American
Music Club’s
MARK EITZEL Set to Play Two Intimate Irish Shows in December December 6th (Tuesday) - Dublin - Whelans - www.whelanslive.com December 7th (Wednesday) - Cork - Cyprus Ave - www.cyprusavenue.ie New Solo Album "CANDY ASS" (Cooking Vinyl) Out Now!! “America’s Greatest Living Lyricist.” – The Guardian |
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"Candy Ass", Mark Eitzel's first solo album of new songs since 2001's "The Invisible Man" was released in Europe back in October has already garnered acclaimed reviews that most artists spend an entire career trying to achieve!. "Candy Ass" is an American redneck term used to describe a wimp or a spineless person, a title as much for his detractors as for his fans - for his fine art of self deprecation. As the vocalist/songwriter for one of the most influential bands to emerge from the '80s – American Music Club – Eitzel’s sound is constantly changing, from his first solo effort of “60 Watt Silver Lining” through to “The Invisible Man”, which was primarily electronic based. He has allowed “Candy Ass” to retain a timeless electronic sound by using both modern and older equipment, layering and interweaving his soundscapes over beds of percussion and drum loops to make some of his most beautiful songs. He also includes three acoustic based tracks including “Sleeping Beauty” which has become a current staple of his recent live solo shows. Eitzel penned 11 of the 12 songs while “Green Eyes” is a partial collaboration with Calexico and their track “Praskovia”. Calexico and Eitzel have long had a mutual admiration as the former originally recorded a cover of “Chanel No 5” for the AMC tribute album. While AMC is Eitzel’s guitar driven side, his solo albums allow him to explore his electronic tastes more widely from Four Tet to the Aphex Twin, and Eno to Mogwai. Just prior to AMC’s breakup in 1995, Eitzel began his solo career in earnest and since then he has released six albums including “West” with REM’s Peter Buck, “Caught in a Trap...” with members of Sonic Youth and Yo La Tengo and two albums of cover versions. Last year, American Music Club got back together for one of the most anticipated and amazing reunions in ages, with one US scribe declaring “forget about the Pixies reunion, this is the reunion of the decade”. Their 2004 album, “Love Songs for Patriots”, received widespread critical acclaim. “Candy Ass” was recorded in San Francisco and London over a three-year period, both before and after the AMC reunion album and tours, and was mixed and mastered in London in June of this year where Eitzel spends much of his time. All photos on the album were taken by Eitzel. |
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Friday 30th of September sees the release of ”Candy Ass”, Mark Eitzel’s first album of new songs since 2001’s “The Invisible Man”. “Candy Ass” is an American redneck term used to describe a wimp or a spineless person, a title as much for his detractors as for his fans - for his fine art of self deprecation. As the vocalist/songwriter for one of the most influential bands to emerge from the '80s – American Music Club – Eitzel’s sound is constantly changing, from his first solo effort of “60 Watt Silver Lining” through to “The Invisible Man”, which was primarily electronic based. He has allowed “Candy Ass” to retain a timeless electronic sound by using both modern and older equipment, layering and interweaving his soundscapes over beds of percussion and drum loops to make some of his most beautiful songs. He also includes three acoustic based tracks including “Sleeping Beauty” which has become a current staple of his recent live solo shows. Eitzel penned 11 of the 12 songs while “Green Eyes” is a partial collaboration with Calexico and their track “Praskovia”. Calexico and Eitzel have long had a mutual admiration as the former originally recorded a cover of “Chanel No 5” for the AMC tribute album. While AMC is Eitzel’s guitar driven side, his solo albums allow him to explore his electronic tastes more widely from Four Tet to the Aphex Twin, and Eno to Mogwai. Just prior to AMC’s breakup in 1995, Eitzel began his solo career in earnest and since then he has released six albums including “West” with REM’s Peter Buck, “Caught in a Trap...” with members of Sonic Youth and Yo La Tengo and two albums of cover versions. Last year, American Music Club got back together for one of the most anticipated and amazing reunions in ages, with one US scribe declaring “forget about the Pixies reunion, this is the reunion of the decade”. Their 2004 album, “Love Songs for Patriots”, received widespread critical acclaim. “Candy Ass” was recorded in San Francisco and London over a three-year period, both before and after the AMC reunion album and tours, and was mixed and mastered in London in June of this year where Eitzel spends much of his time. All photos on the album were taken by Eitzel. www.cookingvinyl.com - www.markeitzel.com - http://www.american-music-club.com/ |
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return to Ireland due to popular demand
"This band belongs
together ... the chemistry is still there" - Uncut
"Politically and emotionally unflinching, America's Greatest Living
Lyricist is back on scarifying form." - The Guardian ****
"(Eitzel is) . the consummate entertainer: funny, charming and gifted
with a voice that can make you swoon, shudder and shake." -
Independent on Sunday
"Bleakly beautiful" - The Independent
AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB return to Ireland due to popular demand following their appearance in Dublin's Village last October. In addition to their return to Dublin, AMC also play Galway's Roisin Dubh. For more info or Inverview requests: Stevo Berube at Berube Communications on (01) 476 3603 or 087 244 2695 info@berubecommunications.com or www.berubecommunications.com.
