Escort releases album

Setting dance floors ablaze with their disco-infused beats, irresistibly catchy hooks and seductive live show since releasing a series of 12” singles in 2006, Escort has released their highly anticipated self-titled debut record today! In celebration of the release of the new record, the band performed on WNYC Soundcheck yesterday and filmed a special in-studio video for album track “Bright New Life”. Garnering praise from New York Times, Pitchfork, The New Yorker, The Village Voice and more, check it out for yourself! The full album is streaming at AOL Spinner and SPIN and album track “Love In Indigo” premiered with RCRD LBL today.

The seventeen-member “disco orchestra”, founded by producers Eugene Cho and Dan Balis, and fronted by lead singer Adeline Michèle, features an incredible cast of musicians who have played with everyone from indie-rock titans Arcade Fire to avant-classical luminaries Alarm Will Sound. Steeped in the venerable tradition of club-land’s holy trinity, New York, Chicago, and Detroit, Escort’s self-titled new album pays homage to mutant-pop luminaries such as Kid Creole and the Coconuts & Ian Dury.While embracing the legacy of these forward-thinking but classic acts, Escort has managed to create something strikingly new.

Featuring the theatrical masterpiece “Caméleon Chameleon,” the piercing horns and silky smooth vocals of “A Bright New Life” and “Makeover” which effortlessly explores the lost possibilities of another era the album also includes versions of their 12” DJ releases remixed, re-mastered, rearranged, and re-recorded specially for the LP, completing the album as a sonic experience from beginning to end. Escort’s long-awaited debut LP is released today on vinyl and CD today as well as iTunes and digital retailers through Escort Records.