brass bed

Bio:

SWEET WHISPERS FROM THE BEDROOM, BRAZEN BEDLAM ONSTAGE

Sunshine, sarcastic, and sullen, Brass Bed are a quartet of wide-eyed pop dreamers rifling through record bins and churning out recordings that double as rock and roll history lessons. Born and raised in Lafayette, Louisiana, their music elevates the unrestrained power pop of Big Star and the guitar heroics of Television with the 60's pop revivalism of bands like Dukes of the Stratosphear and the Elephant 6 collective. Their songs speak with a voice that is both thoroughly modern and reverent of the past.

From this wealth of musical wisdom comes their new LP Melt White, presenting 11 sonic adventures. Recorded in Austin, TX with Danny Reisch at Cacophony Recorders and Good Danny's studios, this album presents the potent live Brass Bed sound on tracks like "Pop Mission" and "Bums On The Radio" and studio playfulness of their home recordings on "Aria" and "God Save The Thieves".

Performances with the likes of The Walkmen, Oakley Hall, Here We Go Magic, Color Revolt, Citay, Elf Power, and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros have established Brass Bed as a rising regional act with an unforgettable live show. Melt White drops on Park the Van Records in the Fall of 2010, melting faces and leaving a burning trail of psychedelic destruction in its path.

EXTRA EXTRA: MELT WHITE MELTS FACES

"Brass Bed showcase a muscular song-craft that delivers a square gut-punch to indie-rock pedestrianism. Melt White, whose title sounds more like an image-poem than a rock & roll album, fuses shimmering balladry, jangly psychedelia, and orchestral pop into a curious set that suffers no fillers."
-Oxford American

"Brass Bed's second full-length sounds fueled by endless nights spent rifling through crate after crate of late-'60s/early-'70s vinyl...but there’s enough of a sense of “anything goes” on Melt White to lure in pop aficionados with a fetish for the more progressive side of the genre. If anything, the album finds the middle ground between the dreamier side of post-Soft Bulletin-era Flaming Lips and the serpentine hooks tossed into the ether by Philly-based retro rockers Dr. Dog."
- All Music Guide

"Melt White is a fresh take on some familiar sounds, a unique blend of upbeat rock, experimental pop and good songwriting that stays with you, and a solid record from start to finish."
-225 Magazine

"The man-tooth erudition and near scholarly manner they’ve absorbed music made 10 to 20 years before they were born is one of the things that makes Brass Bed unique...All the above is on display on Brass Bed’s second release Melt White; the schizoid ambience, the muscular chops, the first-class songwriting, and the melodic eccentricity that reveals thoughtfully crafted hooks with repeated sittings. "
-The Ind

BLOSSOMING PLUMES OF ADMIRATION, PASSION, ADORATION, UNSOLICITED MARRIAGE PROPOSALS, ET CETERA

"This Lafayette, Louisiana-based power pop quartet have that perfect balance of snappy cutting-edge rock & roll tunes with retro touches and echoes. Their sonic mix recalls the dynamic, ever-evolving pop symphonics of bands like The Flaming Lips and Neutral Milk Hotel, anchored by a high-energy, straight-ahead approach to rocking"
-KCRW DJ Eric J. Lawrence

"Playing organic indie-pop that's grabby, earthy and intelligent, Brass Bed spices its psychedelic sounds with country nods like pedal steel, resulting in a compellingly distinctive assembly of instrumentation that dutifully serves each song."
-Wade Tantangelo, Creative Loafing

"One second they were on a doo-wop and early R&B kick and the next they sounded like the Band, but it was all kick-ass."
-Jason Songe, Anti-Gravity Magazine

"A winning confluence of effervescent indie rock, quirky psych-pop, country and even a couple of moments of noise. Imagine one of the Elephant 6 bands, only powered with more rock juice and draped in some pedal steel."
-Bao Le-Huu, Orlando Weekly

Member Since:

March 19, 2005

Members:

Jonny Campos - guitar, pedal steel, bass, vocals
Peter DeHart - drums, touches, vocals, intangibles, miracles
Christiaan Mader - vocals, guitar, bass
Andrew Toups - ceaseboards

For booking contact Joe Smyth at Nicodemus Agency joe@nicodemusagency.com

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Influences:

Busted amps, analog synths, The Kinks, pretty, noisy, The Band, Television

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Record Label:

Park The Van