ROYAL BANGS’ SOPHOMORE ALBUM LET IT BEEP

ROYAL BANGS’ SOPHOMORE ALBUM
LET IT BEEP SET FOR RELEASE EARLY FALL 2009

ALBUM DUE OUT ON AUDIO EAGLE RECORDS,
LABEL STARTED BY PATRICK CARNEY OF THE BLACK KEYS

“It’s discoveries like Royal Bangs that make a late night…worthwhile.”–– Spin

In early Fall 2009, Knoxville, TN-based quintet Royal Bangs will release their highly-anticipated sophomore album Let It Beep on Audio Eagle Records (U.S.) and City Slang (Europe). The forthcoming album arrives on the heels of their self-released (and home-recorded) full-length debut We Breed Champions (2006), which caught the attention of Patrick Carney of The Black Keys. In May 2008, Carney reissued We Breed Champions on his own Audio Eagle Records. Royal Bangs will tour this fall in support of Let It Beep, opening for Carney’s new band Drummer (please see reverse).

Royal Bangs were founded by Ryan Schaefer, Chris Rusk and Sam Stratton. The trio took a brief hiatus prior to the reissue of their debut album—Schaefer spent a year in France soaking up musical inspiration for the follow-up—and later reconvened, rounding out their line-up as a five-piece with two additional members: Henry Gibson and Brandon Biondo. Nearly two years after the record’s initial release, Royal Bangs toured in support of We Breed Champions performing at Bonnaroo and SXSW in addition to opening for The Black Keys for a series of dates in Fall 2008.

The band recorded their sophomore effort Let It Beep at Tangerine Sound Studios in Akron, OH. The album was produced by Schaefer and engineered by Ben Vehorn (Love as Laughter). Let It Beep fuses two concepts: the electronic (thick synths and dance-y drum programming) and the pop/rock of the 1970s. Of the recording process, Schaefer says, “We were consulting a lot of 70s pop recordings for production ideas—Off The Wall-era Michael Jackson, the Bee Gees and Fleetwood Mac, among others…” Schaefer also cites Bruce Springsteen, Thin Lizzy and the Blade Runner soundtrack as primary influences.

ROYAL BANGS FALL TOUR DATES
OPENING FOR DRUMMER

October 8 Southpaw Brooklyn, NY

October 9 Johnny Brenda’s Philadelphia, PA

October 10 Mercury Lounge New York, NY

October 11 T.T. the Bear’s Cambridge, MA

October 12 DC9 Washington, DC

October 13 The Ottobar Baltimore, MD

October 14 Local 506 Chapel Hill, NC

October 15 The Pilot Light Knoxville, TN

October 16 The Earl Atlanta, GA

October 17 Mercy Lounge Nashville, TN

October 19 Skull Alley Louisville, KY

October 20 Spin Nightclub Indianapolis, IN

October 21 High Noon Saloon Madison, WI

October 22 7th Street Entry Minneapolis, MN

October 23 Schubas Tavern Chicago, IL

October 24 Beachland Ballroom Cleveland, OH