At the very top of the 2007 class of horror metal and theatrical fear pop, Seattle’s Schoolyard Heroes take top honors as they join the elite roster of Stolen Transmission Records, distributed worldwide by the Island Def Jam Music Group. The band’s first album for the label, ABOMINATIONS, will arrive in stores – when else but! – the beginning of the school year, September 18th, just when the back-to-school bells begin to toll.
Before then, Schoolyard Heroes will join UK garage rock goth punk band the Horrors on a brief North American tour, opening Monday night, June 4th, at Luna Lounge in Brooklyn. The 10-city trip wraps up at Triple Rock in Minneapolis on June 15th. One week later on June 22nd, Schoolyard Heroes play a homecoming headlining gig at El Corazon in Seattle. Annual festival booking down the road includes the Bumbsershoot Music & Arts Festival (Best Buy tent at Seattle Center) on September 3rd. Please see complete tour dates below.
ABOMINATIONS was recorded and produced by John Goodmanson (who has worked with the Blood Brothers, Sleater-Kinney, Blondie, and Wu-Tang Clan). Prior to the release,
“Dude, Where’s My Skin” is being released as the lead track, and “Cemetary Girls” as the first single. Video premiere details will be announced in the weeks ahead.
Schoolyard Heroes – vocalist Ryann Donnelly, guitarist Steve Bonnell, bassist Jonah Bergman, and drummer Brian Turner – have recorded two albums since they were launched on the unsuspecting Pacific Northwest prog-punk scene four years ago: The Funeral Sciences (2003) and Fantastic Wounds (2005), both on the indie Control Group/TCG imprint. The two are sampled on their website, www.myspace.com/schoolyardheroes , with “The Mechanical Man vs. The Robot from the Outer Limits” and “Attack of the Puppet People” (from the debut), and “They Live” and “The Girl Who Was Born Without a Face” (from the second album).
As the website explains, “Soon after their inception, the band came in second place at EMP’s Sound Off! competition, played the Bumbershoot festival, and found themselves sharing the bill with Franz Ferdinand and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs at staunch supporters KNDD's huge EndFest fete. The Heroes wowed audiences opening for Pretty Girls Make Graves and Vendetta Red, too – all while headlining their own crowds of over 500.”
“Donnelly has classically romanticized the curious fun of ’60s pulp horror tomes and Troma films in Schoolyard Heroes’ songs,” the site continues, “wailing, growling and crooning lines like ‘Check the body before it gets cold!’ (from their debut’s ‘Curse of the Werewolf’) with piercing intensity.” As Blender noted, their “creeping melodies menace like an unseen villain.”
Before then, Schoolyard Heroes will join UK garage rock goth punk band the Horrors on a brief North American tour, opening Monday night, June 4th, at Luna Lounge in Brooklyn. The 10-city trip wraps up at Triple Rock in Minneapolis on June 15th. One week later on June 22nd, Schoolyard Heroes play a homecoming headlining gig at El Corazon in Seattle. Annual festival booking down the road includes the Bumbsershoot Music & Arts Festival (Best Buy tent at Seattle Center) on September 3rd. Please see complete tour dates below.
ABOMINATIONS was recorded and produced by John Goodmanson (who has worked with the Blood Brothers, Sleater-Kinney, Blondie, and Wu-Tang Clan). Prior to the release,
“Dude, Where’s My Skin” is being released as the lead track, and “Cemetary Girls” as the first single. Video premiere details will be announced in the weeks ahead.
Schoolyard Heroes – vocalist Ryann Donnelly, guitarist Steve Bonnell, bassist Jonah Bergman, and drummer Brian Turner – have recorded two albums since they were launched on the unsuspecting Pacific Northwest prog-punk scene four years ago: The Funeral Sciences (2003) and Fantastic Wounds (2005), both on the indie Control Group/TCG imprint. The two are sampled on their website, www.myspace.com/schoolyardheroes , with “The Mechanical Man vs. The Robot from the Outer Limits” and “Attack of the Puppet People” (from the debut), and “They Live” and “The Girl Who Was Born Without a Face” (from the second album).
As the website explains, “Soon after their inception, the band came in second place at EMP’s Sound Off! competition, played the Bumbershoot festival, and found themselves sharing the bill with Franz Ferdinand and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs at staunch supporters KNDD's huge EndFest fete. The Heroes wowed audiences opening for Pretty Girls Make Graves and Vendetta Red, too – all while headlining their own crowds of over 500.”
“Donnelly has classically romanticized the curious fun of ’60s pulp horror tomes and Troma films in Schoolyard Heroes’ songs,” the site continues, “wailing, growling and crooning lines like ‘Check the body before it gets cold!’ (from their debut’s ‘Curse of the Werewolf’) with piercing intensity.” As Blender noted, their “creeping melodies menace like an unseen villain.”
The band has catalytically converted an entire generation of Pacific Northwest youth with their boisterous attitude and the sheer weight of their riff heavy operatic horror rock. Buckle up for a fun ride through Amityville.
SCHOOLYARD HEROES ON TOUR
Festivals:
Sept. 3 Seattle, WA Bumbershoot at Seattle Center
SCHOOLYARD HEROES ON TOUR
Festivals:
Sept. 3 Seattle, WA Bumbershoot at Seattle Center
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