New AMC Album "The Golden Age"
American Music Club's new album "THE GOLDEN AGE" is done! The album will be released in February by Merge Records in North America and by Cooking Vinyl in Europe. The track listing is as follows...
1. All My Love
2. The Victory Choir
3. The Decibels and the Little Pills
4. The Sleeping Beauty
5. The Stars
6. All the Lost Souls Welcome You to San Francisco
7. Who You Are
8. The Windows of the World
9. One Step Ahead
10. The Dance
11. I know That's Not Really You
12. On My Way
13. The Grand Duchess of San Francisco
The album was recorded and mixed by Dave Trumfio at Kingsize Studio in Los Angeles.
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AMC Tour Dates
2007
Fri Nov 9 - San Francisco CA - Rickshaw Stop
Tue Nov 13 - Los Angeles CA - The Echo
2008
Wed Jan 30 - Cork, Ireland - Cyprus Ave
Thurs Jan 31 - Limerick, Ireland - Dolans
Fri Feb 1 - Galway, Ireland - Roisin Dubh
Sat Feb 2 - Dublin, Ireland - Whelans
Sun Feb 3 - Bristol, UK - tbc
Tues Feb 5 - Leeds, UK- Irish Centre
Wed Feb 6 - Manchester, UK - Academy 3
Thur Feb 7 - Newcastle, UK - The Cluny
Fri Feb 8 - Glasgow, UK - Oran Mor
Sat Feb 9 - Nottingham, UK- Rescue Rooms
Sun Feb 10 - Birmingham, UK - tbc
Tues Feb 12 Brighton, UK - Concorde 2
Wed Feb 13 -London, UK - Dingwalls
Thurs Feb 14 - Amsterdam, Holland - Paradiso
Fri Feb 15 - Brussels, Belgium - AB Club
Sat Feb 16 - Den Bosch, Holland - W2
Sun Feb 17 - Groningen, Holland - Vera
Mon Feb 18 - Koln, Germany - Gebaude 9
Thur-Sat Feb 21-23 - Spain tbc
Sun Feb 24 - Bielefeld, Germany - Forum
Tues Feb 26 - Hamburg, Germany - Fabrik
Wed Feb 27 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega
Thur Feb 28 - Malmo, Sweden - KB
Fri Feb 29 - Oslo, Norway - John Dee
Sat Mar 1 - Gotenburg, Sweden - Sticky Fingers
Sun Mar 2 - Aarhus, Denmark - Voxhall
Tue Mar 4 - Berlin, Germany - ColumbiaClub
Wed Mar 5 - Leipzig, Germany - Nato
Thur Mar 6 - Frankfurt, Germany - Brotfabrik
Fri Mar 7 - Weinheim, Germany - Cafe Zentral
Sat Mar 8 - St Gallen, Switzerland - Palace
Sun Mar 9 - Zurich, Switzerland - El Lokal
Tues Mar 11 - Turin, Italy - Spazio 211
Wed Mar 12 - Munchen, Germany - Registratur
Thurs Mar 13 - Wien, Austria, WUK
Fri Mar 14- Ebensee, Austria - Kino
Sat Mar 15 - Geislingen, Germany - RatschenmuhleLabels: tour
New AMC Line-Up and Plans
American Music Club has a new line up.
Vudi - guitar
Sean Hoffman - bass - vocal
Steve Didelot - drum vocal
Mark Eitzel - guitar vocal
AMC moved from the Bay Area to Los Angeles.
The original members Danny Pearson(bass) and Tim Mooney (drums) still work in San Francisco and perform in various bands. Danny is releasing a solo record by the end of the year. Mark and Vudi started working with Steve and Sean about a year ago. The chemistry was great and so they continued with the project and called it the MacArthur Park Music Club but this work eventually became the new AMC record.
Members of the band:
Vudi lives in LA, drives a city bus and also plays with the popular rock band Ariel Pink.
Sean Hoffman is a producer, commercial music maker, ex skate punk and plays all the shredding guitar that you enjoy whilst watching Fox Sports. He also plays guitar in a band called the Larks.
Steve Didelot is a songwriter, drummer, surfer, and a Mathematics teacher in the LA public schools system. He also plays in the Larks.
Mark Eitzel still lives in San Francisco, loves the Bay Area but spends a lot of time in Los Angeles. He says he 'loves all the trees' and says Los Angeles is "so "triumph of the will."
The new album.
Tentatively called MacArthur Park because Vudi lives in that neighborhood and because we all enjoy the original song by Jimmy Webb.
It will be produced by expert producer Dave Trumfio at his studio called King Size. We are very excited by this....
The overall sound is lighter than on previous AMC recordings.
Of course there are many reasons why. 1) AMC refutes the label of 'Emo Pioneers'. For the record they hate Emo and have never been on the soundtrack for any W.B. network show. (yet) 2) Dark music is for people who are healthy enough to take it - and AMC want to appeal to all people - including the sick. 3) Mark Eitzel comments: "What will my neighbors in my retirement community think? How will I charm the nurse that tends to me? I want to fill my mouth with sugar and spit it on everyone when I talk. I want to cover the world with chocolate cake icing."
Yes there is a song about the World Trade Center.
But such controversy is nothing new for this 'Right On' political band. Sean (bass) is a right leaning liberal texan who hates NPR and is the proud owner of a Segway. Vudi (guitar) dreams of an imperialist world of powdered wigs and waltz's in ballrooms. Mark (vocals) is a gay communist who once wrote an article: 'How Secure Will Your House Be During The Apocalypse'. Steve (drums) is a Christian activist who only plays in this band because the end times are upon us and what the fuck.
Plans.
The new album should be released in early 2008. When the ice and snow is thick and heavy. When your winter depression finally kicks in. No Christmas or New Years to look forward to - just the iron grip of the cold and the bleak endless news reports on the death we bring to the middle east and to ourselves. Perfect. Merge did much market research and focus group after focus group said this would be the perfect time to release our new record. Of course it will be. After that we tour and bring our own version of American Freedom to a waiting and willing world.Labels: news
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