(+44),
the new band featuring Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker, will be releasing
their debut
When Your Heart Stops Beating
on November 14th.
The title track is available to stream below, feel free to let me know what
you think. Assets, press release, and tour dates are also included below.
We’ll be setting up
interviews with Mark and Travis, as well as contests this month and sending
out review copies shortly, so definitely get your requests in to me ASAP and
I’ll be sure to keep you in-the-know about these opportunities. Any and all
feedback is greatly appreciated!
Audio:
“When Your Heart Stops
Beating”
http://boss.streamos.com/real/interscope/plus44/whenyourheartstopsbeating/audio/00_whenyourheartstopsbeating.ram
http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/interscope/plus44/whenyourheartstopsbeating/audio/96_whenyourheartstopsbeating.asx
Video:
”When Your Heart Stops
Beating”
http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1518071#/overdrive/?id=1518071
Former
blink-182 co-founders Mark Hoppus and
Travis Barker have reunited under the aegis of a new band, (+44), and will
release their much anticipated album,
When Your Heart Stops Beating (Interscope Records), on November
14th. The album is produced by Hoppus and Barker and executive produced by
long-time blink-182 producer Jerry Finn.
Recruited for their new journey as (+44) –
pronounced “Plus 44” – Shane Gallagher (The Nervous Return) and Craig
Fairbaugh (Transplants, The Forgotten, Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards)
join singer-bassist Hoppus and drummer-keyboardist Barker and pick up where
the popular, multi-platinum-selling band blink-182 left off after splitting
in late 2004. “We were two-thirds of blink-182, so we’re not afraid of
sounding like ourselves,” says Hoppus. “We’re not divorcing ourselves from
the past, but we are pushing beyond the past. We’re progressing like
musicians should.” Barker agrees: “Mark and I have a natural chemistry after
playing together for so long and it’s only gotten stronger. This band is a
continuation of blink-182 but it’s also different. For a long time,
blink-182 was an underdog. I like being the underdog again.”
Barker has known Gallagher since they were
16 years old playing together in garage bands at Southern California
backyard parties. Fairbaugh was another organic addition, having played with
Barker in the now-defunct Transplants. “Musically, what we are doing now we
could never have done a few years ago,” Barker says. “I love this band. And
it’s even better that we’re doing this with friends. That’s the best feeling
in the world.”
Upon naming the band (+44) after the
international dialing code for the United Kingdom, their plan was simply to
continue to create and explore. Barker put down his drums for six months and
began piano lessons, bringing keyboards into the (+44) sound and opening up
his songwriting talent. For the first time, Hoppus took on all of the lead
vocals and lyric-writing and even added guitar to his usual bass duties. “I
had no idea what I was capable of, especially as a singer. There’s a whole
range in my voice, from barely whispering to really loud. I’m proud of how
far I’ve come.”
(+44) is not a side project or an
experiment. Though Hoppus and Barker produce other artists and guest on
numerous projects, (+44) is #1 in their careers. Three years after the last
original blink-182 album, (+44) is the culmination of their surging energy
and creativity.
Hoppus continues to bring his expertise and
passion as a producer of nascent bands. Among those he’s recently worked
with are The Matches, Something for Rockets and the acclaimed punk-pop
quartet Motion City Soundtrack. Since 2005 Hoppus has also actively produced
his own podcast through the innovative website www.HiMyNameIsMark.com,
spotlighting up-and-coming indie bands, playing new tracks, interviewing
musicians and hearing their most outrageous tour stories.
Formerly the drummer for blink-182, Box Car
Racer and Transplants, Barker is one of the busiest musicians in rock n’
roll. He has also joined the industry’s premier spinner DJ AM for a
residency at the Pure Club at Caesars Palace and select dates throughout the
country. Barker has enjoyed recent hip-hop success with chart-topping
production collaborations with T.I., former UGK member Bun B, Pharrell, Gwen
Stefani and Bubba Sparxxx. Barker is the founder of his own recording label,
La Salle Records, and clothing line, Famous Stars and Straps.
Tour dates:
Oct 13 Soma San Diego
Oct 14 Bamboozle Left Pomona, CA
Oct 15 The Brickhouse Phoenix, AZ
Oct 18 Roseland Theater Portland, OR
Oct 19 The Fenix Seattle, WA
Oct 21 The Boardwalk Sacramento, CA
Oct 22 The Fillmore San Francisco, CA
Oct 24 In The Venue Salt Lake City, UT
Oct 25 Ogden Theatre Denver, CO
Oct 27 Station 4 Minneapolis, MN
Oct 28 Rave Milwaukee, WI
Oct 29 Mississippi Nights St Louis, MO
Oct 31 Metro Chicago, IL
Nov 1 Bogart's Cincinnati, OH
Nov 3 White Rabbit San Antonio, TX
Nov 4 La Zona Rosa Austin, TX
Nov 5 Gypsy Ballroom Dallas, TX
Nov 6 Warehouse Houston, TX
Nov 8 Jannus Landing Tampa, FL
Nov 9 House of Blues Orlando, FL
Nov 10 Roxy Theater Atlanta, GA
Nov 12 Theatre of Living Arts Philadelphia, PA
Nov 13 9:30 Club Washington, DC
Nov 14 Bowery Ballroom New York, NY
Nov 16 Lupo's Providence, RI
Nov 17 Webster Hall New York, NY
Nov 19 Avalon Boston, MA
Nov 21 Phoenix Toronto, ON
Nov 22 St. Andrew's Detroit, MI
Michelle Fleishman
Senior Project Director
Total Assault, LLC
3272 Motor Ave Suite I
Los Angeles, CA 90034
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