-valis Pick of the Week

Hail Voyagers! Our Pick, this week, comes from the borough of Brooklyn, New York:
Prince Rupert's Drops ! Their album, Run Slow, is out on the newly-created Beyond Beyond is Beyond label, headed by good man/good friend Mike Newman.

The band's bio:

At the inspired urging of original bassist Brad Truax (Home, Dan Melchior's Broke Revue, Interpol, to name a few) the somewhat secretive Prince Ruperts Drops were formed in the Brooklyn of 2005, comprised of acclaimed comics-artist Leslie Stein (guitar, vox), fellow former Broke Revue-er Bruno Meyrick-Jones (guitar, vox), and former Osprey Steve McGuirl (drums, percussion). The band soon drew comparisons to the likes of The Groundhogs & Captain Beefheart- a sound that quickly developed and broadened to accommodate the emerging song-writing styles of each member. Following Brad's departure in 2008 to focus on high-end tour-managing, the band were joined by longtime friend and multi-talented bass-player Chad Laird (Land of Tomorrow, Jantar), thus adding another powerful cylinder to the songwriting engine. Their increasingly versatile and engaging approach has won them occupying support slots for acts broad in scope as psychedelic noiseniks Black Dice to country rockers Oakley Hall (to whom Steve has lent his talents on occasion). In 2012 PRD has been joined on stage and in the studio by another longtime-friend and former guest-musician, synthesizer-sorceress Kirsten Nordine (Jantar), turning the musical feast into a rich sonic banquet set to wow the ears of one and all.

 

So, what do they sound like? Try this !

The album drops next Tuesday, November 13th, but pre-orders are being taken. Now.

 

( Also, there's a great show of theirs on NYC Taper, here )

 

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You can listen to the archived stream herehttp://kdhx.org/play/radio-shows/trip-inside-this-house">here

>; or, hear it this Friday, on The Dead Man's Turn">http://www.turnmeondeadman.net/">Turn Me On, Dead Man show on Live365, where it's heard every Friday at noon eastern time, as well as Mr. Atavist's Sunrise">http://mratavist.wordpress.com/the-sunrise-ocean-bender/">Sunrise Ocean Bender show, heard every Monday from 1 to 3 am eastern, on WRIRhttp://www.wrir.org/">WRIR> in Richmond, VA.