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For Fans Of : Johnny Cash, Cursive, The Dear Hunter, Circa Survive, A Lot Like Birds and Foxy Shazam
PEORIA, IL // March 11, 2016 : Midwestern alt-rockers, FLANNEL MOUTH, have finally given a date of birth to their firstborn full-length, The Prisoner’s Cinema. This album comes two days after their exclusive stream via Pure Grain Audio, and three days after the anniversary of their breakthrough EP, Pull in Your Horns, since which the Central Illinois quartet spent writing, touring, re-writing, and perfecting a concept album / rock opera. Vocalist/songwriter, Luke Myers, comments, “This tragic parable reminds us how frail love can make us, one bloody song after another.”
The story of The Prisoner’s Cinema is a simple and timeless old story: woman asks man to kill her because he loves her so, man identifies murder and passion as synonyms, man kills everyone he ever feels anything for, man is offered redemption, man falls back into his old ways, man dies alone with loads of regret. The new record is a three-part play, complete with intermissions – an ambitious undertaking for a band’s freshman release. “It gave us a bit of a guideline, essentially, to which we adhered and adapted,” added drummer, Tyler Owen. “Luke wrote this heartfelt and bloody script and we just tried to match the feelings of the scenes to the notes we played. Three years in the making came together all at once.” The album release came after much excitement, including a teaser (LINK) introducing fans to The Prisoner, another teaser hosted exclusively by New Noise Magazine, a lyric video for “The Dark Ages,” and an exclusive at Vents Magazine for “The Showdown in the Courtroom.”
The fourteen tracks are a sonic whirlwind of Midwestern rock tangled in elements of progressive pop. Flannel Mouth turned to the unmistakably capable hands of label owner Michael Abiuso who is known for his works with Kiss Kiss (Eyeball Records), The Gay Blades (Triple Crown Records), The Venetia Fair andBehind The Curtains Media to produce, mix, and master the album. The band flew Abiuso from New York City to Peoria with a suitcase full of gear, holed themselves up in a vacant office building, built a professional studio, and only paused for a trip to last year’s SXSW. Zachary Hartman, lead instrumentalist (and named as additional production credit), reveals, “We turned the conference room into a live room, the main executive office into a control room/sleeping quarters, and the bathroom into a vocal booth. It was definitely a unique experience.” Listeners can certainly hear a delicate caring and quality to their product; consider it a critical library addition to complement artists such as Johnny Cash, Cursive, The Dear Hunter, Circa Survive, A Lot Like Birds, Foxy Shazam and more!
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Track listing for The Prisoner’s Cinema:
1) You’ve Convinced Me
2) The Dark Ages
3) Rapunzel, Rapunzel
4) Hello, Gorgeous
5) Falling Asleep
6) Pleading Insane
7) La Deuxième Partie
8) Dead Man Walking
9) The Preacher’s Daughter
10) Walk It Off
11) The Honorable Mr. Black
12) The Showdown in the Courtroom
13) R.A.R.
14) The Prisoner’s Cinema
Flannel Mouth is supporting the new record with a tour to SXSW with The Skulx, sponsored by Digital Tour Bus, where they will be playing numerous showcases. “We’ve been fans of Foxy Shazam for a while and were introduced to Cadaver Dogs recently, too,” adds Ryan Batalon, bassist. “Their new stuff is sounding giant and we can’t wait to see what the [live] show is like.” The tour is scheduled to begin March 14th and will conclude with a hometown appearance in Peoria in April.
Biography: Flannel Mouth, an old western term for “one having a way with words,” keeps its definition intact as this four-piece theatrical rock act releases its debut LP, “The Prisoner’s Cinema.” Vocalist/lyricist, Luke Myers, tells the tragic, gruesome story of a young man learning the difference between love and crimes of passion. The frenzied and guttural story is matched by its soundtrack — manic-albeit-fluid — punctuated by the eccentric bass lines of Ryan Batalon, heavy swing beats of Tyler Owen, and the atmospheric leads of Zachary Hartman on guitar, trumpet, organ, fiddle, and more. If Tarantino wrote a script to be scored by The Dear Hunter, performed by Cursive, engineered by Foxy Shazam, and produced by Brand New, Flannel Mouth would be the end result. And one would certainly not want to miss that feature presentation.
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