We are so proud to release the first UK single by Woodpigeon, from Calgary, Canada. It's available as a limited edition 7" and for download, title: "That Was Good But You Can Do Better", B-side: "Knock Knock". You can get the single from most good record shops such as Rough Trade, Piccadilly, Rounders and more. Please check out the band on their Woodpigeon myspace. Mark Hamilton (Woodpigeon) will be supporting The Young Republic at Borderline in London on 14th May, as well as doing a few more shows across the UK and Europe. Please come and join us at the shows - we can't wait!
The Young Republic - FREE download of Isis (15.04.08)
After moving back to Nashville, and building their own studio, The Young Republic have been busy recording. As the guys enjoy not just playing their own tunes, but also playing great songs by people like Hank Williams, Chuck Berry, Television and more, we are giving away a free download of one of these covers every month, starting with Isis by Bob Dylan. To our delight Isis also forms part of The Young Republic's live set sometimes, and you can feel the energy and raw, yet beautiful, power in this live studio recording. Click HERE for your free download of Isis, and come down to their UK shows in May! This download is available for one month only, when the next cover will be available.
The Young Republic 12 Tales From Winter City OUT JANUARY 21st
12 Tales From Winter City, the debut album from The Young Republic, will get a full UK-wide release on January 21st on CD, Ltd. Vinyl and Download. It will be the first album release from End of the Road Records. The album is a compilation of sorts, bringing together material recorded over a period of three years while studying in Boston, Ma.
This month the band move from Boston to Nashville, TN, and will be starting work on their follow up to 12 Tales From Winter City in the next few months.
For full details about 12 Tales From Winter City head to the Artist Page.
You can also buy directly from us via the End of the Road records Shop!
Following on from their appearance our appearance in the last issue of Clash as part of the End of the Road Records Feature, we are proud to announce that The Young Republic are one of Clash Magazine’s tips for 2008.
Also, no doubt due to their almost-legendary performance (according to the Middlesborough Evening Gazette at least) at The Knights last year, NARC magazine has also made The Young Republic a tip for 2008.
Q magazine made ‘Paper Ships’ one of it’s top downloads of the month in this months issue.
Girl In A Tree available on Word Magazine ‘Now Hear This’ Compilation edition..
Anyone who has been around any of us here at End of the Road will know that we have a huge love and respect for the great Charlie Parr. Finally, after 2 years of trying to persuade him, we are proud to announce we will be releasing ‘Worried Blues’ as a 7” single later on this year- Keep your eyes on the artist pages for more news about this forthcoming release
Following their triumph at End of the Road Festival in 2007, we are pleased to announce that Calgary’s Woodpigeon will be releasing new single “That was good but you can do better” through End of the Road in 2008. With an influences list that reads:
water falling on hot rocks
snow falling on dead trees
pianos rusting in country fields
madonna 45's played at 1/2 speed
oh. and the sound samples most likely playing on your computer right now. like that.
And comparisons to the symphonic sprawl of Sufjan Stevens and the hush melodies of Elliot Smith we ar looking forward to big things from Woodpigeon
(Woodpigeon will be in the UK in May for the Great Escape festival in Brighton). Keep your eyes on the Artists page for more info soon!
September sees exciting times for End of the Road....not only have we got our new website - that you are now on!, but it also sees our first release from Oakland's Port O'Brien. 'Close the Lid' comes out on September 10th on a limited run of 1000 7" singles, and will also be available as a download.
The Band will also be playing a whole whost of shows, including End of the Road Festival, Bestival, a few shows with King Creosote, two shows with the mighty Modest Mouse, and a Single Launch Party on September 10th at The Social, London. See the SHOWS section for full dates.
We are also pleased to confirm that on their return to the US, Port O'brien will be touring in support of Bright Eyes in September and with Rogue Wave in October!
Our Second release of September will be the third single from The Young Republic - 'Modern Plays', again a 1000 limited edition 7" and Download. The Band will be over in their full 8 peice form to play a handful of shows including End of the Road festival and a headline show at The Spitz as part of a Twisted Folk night. There is also a very special show in the pipeline, so watch this space. Again, for full details see the SHOWS section.
The video for Modern Plays has just been named one of the Videos of the month by creative review magazine - You can watch the video below:
THE YOUNG REPUBLIC UK DATES
May 14th Borderline, London
May 15th Mr Kyps, Poole
May 17th Horatio's Bar, The Great Escape, Brighton (12:15pm!!!)
May 22nd Monkey Cafe, Swansea
May 24th The Knights, Middlesborough
May 25th Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh
May 26th ABC2, Glasgow
May 27th Whelans, Dublin
May 28th Barfly, Liverpool Sound City
May 29th Dulcimer Folk Bar, Manchester
May 30th The Basement, York
May 31st Telfords Warehouse, Chester
June 1st Wychwood Festival, Cheltenham
June 2nd The Thekla, Bristol
June 3rd Riffs Bar, Swindon
June 4th Orange Box, Yeovil
WOODPIGEON DATES
May 17th Komedia Cafe, The Great Escape, Brighton (3pm onwards)
May 24th Dot to Dot Festival, Bristol
May 25th Dot to Dot festival, Nottingham
May 28th Bush Hall, London
June 25/26/27/28 Sled Island 2008, Calgary, Canada
July 26th.27th Calgary Folk Festival, Calgary, Canada
August 8/9/10 Regina Folk Festival, Regina, Canada
CHARLIE PARR DATES (USA)
March 28th The Aquarium, Fargo, North Dakota
March 29th Eclectic Cafe, Brainerd, Minnesota
March 30th Ed's Bar, Minona, Minnesota
April 2nd Brewhouse bracer, Duluth Minnesota
April 3rd Mousetrap, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
April 4th Morseland, Chicago, Illinois
April 5th Sleepy Creek Vineyard, Fairmount illinois
April 8th Replay Lounge, Lawrence, Kansas
Supporting Trampled by Turtles:
April 9th Knickerbocker's , Lincoln, Nebraska
April 10th Bluebird Theatre, Denver, Colorado
