Wormburner

Bio:

Conceived and recorded on the industrial railyard fringes of Hoboken, New Jersey, "Placed by the Gideons" features 10 new hard-charging songs connected by one smoldering thread. The opening track (“The Interstate”) is a towering narrative that introduces two young and desperate characters on the run, seeking salvation on the road while struggling to make peace with a complicated past. Thus begins a fugitive odyssey through dead-end towns (“Peekskill”) and into the great american west (“Stolen Tags,” “Breaker Breaker”), where the two meet their ultimate fate. Lighter themes like breakups, summertime, and youthful defiance also feature in these characters’ travels via catchy powerpop songs (“Two Kinds of People,” “Some Summer”) that balance out the album’s weightier material.

Released on DIVE Records in June 2010, "Placed by the Gideons" is the sophomore LP from Wormburner. Their debut album, "A Hero’s Welcome" (2006), was produced by David Lowery, frontman for Cracker and Camper van Beethoven. A 12-song tirade melding smart lyrics with driving guitars and vintage Moog synthesizers, "A Hero’s Welcome" drew stellar reviews and earned Wormburner an enviable schedule of East Coast shows that established their reputation as one of New York City’s most bombastic live bands.

PRESS:

"Frontman Steve Henry...speaks his lyrics in a Minutemen / Hold Steady kind of way. A narrative album told through the eyes of fugitives on the run, Placed By the Gideons is a testament to life on the road and the people responsible for placing bibles in hotel nightstands. Wormburner is a badass name." - KEXP/Seattle

"Wormburner blasts through one fiery, smartly lyric-driven anthem after another” - Lucid Culture

"...astounding....Henry sounds like other vocalists that are neither from his genre or time.....the stories combined with the scenery make [Wormburner] new and, to this point, unmatched. Four stars." - Anti Music

"A Wormburner show has much in common with amphetamine-fueled soul revivals, if such a thing ever existed. In a world of chin-stroking art rock Radioheads and junk-addled Babyshambles stumblebums, it's refreshing to find a band like Wormburner who so clearly believes in the power of classic songcraft to lift a room full of people clear off its foundation." - New York Press

"The [Christmas] song Bells of St. Ignatius is Wormburner's answer to The Pogues' Fairytale of New York." - Time Out New York

"Buried below the five-piece's indie rock are literary songs featuring clever wordplay....laced with New Wave and Powerpop, A Hero's Welcome aims to please fans of Neutral Milk Hotel, The Weakerthans and Grandaddy." - Spill Magazine

"Wormburner is one of New York's best rock bands. Period. Not a slip-up in the repertoire." - Sonic Parthenon

"The injection of Moog synth adds just the right touch of energy and retro goodness to the yearning vocals and big buzz saw melodies to set it apart from your standard guitar-driven, pop-enfused rock. This is a must for fans of Elf Power, The Mountain Goats and Ted Leo." - UsedWigs.com

"They're loud, they're catchy, and they aren't trying to be anything other than what they are...sounds like Isolation Drills-era Guided By Voices." - Glorious Noise

"Wormburner have supplied exactly the kind of indie-quirk power-pop that has a special reservation in the VIP area of my musical heart. I can't help but love the kitsch synth sound in Autographed Copies. And the wonderfully warm guitars and crisp drums perfectly capture the emotion of the song, which is further advanced by the clear American accent of the vocal." - The Mag (UK) ..

Member Since:

September 07, 2004

Members:

Temptation Hank, Model T, Jimmy Jangles, Dale Cooper, Crush McDaniel

Influences:

Sounds Like:

Butter and Salt

Record Label:

DIVE RECORDS

Label Type:

Indie