months of couch surfing that await the band.
The performance had a spirited, carnival-like atmosphere, with Beguiristain at one point jumping on a pool table across the room to shout lyrics back at the stage through a megaphone. Aloud’s harmonious-yet-boisterous psychedelic pop-rock sound was often augmented by the ambient strings of the Exile Orchestra. And an unplugged, off-stage, Beatles-medley jamboree-like sing-along with the band surrounded by the crowd closed out their set as the lights came up.
Read the rest on the Boston Phoenix site: http://thephoenix.com/Boston/music/109019-aloud-er-than-bombs/
Don’t forget, next week (Tuesday, October 5th) is Aloud’s listening party for Exile at Enormous Room in Cambridge, which is also doubling as the video release for the first single “Old Soldier”. Henry will be DJing throughout the night with Exile producer Daniel Nicholas Daskivich. Cover is a low $3. Kickstarter backers and their guests get in free!
