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CHOIR VANDALS "Collection"
CD - $6.00
STREET DATE: 3/17/2015

Some might not consider St. Louis, Missouri a hotbed for captivating music, yet Choir Vandals are among a new crop of bands from the city challenging such a notion. Their brand of alternative / indie rock caught the attention of many with the release of the impressive "Darker Things" EP in late 2013 and the momentum hasn’t let up since. Soon after their debut surfaced, the band signed with 6131 Records and began crafting what would becoming their sophomore effort "At Night", an EP with four songs that all equally merit notice for their great songwriting and brooding catchiness. "Collection" gathers their recently released "At Night" EP and earlier "Darker Things" EP onto one CD. Additionally, the release features four previously unreleased bonus tracks, acoustic versions of songs from both EPs recorded as live sessions. Featuring 14 tracks total, "Collection" serves as the perfect document of the remarkable early output from a band destined for a great future.

TRACK LISTING:
01. Monsters
02. Medicate
03. At Night and In The Rain
04. Watch
05. Darker Things
06. The House on the Corner
07. Ghostly
08. An Honest Conversation
09. Freaking Out
10. Primary Colors
11. An Honest Conversation (Acoustic)
12. Watch (Acoustic)
13. At Night and In The Rain (Acoustic)
14. Ghostly (Acoustic)

FOR FANS OF:
Manchester Orchestra, Seahaven, The Strokes

MARKETING POINTS:
  - Collects previously digital only "Darker Things" EP (2013) and "At Night" EP (2014) plus 4 exclusive acoustic bonus tracks
 - Recent tours alongside Dads / Tiny Moving Parts (USA) and Moose Blood (UK), including a number of sold out dates
 - US tour with Alcoa in March 2015
 - Video for "Monsters" premiered in January 2015
 - "At Night" EP released in November 2014 to critical acclaim: "...mighty, sustained roar: guitars crest and crash like tidal waves, and Austin McCutchen’s voice goes from tense and tentative to full-throated howl in just a fistful of measures." - Wondering Sound