In celebration of the announcement that The All Might Defenders‘s first release (self-titled) will drop on Sept. 22nd, here are 2/3rds of them playing one of the tracks, Bow Down and Die from a couple Atlanta gigs earlier this year.
…and even better, some vids from their first show:
Jay Reatard’s new album will be titled “Watch Me Fall” and will be released on Matador August 18th. The first single off the album will be “It Ain’t Gonna Save Me” which you can download below.
Jay on the making of the album:
“A lot of bands these days, they approach the making of an album like it’s collecting songs, they don’t think about how all of the songs are going to work together. They sequence their albums on iTunes, wondering what songs sound best next to each other rather than putting them together as they were written. That’s not an album.”
Jay has stateside dates scheduled through most of June and July 11- no Atlanta dates announced or expected on this leg. Previous Atlanta footage can be found here.
Additional information about the album and tour dates can be found at Matador.
It Ain’t Gonna Save Me (mp3)
It’s a rare chance to catch Hermon Hitson these days. He’s been making music for over 40 years and still puts on a great show. Keep your ear to the ground for your chance to catch him and you might get lucky.
For more about Hermon, check out this great piece. You can also find him on Myspace at www.myspace.com/hermonhitson.