Friday, 29 Feb 2008
Washington DC’s These United States crash landed my inbox today. The band’s debut long player is unleashed upon the world March 4th…it is entitled The Three of Us at the Gates to the Garden of Eden.The band describe it as a wide eyed amalgamation of psychefolk with a punk rock ethic. What is not in question is the bands determination to get the music out there, having played over 300 shows in the last two years. Not just stateside, but self financing themselves through Europe last year. This year, they have been invited to play probably the daddy of all music festivals, Glastonbury UK. in June.
The band are looking for more dates through June in the UK so any would be promoters/venues contact me or the guy’s direct. On the limited material I have heard so far, I think the album is destined to spin for a while with me. It’s seriously good stuff, especially the kind of off the wall radio friendly “First Sight”. Jesse Elliott is a great songsmith in the making. Before they hit the UK the band are playing numerous dates in the States. Go check them out!
- Mark
MP3: These United States - “First Sight”
MP3: These United States - “Sun Is Above And Below”
March 1st, 2008 at 11:40 am
thanks for posting this, Mark! Jesse is a good friend of mine, so i’m glad you dig this. they’ll also be playing Mission Creek in Iowa City in a month, which is ALMOST as big as Glastonbury (ha!). we can’t wait to have them back.
March 2nd, 2008 at 1:14 pm
They are very good Todd im hoping to help them out with some gig’s over here next june,in fact im in the process of booking a venue especially if the dates work right for the guys.First sight is a peach of a track but they look a killer live act to me.Seem like cool genuine people as well