Fireworks and Fight Fair added to Triple Crown Records family

Triple Crown Records would like to announce the latest additions to the TCR family, FIREWORKS and FIGHT FAIR. Both exciting new artists will release EP's this year followed by debut full lengths in 2009. Fireworks We Are Everywhere will be available October 21, 2008 and Fight Fair Settle The Score will come out November 18 2008. To celebrate the release of EP’s, both bands will be hitting the road together for a west coast tour in November. Dates to follow shortly.

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We Are Everywhere is the Triple Crown Records debut from Detroit's own melodic/happy hardcore band, FIREWORKS. Originally released on Run For Cover Records, Triple Crown will be re-releasing the EP along with RFC Records. Over the last two years the band have made a name for themselves touring the country non-stop including tours with Set Your Goals, H2O, Four Years Strong and appearances on Warped Tour and at Bamboozle. FIREWORKS just wrapped up a tour with label mates Hit The Lights, A Rocket To The Moon and The Friday Night Boys, The band will be hitting the studio to record their full length with Chad Gilbert (New Found Glory) this November for a spring of ’09 release.

MySpace: www.myspace.com/fireworksmi

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FIGHT FAIR make a splash with their debut EP, Settle The Score. The San Diego, CA based band put their unique blend of power-pop, rock, hip-hop and screamo on display for their debut release. Vocalist Alex Bigman describes the bands sound “uplifting and positive while maintaining the aggressive sound we grew up with. It's got mainstream appeal but we can gain respect from underground listeners as well.” Fight Fair have proven to be a MySpace favorite, with two million streams recorded on their page.

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/fightfair

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Also from Triple Crown Records... Look for release of THE GAY BLADES debut album Ghosts out next Tuesday, September 23rd.

The Gay Blades are a two piece from New York City and play an acerbic brand of Trash Pop. What is Trash Pop, you ask? Trash pop is what happens when two keenly observant wannabe hipsters write and record songs the same pair couldn’t possibly pull off live, and make up for their missing bass player with consistent TNT like performances and a heaping spoonful of swagger. Clark Westfield plays the guitar and Puppy Mills plays the drums.

They met when volunteering in a traveling sideshow while still in college, Clark juggling and Puppy taking tickets. Afterwards, back in NYC, they formed The Gay Blades. They have been called “retro-trangressors” by the Village Voice and after first listen to Ghosts, with its twelve eccentric and trashy pop songs, including two “en-dance-d” bonus remixes, you’ll see why.

From the stand out track and first single, “O Shot” (showcasing drummer Puppy Mills’ glamorous and propulsive drums) to “Why Can’t I Grow A Beard?“ (where Clark Westfield takes cues from his idol, Brian Wilson, becoming the recluse he knows he never could be), The Gay Blades grab your attention and keep it.

"If Freddie Mercury sang for Death From Above 1979, these guys would open the show." - CMJ

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/gayblades