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THESE
UNITED STATES
"Crimes"
Press Release
These United
States commit CRIMES on second LP of 2008. Available Oct. 7 via
United Interests
Sick, tired, torn, and frayed, These United States let no dust settle
under their soles this spring as they made the pilgrimage from DC
to Lexington, KY just 9 weeks after the release of their debut album,
sights set on a rock-and-roll reformation. The result is Crimes,
TheseUS’s sophomore album, recorded in six short days at Shangri-La
Studios, and out to the world October 7th.
One part Rolling Thunder Revue, one part banged-and-bruised balladeering,
two parts just plain strange, Crimes sees the band hitch an American
folklore ride down diverging tracks from A Picture of the Three
of Us at the Gate to the Garden of Eden’s trembling psych-folk
tendencies.
Bandleader Jesse Elliott’s casual croon careens more often
towards a yearning yelp – desperate times, you know? –
as his merry gang of Obviously Five Believers vamp all piss and
vinegar, hoot and holler, multi-instrumental mischief and sly saloon
smiles.
In place of Picture’s lovelorn protagonists, Crimes supplants
the classic characters of a world gone wicked: bad men in boots
and boats, all-too-able Cains, wolves in fresh-shorn sheepskin,
sold-out sirens of the seashore, knife-wielding big-talking drunk
drinkers, Moriartys, don Quijotes, Samuel Clemenses, and all manner
of disillusioned Appleseeds in between – with the occasional
dogged optimist thrown in for good measure, of course; even the
world itself can’t be all bad all the time. As self-effacing
as they are scathing, though, Crimes’ critiques are ultimately
an empathetic eye towards the sins, schemes, devils, and delusions
that bind us all. Dreams, in other words.
Hot off pressing the ’08 flesh from Paris to Portland and
Glastonbury Fest to SXSW, These United States will of course continue
their mad march to – well, any sea that will have them –
in support of Crimes.
Recent
Press
"It is,
without being at all overly enthusiastic, one of the best records
you will hear this year... it will make you feel completely human."
- Daytrotter
"The production
is spot-on and few albums in recent memory put a candle to the lyricism
present here."
KEXP
"Their
songs walk a thin line between the roadhouse and the coffeehouse...they
thump and jangle with a gritty charm."
- Washington Post
Contact
Press:
Daniel Gill - Force Field PR
daniel@forcefieldpr.com
323-344-1602
Erin Barnes - United Interests
erin@unitedinterests.com
303-440-0666,x208
Management:
Kyle Wofford - United Interests
kyle@unitedinterests.com
303-440-0666,x202
Links:
theseunitedstates.net
myspace.com/theseunited
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These
United States - On Tour!
For complete These United States tourdates,
visit their MySpace
page.
Photos
(click for print quality)
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