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Artist: brakesbrakesbrakes
Album: The Beatific Visions
Label: Rough Trade / World’s Fair
Street Date: May 8th, 2007
Format: CD, digital
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brakesbrakesbrakes - “Hold Me In The River” [DOWNLOAD]

brakesbrakesbrakes - “If I Should Die Tonight” [STREAM]

brakesbrakesbrakes - “Cease And Desist” [STREAM]

Stay in touch with Brighton’s finest @ Brakespace!

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Glorious debut in the CMJ Top 20 spins at college radio last week for the glorious album!

Catch “Waving Flags”: as KEXP’s Song of the Day on Tuesday!

“The ambitious art rockers have always wanted to bemore than a cult:their third album should help fulfil that dream. Full of dramatic ’80s rock flourishes, it spans the years between Echo & The Bunnymen and Arcade Fire.” 4 stars, Q Recommended

“… with guitars that ring and roar and percussion that gushes and thunders, they finally turn their lyrical peculiarities into a legitimate churn of ideas, rather than a posturing diversion.” - Spin [READ MORE]

The band’s been kicking up quite the fuss on their UK dates lately, as NME reported, “… During ‘No Lucifer’ the band were joined on stage by a topless man draped in the Polish flag who wore a crash helmet and a wrestling-style belt, who proceeded to punch the air throughout the song. The “visitor” made a second appearance as the gig finished amidst a climax of wailing guitars, crashing cymbals and drums. Another “guest” appeared wearing the Finland flag during the song, while the band’s 10ft bear suit was revived for the climax, with it stomping about the stage as the band trashed their surroundings…” - NME [READ MORE]

Hmmm… that topless flag man does look familiar though…?

BRITISH SEA TOUR

Feb 25 San Diego, CA @ Casbah (Colourmusic supports)
Feb 27 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo (Colourmusic supports)
Feb 28 Los Angeles, CA @ Spaceland (Colourmusic supports)
Feb 29 Visalia, CA @ Cellar Door (Colourmusic supports)

Mar 01 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill (NoisePop) (Colourmusic supports)
Mar 03 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir (Colourmusic supports)
Mar 04 Seattle, WA @ Neumo’s (Colourmusic supports)
Mar 05 Vancouver, BC @ Plaza Club (Colourmusic supports)
Mar 08 Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive (Colourmusic supports)
Mar 12 New York NY @ Late Show w/David Letterman
Mar 13-16 Austin TX @ SxSW
Mar 19 Omaha, NE @ Waiting Room
Mar 20 Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
Mar 21 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock
Mar 22 Urbana, IL @ Canopy Club
Mar 24 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
Mar 25 Pontiac, MI @ Eagle Theatre
Mar 26 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
Mar 27 Columbus, OH @ The Basement
Mar 28 Louisville, KY @ Phoenix Hill Tavern
Mar 29 St. Louis, MO @ Billiken Club
*** More dates TBA!!! ***

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“Eamon Hamilton makes angry hilarity sound easy. And when you’re as pissed and funny as the Brakes’ singer, easy it just may be. The band’s punk has gotten a smidgen less twangy than on debut Give Blood, if only because they’ve gotten faster, wriggling too desperately to waste much time weeping into their beers. (They only get mournful about real serious issues, like poor cell phone reception and record shopping by yourself.)…” - eMusic [READ MORE]

Peep a recent interview with the boys @ This Is Fake DIY TV [WATCH]

British Sea Power fans and brakesbrakesbrakes fans best take note of each other! As some may now, Eamon of Brakes used to play keyboards and “crowd-drum” in BSP! And here they all are, reunited for once recently in NYC, according to Sea-space anyway!

Artist: brakesbrakesbrakes
Album: The Beatific Visions
Label: Rough Trade / World’s Fair
Street Date: May 8th, 2007
Format: CD, digital
Shop: Amazon | eMusic | Insound | & Your Local Record Store!

brakesbrakesbrakes - “Hold Me In The River” [DOWNLOAD]

brakesbrakesbrakes - “If I Should Die Tonight” [STREAM]

brakesbrakesbrakes - “Cease And Desist” [STREAM]

Stay in touch with Brighton’s finest @ Brakespace!

CONNECT: Website | Myspace | World’s Fair

“It’s so hard to describe this band but if you can then check them out live, you will be encapsulated by their magic rhymic genius and outlook on the world. Amazing musians who came together for their love of music and one band isn’t enough for some of them.” - Edith Bowman, BBC Radio 1 [READ MORE]

brakesbrakesbrakes have some radio sessions coming up on the 23rd August:

Gideon Coe, 6 Music - 2 live tracks & interview. Live broadcast around 11.30am-12 GMT [LISTEN]

XFM Music Response - live set [LISTEN]

Artist: brakesbrakesbrakes
Album: The Beatific Visions
Label: Rough Trade / World’s Fair
Street Date: May 8th, 2007
Format: CD, digital
Shop: Amazon | eMusic | Insound | & Your Local Record Store!

