Have to go to this for Basement and Man Overboard. Your Demise put a good show on too I suppose.
POLAR BEAR CLUB pre-orders of their forth full-length album, Clash Battle Guilt Pride, are up now!
Clash Battle Guilt Pride reflects the dedication Polar Bear Club put into writing and recording it. Notoriously perfectionist, the band arrived at Salad Days with 14 songs already in solid form, and whittled their way to an even tighter 11 with McTernan’s help. “Brian truly was a sixth member,” Stadt explains. “We spent weeks just ‘living in’ the songs with him before tracking, which gave us a lot more time to reflect. I think it also helped that he shares a lot of our musical tastes. We could talk with him about some of the bands we had in mind—stuff like Embrace, Rites of Spring, early Jimmy Eat World—and he got that we didn’t want to ‘do’ their sound; we were more about getting inspiration from their spirit.’”
“When I think about the music that’s most meaningful to me, I realize it’s that way because of what I was able to bring to it. When someone comes up to me and says my song meant something to them, I hope it’s because I gave them that same experience.” Even the new album’s title pulls from the same theme of giving away just enough to lure you in – something Stadt says was intentional. “Again, not to give away too much,” he says, “but those four words — Clash Battle Guilt Pride — that’s what it’s all about. That’s life. It’s complicated. It’s a struggle. People will disapprove of you when you’re doing things that make you happy, and you’ll question yourself a lot, too. But those questions are where the interesting stuff happens. That’s how you grow.” (Collapse)
Check out some of the package deals:
Clash Battle Guilt Pride LP / T-Shirt Deluxe Package Deal (This package deal comes with Clash Battle Guilt Pride on Vinyl, Polar Bear Club’s newest album, an Exclusive T-Shirt, a Limited Edition 7 Inch, and a 12x18 Inch Poster. The Limited Edition 7 Inch is only available with this package deal.)
Clash Battle Guilt Pride CD / T-Shirt Package Deal
Clash Battle Guilt Pride Digital Album / T-Shirt Package Deal
Clash Battle Guilt Pride CD/Poster Package Deal
Clash Battle Guilt Pride LP/Poster Package Deal
And to make things more excited, we’re running a contest! Help us spread the word about the Pre Order and be entered for a chance to win a free Live 7 Inch Test Pressing, here is how:
Step 1: Follow Polar Bear Club and Bridge Nine Records on tumblr
Step 2: Reblog this post
Step 3: Next Tuesday (23.08.2011) we’ll choose a winner
Our second time in Scotland, don’t miss out.
This is part of a Brutality Will Prevail/Crossbreaker UK weekender. You’ll know about the other dates shortly.
The brand new summer 2011 issue of A Short Fanzine About Rocking is due out in early July!
It will include interviews with all these awesome bands: Title Fight, Comeback Kid, Make Do And Mend, Funeral For A Friend, Pianos Become The Teeth, Crossbreaker, Broken Teeth, November Coming…
