There is a point in which words can become obtrusive when composing, sometimes lyrics and vocals don't truly add to the sonic qualities of the music. This is an understanding that we have when we write our music. We create a soundscape for you to force your imagery upon. Once a song has an identity all to itself, then sometimes we will add some vocals, but not to the extent of verse-bridge-chorus, etc.
"Red Room Cinema is a band of few words. But the stories it tells with its gracefully shifting rhythms and otherworldly guitar melodies soar beyond mere verbs and nouns. The plane may be going down on the cover of RRC's CD, but its music soars on in infinity." TBO.COM
"...Red Room Cinema choreographs a dance between delicacy and aural onslaught that is both beautiful and cathartic." Susie Ulrey - Orange Magazine
"Red Room Cinema is both the calm before the storm and the wrecking force of a cyclone." Crystal Farina - Reax Music Magizine
From the hollows of progressive rock, the impressionistic countenance of a band called Red Room Cinema has emerged in Tampa, Florida. Anthony Maltese (vocals/guitar), Brian Burleson (bass), and Keoni Garrido began the band in 2004. A year later, Doug Fender (keyboards) and Dave Teten (guitar) were all RRC needed to create a pentagon of sonic justice. Soon after, Red Room Cinema empowered themselves with the polarization of both the calm before the storm and the wrecking force of a cyclone. Their music follows a lyrically sporadic stream-of-consciousness. As a predominantly instrumental band, RRC is not interested in balancing themselves on the tight rope of the modern music formula. Instead, they work diligently at piecing together musical clips to create a whirlwind of sounds. "I think our music is very moody, and I think it's better when it's very ambiguous to a listener," says Maltese.
Last year, the band commenced to record at Atomic Audio in Tampa, Florida. The debut self-titled album was mixed by Andy Bosnak (The Timeout Drawer) at “The Playground” studio in Chicago, where The Flaming Lips and 90s grunge band, Hum, had previously done some work. The resulting album, mastered by T.J. Lipple (Aloha) at Washington, D.C.’s Silver Sonya Studios, beckons each listener towards the undeniable chance to employ their own imaginative devices. Without the obtrusion of words, autonomous reflection is only part of what RRC evokes. All hands that lay across this album deserve to reward themselves with a listen.
Now, after the undertaking of several performances at Tampa's New World Brewery, Crowbar, Transitions Art Gallery, The Orpheum, Ybor City Cigar Factory, Orlando, and St. Augustine, RRC will be taking on a short tour with Guiltmaker on August 10th, 2007. Afterwards, they plan to return the studio and imprint even more lasting sounds of abstract sensations. - Crystal Farina, REAX Music & Culture Magazine.
I'm so disappointed I can't make it out to the show on Friday. :( Oh well, I get back in town on Saturday and will be there for the show later on in the month.
Two shows in one month? I'm going to get spoiled. :)
Hi everybody, We've finally moved the repair workshop from Jamaica Street to Otago Street in Glasgow's West End. We'll be open for business again on the 21st of June. Check the website for more details.Thanks for all the support,
It's Matt from The OaKs - We're throwing our Tampa CD Release Party at Crowbar on Friday, April 4th with Christina Wagner, Giddy Up Helicopter, and Petrograd in Transit, and it would be great if you'd come.
Here's the flier:
You can listen to the entire album by clicking on the flier! You get your own copy of Songs For Waiting with your ticket
YO!! wuzzup RRC?! You guyz are fuckin' blowin' da paint off da wallz! it's beginning! the snowball is gradually gaining momentum and the groupies are startin' to follow! it's all goin' accordin' to plan! gettin' rave reviewz from online critics and getting noticed in foreign landz even! shit, couldn't ask for more...it's only a matter of time now...u guyz are gunna make it...iz this terror in reverse iz way sick and the nation is on fire is a hit! so post dat shiat on myspace already!
btw, nice nu dew amps! lookin' sharp...i miss you guyz playin' up here on wrong island...be good and thanx for a sick show in Brooklyn!
I've never seen you guys play live, but some friends have, and say you guys are pretty good! Gonna try to make it on the 29th! Hope everything is well....