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After releasing an EP on indie-label Max Recordings,
and embarking on a slew of regional tours, American
Princes went into the studio in 2004 to
record their debut full length, Little
Spaces. The record soon found itself
in the hands of Yep Roc Records head, Glenn Dicker,
during a chance listening encounter while hanging
with Memphis faves Lucero. It turns out Lucero had
recently played a gig with AP and were rocking a
copy of Little Spaces they’d been given when
Dicker asked who it was, and after an informal showcase
show, they signed with Yep Roc.
Yep Roc re-issued Little Spaces nationally to
give the album a chance for exposure to a wider
audience, and the Princes have already begun recording
their follow-up to Little Spaces with producer
Alan Weatherhead of Sparklehorse fame. The new
album, due out in early 2006, is said to bring
to mind early Spoon or the Replacements.
As for Spaces, it definitely has a warm, stripped
down quality to it. The subtle dual guitar sound
is edgy but not overpowering, complimented with
a hint of southern charm. Expect the new offering
to be a polished version of the same sound, and
if evolutionary properties lend to the aforementioned
musical influences, it should be a successful
Yep Roc debut.
www.americanprinces.com
www.yeproc.com
Michael Davis, September 2, 2005
(a bit of mindful gab from MD)……….The
year of our lord 9, in a dew field just beyond
the CrimAmber Forest, we find the eager and youthful
Maldeodren feeding a large earthen crucible with
bits of iron and bronze, awaiting the desired
heat to forge the mighty axe, an axe powerful
enough to cut down any enemy and grow with each
droplet blood it consumes, an axe courageous enough
to level the bountiful spruce, bringing fuel to
warm his people and the great halls of Drennenlande.
Although a young and inexperienced warrior, it
is in these great halls that he will one day be
hoisted upon the shoulders of men…………
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