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PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA “THESE ARE GOOD TIMES PEOPLE” Irish Release 7th March 2008 on Cooking Vinyl www.presidentsrock.com www.myspace.com/thepresidentsoftheunitedstatesofamerica |
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Tour to launch 14th March includes: Belfast: Friday April 25th - Spring & Airbrake Dublin: Saturday April 26th - Tripod These are the good times, people. No, really. And who better to set the record straight than the PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The trio returns on 7th March with THESE ARE THE GOOD TIMES PEOPLE, their first album in three years and fourth overall. It will be released via Cooking Vinyl in Europe. From the opening, celebratory blast of the first single “Mixed Up SOB” - which embraces the spirit of the band’s 4.5 million-selling eponymous debut - to the warm, Shins-like lilt of “Loose Balloon,” the group commandeers your attention with 14 contagious winners. With the collective strengths of founding vocalist, basitar player and principal songwriter CHRIS BALLEW, original drummer JASON FINN and guitbass player ANDREW MCKEAG - who officially joins the band with this album - PUSA have delivered an inventive and uplifting rock & roll album. THESE ARE THE GOOD TIMES PEOPLE, was recorded with Northwest legends The Fastbacks’ and Young Fresh Fellows own Kurt Bloch (Robyn Hitchcock, Mudhoney, Les Thugs) and mixed by Martin Feveyear (Screaming Trees, The Epoxies, Amber Pacific). PUSA dig deep and pull off their most diverse and accomplished record yet on THESE ARE THE GOOD TIMES PEOPLE, which shares the landscape with recent acclaimed efforts by like-minded groups The Hives and They Might Be Giants. The complete track listing is: "Mixed Up S.O.B.", "Ladybug", "Sharpen Up Those Fangs", "More Bad Times", "French Girl", "Truckstop Butterfly", "Ghosts Are Everywhere", "Loose Balloon", "Flame is Love", "So Lo So Hi", "Poor Turtle", "Rot in the Sun", "Warhead", and "Deleter" The Seattle-based groups' eponymous debut burst into the public eye in 1995 on the strength of radio smashes like "Lump" and "Peaches". They have been serving out their trademark joy-pop to crowds worldwide ever since. Their most recent campaign, around 2004's Love Everybody - featured sold out concerts in cities across the globe, including London, Amsterdam, Sydney, and Medford, OR. At these frenetic performances, blissed-out teens by the thousands have served as testament to PUSA’s timelessness. And
the good times are starting in earnest again. This coming March,
PUSA will launch a world trek including notable U.S. stops
in Los Angeles on 21st March (The Roxy) and in New York City on
24th March (Bowery Ballroom). In April, the group will head overseas
for shows in The Netherlands, U.K., Belgium and Ireland. Expect
the group to announce more shows for mid 2008 and beyond early next
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