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Deleted Scenes
Young People’s Church of Air
Washington DC stalwarts Deleted Scenes released their debut album Birdseed Shirt to Pitchfork’s rave reviews, calling it “ferocious, brave, and a well-balanced demonstration of both thoughtful existentialism and strange, drowsy downers”(Pitchfork, 8.0). Composed of Daniel Scheuerman (guitar, vocals), Matt Dowling (bass, keyboards), Dominic Campanaro (guitar, keyboards, samples), and Brian Hospital (drums), their sophomore LP Young People’s Church of the Air pushes the band’s formidable rhythm section further, exploring the possibility of hope.
Grabbing rhythmic feels from 80’s pop, R&B, surf rock, dark funk, and Go-Go, Young People’s Church of the Air reveals Deleted Scenes discovering a unique ground between pop and experimental impulses. Drummer Brian Hospital introduces the double-kick pedal to art rock with thoughtful drum arrangements. The lyrics find Daniel Scheuerman taking risks to explore themes of family, love, death, and joy in a self-devouring poetic style. The album’s production is fuzzy and warped, inspired by the cassette warble of Southeast Asian psych-pop and the detuned stew of Elliott Smith’s final album, From a Basement on the Hill.
The songs began as fruity loops-based jams in Scheuerman’s basement studio, which were then introduced into the band environment, taking on a live identity over the course of 300 tour dates. The album was finally recorded at the Garden Center in Hockessin, DE, with Nick Krill (The Spinto Band) and Birdseed Shirt producer L. Skell. It contains a mixture of studio sounds and home-recorded lo-fi noise. The album title comes from a 1930’s radio-church hymnal Scheuerman found in an old piano bench at the Garden Center, and evokes the elusive and sometimes illusory nature of hope. The first single from the album, indie club anthem “Bedbedbedbedbed“ showcases “the smart, sweeping pop of the Shins and the artful angst of the Talking Heads” (SPIN).
The band has shared the stage with Cursive, Wild Nothing, Abe Vigoda, Black Kids, The Antlers, Medications, and Matt and Kim among others, and have performed at SXSW, CMJ, and Pop Montreal.
| Deleted Scenes Signs to Park The Van Records
Announces New East Coast Tour Dates
“If Deleted Scenes isn’t the best rock band in Washington, it’s certainly on the very short list.” – Washington Post
“[Bedbedbedbedbed] is an indie club anthem with floating guitars, gentle-and-charming melodies, and military-march drums” – SPIN
“a gift for distilling complex thoughts into everyday language…a unique ground between pop and experimental impulses” - Pitchfork 7.8
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Download “BedBedBedBedBed“ and Stream “The Days of Adderall” at SoundCloud
Washington DC art-rockers Deleted Scenes has teamed up with Park The Van Records for the release of their genre-tweaking, sophomore full-length, Young People’s Church of the Air, that will include special bonus tracks and remixes. After years of doing it themselves, bassist Matt Dowling says, “the band now has the space to focus primarily on its artistic activities.” He adds, “we realized that [although] everything is out of our hands, we’re now in more capable hands” (Washington City Paper). In support of the LP thus far, the band has toured throughout the entire country this year and on both sides of fantastic SXSW performances. Deleted Scenes will continue to tour on the East Coast this spring, including their first home town show of the year at Comet Ping Pong on Friday, April 20th and a show supporting Free Energy in Durham, NC the following night. Their newest collection of songs originated in frontman Daniel Scheuerman‘s basement and was recorded at the Garden Center in Hockessin, DE, with Nick Krill (The Spinto Band) and Birdseed Shirt producer L. Skell. Young People’s Church of the Air mixes themes of family, love, death, and joy, incorporating studio sounds and home-recorded lo-fi noise. It’s an album that “seeks to transcend ugliness, both personal and aural and more often than not, it succeeds on both counts” (Pitchfork). Deleted Scenes has shared the stage with Cursive, Wild Nothing, Abe Vigoda, The Antlers, Tennis, Hospitality, and Matt and Kim among others, and has performed at SXSW, CMJ, and Pop Montreal. Deleted Scenes Tour Dates
