SANTA MONICA, Calif.,
April 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/
-- Indie rock stalwarts Camper Van Beethoven are back with
El Camino Real, the companion
album and follow up to their highly lauded La Costa
Perdida. Whereas La Costa reflected the northern
California "back to the country"
side of the band with lush and trippy references to Jack Keruac,
Richard Brautigan, The Beach Boys
and "Big Sur", the songs on El
Camino Real are firmly rooted in
a grittier earth—one that lies beneath the southern half of the
state and stretches all the way down to Baja California.
Produced by the band and recorded in various studios and living
rooms, El Camino Real's
harder sonic edges capture the sounds of an entirely different road
trip from Bakersfield through the
Inland Empire and beyond the border to Mexico. The lineup
remains Victor Krummenacher,
Greg Lisher, David Lowery, Jonathan
Segel and Michael
Urbano. Consequence of Sound premiered the first
single "It Was Like That When We Got Here" today. Check it
out at:
http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/04/camper-van-beethoven-announce-new-album-el-camino-real-stream-it-was-like-that-when-we-got-here/
429 Records will release El Camino Real on June
3rd.
Music historians will note that despite the band's extended
residency in Santa Cruz and parts
north, Camper Van Beethoven actually formed in Redlands, California—a semi-urban,
multi-cultural polyglot landscape populated by a host of characters
brought to life by the angular notes and dry observations of El
Camino Real. Similarly,
the songs "Camp Pendleton,"
"Dockweiler Beach," "I Live in LA" and "Sugartown" evoke a
particular view of life in said regions.
Says David Lowery: "The best way
to look at the new album is to draw a contrast between the two. On
La Costa Perdida the ocean is calm, benevolent and feminine;
on El Camino Real the sea is "filled with darkness,
secrets and chemicals."
El Camino Real Track
Listing:
- The Ultimate Solution
- It Was Like That When We Got Here
- Classy Dames and Able Gents
- Camp Pendleton
- Dockweiler Beach
- Sugartown
- I Live in LA
- Out Like a Lion
- Goldbase
- Darken Your Door
- Grasshopper
To preorder El Camino Real
visit:
Amazon: http://smarturl.it/ElCaminoReal_Amazon
For more information visit:
www.429records.com
429 Records is a unit of The Savoy Label Group (SLG). SLG is the
North American based division of Nippon Columbia the oldest music
company in Japan. The Savoy Label
Group has evolved into a Grammy Award winning and chart topping
independent music company consistently outperforming competitors in
key music categories as monitored by Billboard Magazine. The Savoy
Label Group is led by Steve Vining
and is based in Los Angeles,
CA.
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