The Bowery Presents

The Mercury Lounge upcoming shows

Early Show

Elsinore
8:30

We Landed On the Moon
7:30

Venue:
The Mercury Lounge
Date:
Tue 2/09
Notes:
21+
Doors: 7:30 PM / Show: 7:30 PM
$10
Elsinore
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Elsinore is a touring Midwestern band putting in the time. They're on track to release a brand new album next year which will put them on the road more of the time. Their music is most commonly compared to Death Cab for Cutie, Radiohead, Wilco, Spoon, Fleet Foxes, and Arcade Fire. This is a band putting more miles on the van, playing new cities all the time, and sleeping on more and more couches.
We Landed On the Moon
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“This Will Be One for the Books,” declares Melissa Eccles of We Landed on the Moon! in the lyric that doubles as the title of the Baton Rouge quintet’s
newest record. Indeed it will. Sure to be a staple on Ipods and playlists across the nation, “This Will Be One for the Books” captures the vibe of the band’s energetic live shows and the blistering fun of what happens when people really enjoy making music together.

On their latest effort, We Landed on the Moon! sounds like Blondie if Blondie hadn’t spent the last half of their career covering island kitsch or trying to rap. The new 11 song LP combines sizzling guitars and thumping heartbeat rhythms balanced by Eccles’ expressive vocals and melded together with the subtle touches of handclaps, harmonies and fender rhodes piano. Chock full of WLotM!’s trademark catchy hooks and the band’s flair for the dramatic, the result is a record full of verve and life that will rattle in your headphones like a big dancey washing machine.

Formed in early 2006, WLotM! quickly developed a devout local following before taking off on the first of many trips across the Eastern half of the United States, with their self-titled debut making a surprise appearance as the sole self-released album
on the CMJ Top 200 and Most Added charts. Their sophomore release, These Little Wars (Dec. 2009), continued their success, catching the ears of national radio stations (WOXY) and concert planners, and launching performances at the 2009 New Orleans Voodoo Fest, SXSW and CMJ Festivals as well as Toyota Free Yr Radio, and providing
the impetus for “This Will Be One for the Books,” which will be released in early 2010.

“We just wanted to make a rock record,” explains guitarist John Lambremont. “There were times in the past where I felt like we’d get caught up in trying to do so much, too much- with this record, we just wanted to make music that makes people feel cool, even if they are just hanging out in their jammies. To make them feel as if they are right there with us.”
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