press kit - Dead Messenger

PRESS KIT MANAGER: Nathalie Gagné
[email protected] BOOKING: Roger White [email protected] Dead Messenger Press Kit BIOGRAPHY Dead Messenger are a Power Pop/Psychedelic Rock band from Montreal, Canada. Since 2009, they have released two albums and gained a reputation for their frenetic, high-­‐energy live performances. In 2009, Dead Messenger released Love Is The Only Weapon, recorded at Breakglass Studios by Jace Lasek (Besnard Lakes, Patric Watson, Suuns) and produced by Jonathan Cummins (Doughboys, Bionic, USA Out Of Vietnam). The album showcased the band’s ability to write hook driven power pop in the vein of artist like Elvis Costello, Wire or The Jam. The album also featured keyboard playing of Max Henry (Suuns, Young Galaxy). Love Is The Only Weapon was rated number 96 on CKUT top 100 albums of 2009. In 2011, in the middle of writing and recording their second album, lead guitarist Ted Yates was taken ill and hospitalized for over a month. Faced with Yates’ near death experience and rehabilitation period, his band mates Roger White (Guitar, Vox), Alex Chavel (Bass) and Charlton Snow (drums) considered breaking up the band. However, at Yates’ insistence, they continued working together and went on to write and record Recharger. Given the band’s strong DIY ethic, and in order to accommodate a convalescing Yates, they opted to record the album themselves in their own studio. The result was an album that explored darker themes of life, death and rebirth, which was mixed by Aaron Holmberg (Tragically Hip, Sadies, Bob Rock).at The Pod. Recharger was released in February of 2013 to critical acclaim: the album spent several weeks in top 20 positions in college radio stations across Canada and reached number 98 on the national college radio charts in Canada. Dead Messenger made their television debut in Feb 2013 on the M+ (Francophone Much Music) show Top Musique, Dead Messenger are currently working on their 3rd album: The Owl In Daylight. Written entirely in studio, and recorded by the band, this album sees Dead Messenger maturing as songwriters, fusing their distinct power pop sound with more lush psychedelics undertones. The album features guest appearances by musical collaborators including Timothy Hertzog from GS!YBE, and David Groover of The In & Outs to name but a few, and was mixed by Aaron Holmberg.. The Owl In Daylight will be released in the spring of 2016. Dead Messenger Press Kit DATES OF NOTE
2012 – Showcase at NXNE in Toronto. 2013 - Recharger Album release. -­‐Canadian tour (Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick) -­‐Live Television debut on Musique Plus’ Top Musique. -­‐Performance at an after Party at Toronto International Film Festival.
2014 – Two Showcases at CMW in Toronto. -­‐Showcase at MforMontreal. -­‐Performed as headliner at the launch of the St-­‐Ambroise Montreal Fringe festival. 2015 – Participated in The Converse Rubber Tracks Program. Recording the song ‘Cold Summer’ at Noble Street Studios in Toronto. The Song was produced by Alexendre Bonenfent (METZ, July Talk). -­‐Showcase at MforMontreal Dead Messenger Press Kit PRESS QUOTES Montreal-­‐based power pop/rock band Dead Messenger, who released their third album, Recharger, on February 19th, 2013, was in Noble Street Studios in downtown Toronto this afternoon as part of Converse’s fifth Converse Rubber Tracks “Pop Up Studio” -­‐ Aesthetic Magazine Toronto http://aestheticmagazinetoronto.com/2015/02/17/photos-­‐dead-­‐messenger-­‐converse-­‐
rubber-­‐tracks-­‐studio-­‐toronto/ Il perpétue la tradition du «gros» rock mélodique ancré dans les enseignements de Hüsker Dü̈ et autres Dinosoar Jr. Celle-­‐là même qui nous a amené Bionic, les Besnard Lakes, Priestess, ou même des plus grosses pointures comme les Foo Fighters. - Nightlife Magazine http://www.nightlife.ca/2013/02/20/lexcellent-­‐groupe-­‐montrealais-­‐dead-­‐messenger-­‐
lance-­‐son-­‐nouvel-­‐album-­‐avec-­‐un-­‐concert Les guitares sont furieuses et omniprésentes, les voix et chœurs, justes, la batterie, souvent nerveuse. On y retrouve des influences proches de celles des Hollerado par exemple, soit un rock vitaminé, un peu punk d’un bord et college rock de l’autre, avec quelques (courts) morceaux d’ambiance - Voir (Montréal) http://voir.ca/musique/2013/03/14/dead-­‐messenger-­‐fureur-­‐et-­‐fraternite/ https://voir.ca/disques/dead-­‐messenger-­‐recharger/ Dead Messenger return with all the fierceness they’ve become legendary for. Recharger wasn’t made for the awkward hipster set who never learned how to cut loose and jump around to well-­‐played rock n roll. Rather, DM are pointing these stage-­‐burners at the tattooed and gnarly barflies who work for the weekend. - Big Takeover (NYC) http://www.bigtakeover.com/recordings/dead-­‐messenger-­‐recharger-­‐independent Dead Messenger Press Kit Heureuse nouvelle pour tous, alors que l’on retrouve le power-­‐rock à la touche garage/punk du groupe, toujours aussi incisif et entraînant, puisque les Dead Messenger, littéralement revenus d’entre les morts, réaffirment leur identité à coup de riffs emportés et de compositions musclées - Scene 1425 (Montréal) http://www.scene1425.com/en/magazine/dead-messenger-entre-le-sublime-et-le-tragique Dead Messenger, cependant, on songe plutôt au son de Detroit;; ce son carré, frondeur et plein d'attitude;; on pense aux Dirthbombs et à quelques groupes de l'écurie Sympathy for the record industry. -
La-­‐Tribune (Sherbrooke) http://www.lapresse.ca/la-­‐tribune/la-­‐nouvelle/on-­‐se-­‐cultive/201303/06/01-­‐4628426-­‐
stupeur-­‐et-­‐tremblements-­‐sur-­‐la-­‐table-­‐tournante.php Le groupe est passé maître dans l’art de la création de la chanson à l’intensité punk et aux mélodies enveloppantes. - Le 5kHz (Montréal) http://cinqkhz.com/2013/02/19/dead-­‐messenger-­‐recharger/ Ils affectionnent le rock’n’roll mixé avec une bonne distorsion et des mélodies plutôt pop. Vous pourriez facilement faire un lien avec une formation comme King Tuff. le Canal Auditif (Montréal) http://lecanalauditif.ca/dead-­‐messenger-­‐recharger/ This band of Montreal garage punks comes bearing fist-­‐pumping rock anthems that beg to be the soundtrack to your summer road trip. The quartet has an affinity for 70s pop rock, evidenced by the ripping guitar solos. -­‐ Now Magazine (Toronto) Http://nowtoronto.com/music/album-­‐reviews/dead-­‐messenger/