Dylan Champagne releases new album

Dylan Champagne dabbles in punk, folk, noise, classical, psychedelic, electronic sounds on new CD. Love Songs of the Apocalypse, Volume 1 follows-up 2008’s “New Equation.” “California Song” is the first single from Love Songs of The Apocalypse, Volume 1 by Dylan Champagne http://www.fanaticpromotion.com/projects/dylanchampagne/mp3/dylanchampagne-californiasong.mp3 About Dylan Champagne Dylan Champagne (his real name) will release Love Songs of The Apocalypse, Volume 1, the follow-up to his 2008 album New Equation on May 17th. Champagne’s music puts a strong emphasis on lyrics and unconventional composition. Having dabbled in the dark arts of punk rock, math rock, folk, noise, pseudo-classical and psychedelic electronica, Champagne’s latest endeavor mixes these sounds to create a syncopated rock tincture with narrative underpinnings. Of the content on new album, Champagne says, “I suppose the reoccurring apocalyptic dreams began when I was about nine-years-old. It was the 80’s and Reagan was the king, and everywhere you looked was nuclear this, that and the other. Love Songs of the Apocalypse, Volume 1 is a shout-out to all the ghosts haunting the mid-sized semi-urban dystopia in my head. The characters are real but some of the details get squishy.” Currently residing in Oakland, California with his partner, the poet Alexandra Teague, Champagne recorded most of Love Songs of the Apocalypse, Volume 1 in town at New Improved Recording with Eli Crews. The rest was tracked in Champagne’s basement studio and in an old soup warehouse in Fayetteville, Arkansas during Champagne’s short residence there. Love Songs of the Apocalypse, Volume 1 will be released on May 17th, 2011. Champagne hopes to make a Volume 2 and a Volume 5 and a Volume 20 before the world spontaneously combusts. Those with an eagle eye will notice that the album’s cover art is a riff on that of this Johnny Mathis classic. Dylan Champagne Love Songs of The Apocalypse, Volume 1 (Broke In Oakland, 5/17/2011) Track Listing: 01. Baby In A Bear Suit 02. Dealt 03. The Daily Albatross 04. California Song 05. Finally Ready 06. Empty Notebooks 07. The Ballad of J. Flato 08. Forester Pass In Chinatown Slippers 09. Row Homes In The Desert 10. Greenfield Manifesto 11. The Short Goodbye