From the press release: New Orleans label Park the Van is happy to announce their newest signing and first of their newly reclaimed hometown- local favorites Generationals. Their debut album, Con Law, is out July 21st.
Generationals is the collaboration of Ted Joyner and Grant Widmer. Following the breakup of their previous band the Eames Era, they returned home to New Orleans in 2008 to form Generationals and record their first record, Con Law.
They tapped the Oranges Band founder Daniel Black (the mind behind the Eames Era's swan song Heroes and Sheroes) to engineer and produce the record at his D.C.-based home-studio. Black recorded Con Law in the style of his heroes-George Martin, Phil Spector, Jeff Lynn and Quincy Jones-with a meticulous attention to detail and a willingness to make the recordings sound old. The result is one of those classic "first record" moments that blissfully wills its listeners into repeat listens.
Live, the Generationals can include as many as seven pieces with background singers, a trumpet, guitars, keys, bass and drums. And when the whole band is singing en masse on songs like "Faces in the Dark" and "When They Fight, They Fight," ...shit sounds real good. You would want to be there when that happens.
April 29th New Orleans, LA @ Blue Nile
May 7th Philadelphia, PA @ Kungfu Necktie
May 8th New York, NY @ Public Assembly
June 12 New Orleans @ Marginy Theater
The band is also streaming two songs on their site:
"When They Fight, They Fight"
http://generationals.bandcamp.com/track/when-they-fight-they-fight
"Faces in the Dark"
http://generationals.bandcamp.com/track/faces-in-the-dark
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http://www.myspace.com/generationals
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