Seabird (Cincinnati) with Paper Route (Nashville)

May 18

The new album features all that Seabird does best – rich melodies, immediate vocal hooks and picturesque naratives – but Rocks Into Rivers propels the band forward with bigger sounds, darker twists and masterfully woven instrumentation. Produced by Paul Moak (Mat Kearney, Sixpence None the Richer) and Aqualung's Matt Hales at Ocean Studios and The Smoakstack, the album walks the line between earthy and urban, blue collar and big city, with emotionally bare lyrics about running into walls, finding new pathes and questioning yourself in the process. It's an energized blend of sexy Brit-style sonics and the working man's ethos of '70s American rock.

http://www.myspace.com/seabird

Paper Route

“A great sense of melody and soaring guitar pop with electronic trimmings.” - Filter

“The compositions are in a word: divine.” - Nylon

“Melodic, emotional synth-rock…Paper Route are American’s answer to symphonic-pop artists like elbow, M83, and Air…” - Rolling Stone

“…Unless a thousand gushing bloggers are all wrong, they have a killer live show.” - Stereo Subversion

Bio:
Paper Route is composed of Chad Howat, J.T. Daly and Gavin McDonald. After forming as a studio project in 2004 they eventually released their debut full-length album "Absence" in April, 2009.
"Absence" sent them on the road for the next two years touring with the likes of Paramore, Phantom Planet, mewithoutyou, Passion Pit, and Copeland. It also earned them several spots in films such as "500 Days of Summer" and Tv shows like "One Tree Hill," "C.S.I. NY," "The World of Jenks" and many more.
After taking a short break from touring Paper Route started recording their second album. In late 2011, the band announced that they had finished recording "The Peace of Wild Things" and are planning a 2012 release. "Better Life" was released digitally in November 2011 as its first single.

YouTube Video Link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuwZ7g21z-k