Jeff Cooper, Mike McKinney, Jeff Richardson, Todd Walker
Influences
Beatles, Kinks, Byrds, Stones, Who, Replacements, REM, Merle Haggard, Funkadelic, Charles Wright, Led Zeppelin
Sounds Like
"Locust Avenue Songs for the Shortwave (Maritime Fist Glee Club) A thumping melodic indie pop rock sound, with jangling guitars, compressed populist work ethics and Americana-earthliness. Humble and simmering rather than blazing. Likeable life-sized contemporary folk rock and more spilling out seemingly effortlessly. Slacker white boy blues numbly mulling over the end of the world from their living room lookout towers.
Locust Avenue The New Originals (Maritime Fist Glee Club) A louder clearer sound than before, more middle American rock pop. A bunch of nice guys making their collective pop dreams into some kind of reality. Very catchy and much more overtly psychedelic and colorfully poppy than their Shortwave album. A couple tracks sound like they might want to be R.E.M., but this time the songs really will be about nothing. "
From Dream Magazine (http://www.dreamgeo.com)
"Songs for the Shortwave," the first Locust Avenue release came out in 2001 on Norman, Oklahoma's Gabe Wingfield led Maritime Fist Glee Club label. The album was recorded in Kansas City, Kansas in relatively quick fashion by Drew Van Wagner and Jeff Richardson with assistance on drums and bass from Chris Van Wagner. In November of 2003 a new lineup was formed with Matt Carson (guitar, vocals) Jeff Cooper (bass) Blaine Palmer (drums) and Jeff Richardson (guitar, vocals.) The second record "The New Originals," recorded with friend/producer/engineer Carl Amburn, was also released on the Maritime Fist label in April of 2005. Palmer and Carson left the group in the summer of 2005 for Japan and Chicago (Carson currently plays in the Chicago-based band Miracle Condition.) After a few lineup shifts Blaine Palmer re-joined the group in June of 2006 mere months after returning from Japan. 2008 saw the release of "Three O'Clock Target," the band's third release and strongest to date. After a slew of live shows Palmer moved to New York City and was replaced by Mike McKinney. The band has just returned to playing live again and plans to record another project in 2009.
someone mentioned you guys at a tuesday afternoon party today...asking if we knew you guys...I overheard Nico tell them we don't look up to a lot of bands, but you guys were one of them.
I hope all is well. I wanted to let you know that the new ZELAZOWA full length album "Elephants On A Mousehunt" will be released on Saturday, January, 17th through CDBaby. com and all major digital distribution sites. In anticipation of its release, we will be posting a new single from the album on our myspace page every week for 4 weeks. Please be sure to give them a listen at:
If you are in the Philadelphia area, join us for the CD release party that night (Saturday, 1/17) at The Khyber at 10 PM. There are plenty of tour dates to follow, so please check the calendar.
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