SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --Indie rock stalwarts Camper Van Beethoven are back with El Camino Real, the companion album and follow up to their highly lauded La Costa Perdida. Whereas La Costa reflected the northern California "back to the country" side of the band with lush and trippy references to Jack Keruac, Richard Brautigan, The Beach Boys and "Big Sur", the songs on El Camino Real are firmly rooted in a grittier earth-one that lies beneath the southern half of the state and stretches all the way down to Baja California. Produced by the band and recorded in various studios and living rooms, El Camino Real's harder sonic edges capture the sounds of an entirely different road trip from Bakersfield through the Inland Empire and beyond the border to Mexico. The lineup remains Victor Krummenacher, Greg Lisher, David Lowery, Jonathan Segel and Michael Urbano. Consequence of Sound premiered the first single "It Was Like That When We Got Here" today. Check it out at: http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/04/camper-van-beethoven-announce-new-album-el-camino-real-stream-it-was-like-that-when-we-got-here/
429 Records will release El Camino Real on June 3rd.
Music historians will note that despite the band's extended residency in Santa Cruz and parts north, Camper Van Beethoven actually formed in Redlands, California-a semi-urban, multi-cultural polyglot landscape populated by a host of characters brought to life by the angular notes and dry observations of El Camino Real. Similarly, the songs "Camp Pendleton," "Dockweiler Beach," "I Live in LA" and "Sugartown" evoke a particular view of life in said regions.
Says David Lowery: "The best way to look at the new album is to draw a contrast between the two. On La Costa Perdida the ocean is calm, benevolent and feminine; on El Camino Realthe sea is "filled with darkness, secrets and chemicals."
El Camino Real Track Listing:
- The Ultimate Solution
- It Was Like That When We Got Here
- Classy Dames and Able Gents
- Camp Pendleton
- Dockweiler Beach
- Sugartown
- I Live in LA
- Out Like a Lion
- Goldbase
- Darken Your Door
- Grasshopper
To preorder El Camino Real visit:
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For more information visit:
www.429records.com
429 Records is a unit of The Savoy Label Group (SLG). SLG is the North American based division of Nippon Columbia the oldest music company in Japan. The Savoy Label Group has evolved into a Grammy Award winning and chart topping independent music company consistently outperforming competitors in key music categories as monitored by Billboard Magazine. The Savoy Label Group is led by Steve Vining and is based in Los Angeles, CA.
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