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Artist: brakesbrakesbrakes
Album: The Beatific Visions
Label: Rough Trade / World’s Fair
Street Date: May 8th, 2007
Format: CD, digital
Shop: Amazon | eMusic | Insound | & Your Local Record Store!

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From brakesbrakesbrakes mailing list…

“Eamon is making a plea to all Glastonbury attendees after losing his guitar at the festival on Sunday morning. The Gewa Tennesee Bluesbird was misplaced in the mud outside the Leftfield Tent between 3am and 7am. It had just been used for a performance and was in a black case and had a Bronze Ace wooden mic pick up, with the Bronze wording rubbed off. Although it is only worth around £120 it is of great sentimental value and was used to write most of Brakes two albums. If you know of its whereabouts please email the band at brakes@brakesbrakesbrakes.com - if you return it Eamon is promising to collect it himself and play a gig in your front room.” [READ MORE]

Eamon with his treasured guitar @ Popscene SF:

Keep checking the Press section for the latest reviews, photo links and videos.

brakesbrakesbrakes - “Hold Me In The River” [DOWNLOAD]

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Live on your computer - click on through to watch the interview(s) at 10AM, 4PM, & 7PM EST today.

Catch up with the band on how their US tour went on their Myspace blog. More pics and reviews @ brakesbrakesbrakes.com

Read up on a great recent live review @ Filter Mag

UK / European fans rejoice as brakesbrakesbrakes take to the festival circuit for the summer -
June 29 Kent Music Festival, UK
July 2 Radar Live Festival, Istanbul
July 21 Truck Festival, Oxford
July 28 Ben & Jerry’s Festival, London
August 3 Haldern Festival, Germany
August 25 Reading Festival - NME/Radio 1 stage
August 26 Leeds Festival - NME/Radio 1 stage
August 31 Night & Day - XFM Xposure gig

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Just last week, the bandbandband surprised CMJ staffers with an impromptu acoustic showdown on their 25th street offices.

Spin.com finally throws in their praise for Beatific Visions…
“Having tripled their name to avoid confusion with the Philadelphia-based Brakes, this English band open their second album with a baptism-as-fight scene (”Hold Me in the River”). The pub stompers are as rowdy as ever, but they’re balanced here by laid-back ruminations on romance…” [READ MORE]

Filter Mag throws in props for the Merc show…
“While a venue that holds 300 people is considered, by New York standards, quite a hole in the wall. Nonetheless, it was a hole that was completely filled this past Saturday for the first night of brakesbrakesbrakes’ two night run at Mercury Lounge….” [READ MORE]

Artist: brakesbrakesbrakes
Album: The Beatific Visions
Label: Rough Trade / World’s Fair
Street Date: May 8th, 2007
Format: CD, digital
Shop: Amazon | eMusic | Insound | & Your Local Record Store!

brakesbrakesbrakes - “Hold Me In The River” [DOWNLOAD]

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Well, the tour is over but the rock & roll lives on! Pela is joined on the Mercury Lounge stage by members of tour buddies brakesbrakesbrakes and Electric Soft Parade (and the Spaceman!) for a rousing rendition of the insta-classic “Cavalry” from Pela’s “Anytown Graffiti”…

(photos by Jenny Applebaum)

More props around the webnet-o-spheroid:

Music Slut reviews Merc shows

Ground Control Mag reviewed LA show

Album review in The Phoenix

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“For many Americans, the idea of roving the country in a Winnebago brings up memories of torturous family vacations. To Eamon Hamilton, it’s “a dream come true.” The lead singer of Brighton, England’s Brakesbrakesbrakes has written two stellar albums that meld British-style postpunk urgency with elements of vintage Americana, and he expects the band’s current outing to spawn a third. After all, they’re touring the States in an RV. “When you’re making new music, it’s best to have a bit of an adventure,” he says….” [READ MORE]

In case you’re wondering about the RV…

Still… more praise for brakesbrakesbrakes!

“A hopeful sign, or at least a piece of luck. Finding the Bowie-esque British Sea Power and Doors-esque Electric Soft Parade wanting as life projects, Eamon Hamilton and the brothers Tom and Alex White have made their postpunk goof their main gig. Nine of the 11 songs are fast, and nine of the 11 songs are good — it’s as simple as that for once and suggests that some proggy post-er boys (I mean that in so many ways) are capable of returning to their 1977 roots. Not only that, a sweet young thing at the BBC has such a short memory or limited knowledge base that he called their country-flavored punk “original-sounding.” - Robert Christgau, MSN Music Consumer Guide

Artist: brakesbrakesbrakes
Album: The Beatific Visions
Label: Rough Trade / World’s Fair
Street Date: May 8th, 2007
Format: CD, digital
Shop: Amazon | eMusic | Insound | & Your Local Record Store!

brakesbrakesbrakes - “Hold Me In The River” [DOWNLOAD]

Come on out NY … & NJ!
Fri - Jun 15 Maxwell’s, Hoboken, NJ
Sat - Jun 16 Mercury Lounge, New York, NY
Sun - Jun 17 Mercury Lounge, New York, NY

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