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June7,2018ForImmediateRelease
HowardAnnounceNewAlbum,TogetherAlone,OutSeptember14thonFashionPeople;WatchVideoForFirstSingle,“YourHonor”
hDps://youtu.be/JXRHCs5ZZms
(photocredit:SonyaKitchell)
“Thevideo'skitschycollage-styleanimaHon,aswellasthezany,exaggeratedexpressionsoftheband'scharacters,elevatetheclassicoutsider-falls-for-girlnarraHveintosomethingrefreshingandwhimsical.”—NPRMusicon“Your
Honor”video
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“…astellarintroducHon…”—StereogumonReligion
“Slowbuildingelectronicsswirlforward,urgingyoutogetwrappedupinthecalltoprayerthatisFeibusch’svocals.”—ConsequenceofSoundonReligion
Howard,theBrooklyn-basedouVitcomposedofHowardFeibusch(guitar,vocals),AlexChakour(guitar,synth,backupvocals),MylesHeffernan(bass),andChrisHoldridge(drums),arethrilledtoannouncetheirnewalbum,TogetherAlone,outSeptember14thonFashionPeople.
Thevideoforthealbum’sfirstsingle,“YourHonor,”wasdirectedbyJoeyAbissoandpremieredonNPRMusicearlierthismorning.Hesays,“Wewantedtostrikeauniquebalancebetweenelegant,zany,andplayful,whichledtothe‘LifeMagazine,’MontyPython,construcHonpapervisualcomboofthefinalvideo.Theweirdli^lestorycameaboutpre^yorganicallyalongsidethevisualstyle…itwasalotoffundirecHngeveryonetomakesillyfacialexpressionsatvariousanglesanddroppingtheresultsontotheiranimatedbodies.”Watchthevideobelow.
WatchHoward’s“YourHonor”video—hDps://youtu.be/JXRHCs5ZZms
TogetherAlonefollowsHoward’sdebutalbum,2015’sReligion,andit’scompanionEP,PleaseRecycle.It'sthefirstalbumfrom30-year-oldmulHfacetedbandleaderHowardFeibusch'sprojecttoberecordedwiththefullbandthatsocapablytouredbehindReligion;it'salsoanaching,restless,andaltogetherlovelydocumentoftheparadoxicalsensaHoninwhichwefeelmoreisolatedthaneverinthefaceofincreasingtogethernessandconnecHvity—amodernsenHmentwrappedinmusicthat'sHmelessinitsHmbre.
TogetherAlonefindsHowardventuringfurtheroutoftheircomfortzoneandusingtheirfull-bandcapabiliHestotheirgreatestadvantage—afull-bodiedwarmth,aidedbyhorncontribuHonsfromthefamedDaptonemusicalfamily.Nosonicstoneisleeunturnedhere,fromthegentlyrollickingandsubtlypsychedelic"MothersWedding”(sharedlastfall)tothebri^le,dustydesertrockof"OhDearBrother."Youcanhearavarietyofinfluenceshere,fromthewinsomesoundsofAthens'Elephant6collecHvetoAmnesiac-eraRadioheadandthedistantlullabiesoftheEverlyBrothers—buttheyallcoalescetoformasoundthatistrulyitsown.It’suntetheredfromthepresentandapplicabletotheplightofhumanityatlarge—butitrepresentsFeibuschandhisbandfindingthemselves,too,necessaryhopeforanyonewho'severdreamedofturningthethoughtsintheirheadsintosomethingtangibleandreal.
Listen/Share:“Mother’sWedding”stream(firstsinglefromTogetherAlone)—h^ps://spoH.fi/2xJ1Wab
“OohBabyBaby”stream—h^ps://spoH.fi/2sFVyuK“TracksofMyTears”stream—h^ps://spoH.fi/2Jku2dv
StreamReligion(2015)—h^ps://spoH.fi/2xHCulrStreamPleaseRecycleEP(2016)—h^ps://spoH.fi/2HkDHyG
Pre-orderTogetherAlone—h^ps://listentohoward.bandcamp.com/
Downloadhi-resimages&albumart—h^p://pitchperfectpr.com/howard/