4/20 – Washington, DC – Comet Ping Pong#
4/21 – Durham, NC – Duke Coffeehouse* 5/12 – Charlottesville, VA – Tom Tom Founders Festival^ #w/ The Caribbean, Cigarette |
Deleted Scenes Get Focused On New ‘The Days of Adderall’ Single
Announce Winter National Tour Dates
“If Deleted Scenes isn’t the best rock band in Washington, it’s certainly on the very short list.” - Washington Post “[Bedbedbedbedbed] is an indie club anthem with floating guitars, gentle-and-charming melodies, and military-march drums” - SPIN “Scheuerman has a gift for distilling complex thoughts into everyday language…Church of the Air squats a unique ground between pop and experimental impulses” - Pitchfork 7.8 Download “The Days of Adderall” at the Prefix premiere and Stream at SoundCloud
Download their first single “Bedbedbedbedbed”at SoundCloud
Washington DC-based quartet Deletes Scenes have debuted “The Days of Adderall” with Prefix, a new single taken from their sophomore full-length, Young People’s Church of the Air. Building on the dark, heady feel of their championed 2009 debut, Birdseed Shirt, the new LP pushes the band’s rhythm section further, experimenting with 80s pop, R&B, surf rock, dark funk, and Go-Go. Deleted Scenes kick off a string of East coast dates today with Jukebox the Ghost and The Spinto Band, and will embark on a national tour with Chicago-based art-pop band, A Lull, in January. Their newest collection of songs originated in frontman Daniel Scheuerman’s basement taking on a live identity over the course of 300 tour dates. Recorded at the Garden Center in Hockessin, DE, with Nick Krill (The Spinto Band) and Birdseed Shirt producer L. Skell, the album mixes themes of family, love, death, and joy incorporating studio sounds and home-recorded lo-fi noise. Young People’s Church of the Air’s title was fittingly taken from a 1930′s radio-church hymnal Scheuerman found in an old piano bench at the Garden Center, and evokes the elusive and sometimes illusory nature of hope. Deleted Scenes have shared the stage with Cursive, Wild Nothing, Abe Vigoda, Black Kids, The Antlers, Medications, and Matt and Kim among others, and have performed at SXSW, CMJ, and Pop Montreal. Deleted Scenes Tour Dates 11/30 – Cleveland, OH - The Spot at Case Western University 12/1 – Washington D.C. - 9:30 Club^ 12/2 – Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Bowl ^ 12/3 – New York, NY - Piano’s & 12/ 4 – Pittsburgh, PA - Brillobox^ 12/7 – Grantham, PA – Larsen Student Union at Messiah College 1/12 - Lawrence, KS – Replay Lounge* 1/13 – Denver, CO – Hi – Dive* 1/14 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court* 1/16 – Billings, MT – Manny’s* 1/17 – Missoula, MT – The Badlander * 1/19 - Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios * 1/20 – Seattle, Washington – Comet Tavern* 1/23 – San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop * 1/24 – Davis, CA – Odd Fellows Hall* 1/26 – Los Angeles, CA – The Echo* 1/27 – San Diego, CA – Tin Can Alehouse* 1/28 – Tuscon, AZ – Club Congress* 1/30 – Austin, TX – The Mohawk* 1/31 – Denton, TX – Dan’s Silverleaf* 2/1 – Oklahoma City, OK – The Conservatory* 2/2 – Columbia, MO – Mojo’s* 2/3 – Rock Island, IL – The Rozz Tox* 2/4 – Madison, WI – The Sett At University Of Wisconsin* ^ w/ Jukebox the Ghost and The Spinto Band & w/ Lesser Ghost and Mandala * w/ A Lull
Young People’s Church of the Air Tracklisting: 1. A Litany for Mrs. T 2. The Days of Adderall 3. Bedbedbedbedbed 4. A Bunch of People Who Love You Like Crazy 5. Nassau 6. Burglarizing the Deaf 7. Baltika 9 8. English as a Second Language 9. Ordination Day 10. The Demon & the Hurricane 11. What an Awesome Backhanded Compliment