Dave Harding: Electric and upright bass
Sean Oldham: Drums, percussion, backing vocals
Willy Vlautin: Guitars, vocals
Dan Eccles: Guitar
Paul Brainard: Pedal steel, trumpet, piano
The Arena Rock Record Company has signed Portland’s Richmond Fontaine and will release the band’s new album “We Used To Think The Freeway Sounded Like A River” in September 2009.
“We Used To Think The Freeway Sounded Like A River” follows on from the band’s landmark seventh album “Thirteen Cities” (2007), the sparse, stripped down, “The Fitzgerald” (2005) and the alt country classic “Post To Wire” (2004), which was named 4th best album of the year by Uncut (behind Brian Wilson, Wilco, & Loretta Lynn). The new album, seen as the band’s most accessible yet, was produced once again by JD Foster (Calexico, Richard Buckner, Laura Cantrell), who was at the helm for the last three albums. Multi-instrumentalist Paul Brainard steps in with pedal steel, trumpet and piano and the core line up of Willy Vlautin (guitars, vocals), Sean Oldham (drums, vocals), Dave Harding (Bass) and Dan Eccles (guitars) remains.
From the album comes Richmond Fontaine’s first seven-inch single in years, a limited edition of the song “”You Can Move Back Here”, which can also be heard on this Myspace site.
Willy Vlautin’s literate lyrical style landed him a publishing deal which saw the publication of his first novel “The Motel Life” - already on its second print run and currently being made into a major motion picture. 2007 saw the publication of Willy’s highly-acclaimed second novel “Northlne”. Both novels are published by Faber and Faber.
Hey! Thanks for the add. Much appreciated. Your new album is fantastic. Don't forget to tour Australia. Your fans are very loyal down here. Enyoy my demos. Peace.
Me and my friends absolutely enjoyed your show in Zurich! Everything just was in its right place. Thank you. We hope you have a good way back home. Cheers! Doro, Hans and Mike
In celebration of the Walkabouts' 25th anniversary there is a tribute album released by Glitterhouse on September 25th containing Unholy Dreams by Gary Heffern & Beautiful People:
Our song 'Yellow Suit' is on the first FRIEND VOTE Indie Top 100 Chart on this week. Maybe our friends can help us get no 1 for Monday. Vote for AMYCANBE at http://www.myspace.com/indietop100 Until again, all the best, Amycanbe
Yes!!! We are in PEACE, compilation for Amnesty International out next January, along with other great names. See our blog section for infos. Cheers!!
The new True Margrit CD - The Juggler's Progress - is now available for pre-order, along with t-shirts and artwork, photo and drumheads, check it out here: http://bit.ly/7Cu8J
Next shows: October 26, Charlie's Bar and Grill in Olympia, WA October 27, The Swiss, Tacoma, WA October 28, Jazzbones in Tacoma, WA October 30, Mississippi Pizza in Portland, OR October 31, Nana's Irish Grill and Pub in Newport, OR November 1, Muddy's Hot Cup in Arcata, CA
Our tour wraps up with the big show at San Francisco's best rock club, Bottom of the Hill! For the complete show schedule, check here: http://bit.ly/1UgGqQ