Galway
Roisin Dubh, 8:30pm
28 Jan 2005
?22.50, ?20.00 (members)
Available from Redlight Records, Mulligan Records and the Roisin Dubh.
www.roisindubh.net
Dublin
The Village, 8:30pm
29 Jan 2005
?20.00
Available from WaV, Ticketmaster Outlets, and mcd.ie
www.thevillagevenue.com
AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB, the San Francisco-based band whose poignantly dark, often desperately beautiful music garnered critical acclaim throughout the 80s and 90s, released their new album, "Love Songs For Patriots"
Featuring original members Mark Eitzel (vocals/guitar), Danny Pearson (bass), Tim Mooney (drums) and Vudi (guitar), along with new addition Marc Capelle (piano/trumpet), the 13-song album blends American Music Club's unique mix of rock, folk, country and jazz with Eitzel's ever-present acerbic, brutally honest lyrics. From the first few bars of "Ladies And Gentlemen" it's obvious that the band is back in full force.
AMC are original members
Mark Eitzel (vocals, guitar), Dan Pearson (bass),
Tim Mooney (drums), Vudi (guitar) and they are joined by new member Jason
Borger (keyboards).
AMERICAN
MUSIC CLUB
return
with a new album after a 10 year hiatus
“LOVE
SONGS FOR PATRIOTS” (Cooking Vinyl)
Irish
Release 3rd September 2004
*** Mark
Eitzel Irish Promo trip August ***
“This band belongs together ... the chemistry is still there” - Uncut
“Politically and emotionally unflinching, America’s Greatest Living Lyricist is back on scarifying form.” – The Guardian ****
“(Eitzel is) … the consummate entertainer: funny, charming and gifted with a voice that can make you swoon, shudder and shake.” – Independent on Sunday
“Bleakly beautiful” – The Independent
AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB,
the San Francisco-based band whose poignantly dark, often desperately
beautiful music garnered critical acclaim throughout the 80s and 90s,
are set to release their new album, “Love Songs For Patriots”
on 3rd September. The album will be preceded by a single, “Ladies
& Gentlemen” on 20th August.
Featuring
original members Mark Eitzel (vocals/guitar), Danny
Pearson (bass), Tim Mooney (drums) and Vudi
(guitar), along with new addition Marc Capelle
(piano/trumpet), the 13-song album blends American Music Club's unique
mix of rock, folk, country and jazz with Eitzel's ever-present acerbic,
brutally honest lyrics. From the first few bars of "Ladies
And Gentlemen" it’s obvious that the band is back
in full force.
Formed in 1983, American Music Club produced music that reflected America ... a blend of free-form jazz tendencies and Eitzel's down beat poetics. His talent landed him Best Songwriter accolades in Rolling Stone's Critics Poll, which also deemed the group a "Hot Band" pick. After releasing five, much lauded, full-length records on a handful of indie labels, American Music Club signed to a major in 1993 and released "Mercury", considered a masterpiece of modern rock music and the band's most focused album to date. After non-stop touring in '94, the group put out their seventh release titled "San Francisco", which laid claim to their birthplace and featured an introspective collection of songs that twisted and turned like the ambivalent emotions that created them. That ambivalence was fortuitous as American Music Club called it quits, amicably, in 1995.
Separately, the band continued musically. Eitzel released a trove of much-loved solo efforts, Pearson went on to play with Clodhopper and release quality solo records, Mooney took on life as a producer and Vudi fronted an L.A. Band called Clovis de Foret.
In the summer of 2003, Mooney phoned his American Music Club band mates to ask about recording a new album. The songs Eitzel had written laid the seed for what would become their new record, "Love Songs For Patriots".
Following on from their string of sold out tour dates in the U.S. and U.K, the band will begin a worldwide tour in September. More details to follow ….
After a 10-year hiatus, American Music Club is back together. In fact, the band are currently working in San Francisco at Closer Recording Studios on a brand new AMC album.
Mark Eitzel (vocals and guitar) reports that things are going pretty well with the sessions. “It’s very inspiring to be working with these great musicians once again,” Eitzel recently told RollingStone.com. “We’re pretty different now. I think we’ve changed a lot. You’d have to in ten years, right?”
Forming in San Francisco back in 1983, Mark Eitzel, Vudi and Dan Pearson began by synthesizing their love for rock, country, blues, folk, pop and punk, featuring Eitzel’s enigmatic presence, heartfelt vocals and brilliant songwriting. Songs often became an unpredictable wedding between their free-form jazz tendencies and Eitzel’s downbeat poetics, eventually landing him “Best Songwriter” accolades in Rolling Stone Critics Poll, not to mention a “Hot Band” pick from the same publication. The band went on to release five, much applauded, full length records on a handful of indie labels before recording their major label debut, ‘Mercury’, in 1993, considered by many to be a masterpiece of modern popular music and their most focused record. Then, after incessant touring, the band settled down in the spring of 1994 to produce a set of songs that emphasized the line-ups steadiness and a wealth of new perspective. They called it ‘San Francisco’, their seventh album, which laid claim to their critical birthright in an album full of introspective songs that twisted and turned like the ambivalent emotions that created them. Soon after, American Music Club split up, albeit amicably in 1995. Eitzel went on to create of reservoir of much loved solo efforts, including ‘60 Watt Silver Lining’ and ‘The Invisible Man’. Danny went on to play with Clodhopper, and release his solo recordings. Tim is a busy producer at his own Closer Recording Studios in San Francisco, and Vudi fronts LA band Clovis de Foret. Now, after a decade of being apart, we can expect a new AMC effort – a full length album, no less – in September. More information will be issued shortly.
AMC are – original members Mark Eitzel (vocals, guitar), Dan Pearson (bass), Tim Mooney (drums), Vudi (guitar) and new member Marc Capelle (piano/trumpet).
