Electric Owls featured in Charlie St. Cloud trailer
Posted by Amy in Andy Herod, Electric Owls, Uncategorized, VagrantMay 24th, 2010 | Comments OffElectric Owls have their track, “Magic Show” featured as the first song in the new trailer for the film, Charlie St. Cloud. The song is from their Vagrant debut, Ain’t Too Bright. More info here: http://www.myspace.com/electricowls
Here’s the official trailer:
Electric Owls at Union Pool April 9
Posted by Amy in Andy Herod, Electric OwlsApr 7th, 2009 | Comments OffElectric Owls this Thursday night, April 9, at Union Pool in Williamsburg:
Electric Owls feature in Mountain Xpress
Posted by Amy in Andy Herod, Electric OwlsMar 11th, 2009 | Comments Off“If the ghost of John Lennon got together with Billy Corgan and Perry Ferrell to make an album in an LSD-fueled space shuttle captained by Rick Rubin, it might sound something like this.”
Check out this great feature on the upcoming Electric Owls debut, Ain’t Too Bright, in the band’s hometown paper – Mountain Xpress!
Electric Owls debut set for May 5 release
Posted by Amy in Andy Herod, Electric Owls, VagrantFeb 11th, 2009 | Comments OffELECTRIC OWLS Announce May 5 Release Date for AIN’T TOO BRIGHT
“…a dreamy musical style equal parts nocturnal and charged–perhaps better identifiable as an electric owl.” – CNET
(February 11, 2009) – ELECTRIC OWLS announce a May 5, 2009 release for their ten-track debut, Ain’t Too Bright (Vagrant). Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Andy Herod (The Comas), along with guitarist Jason Caperton (The Comas), bassist Matt Gentling (Band of Horses, Archers of Loaf) and drummer Cully Symington (Gutter Twins) recorded the disc at Echo Mountain studio in Asheville, NC last summer.
Electric Owls released a four track EP entitled Magic Show last November to coincide with a fall tour that Herod undertook on his own, supporting Bishop Allen. Armed with just an acoustic guitar and a digitized band, Herod wowed fans with the songs he’d written while he was couch surfing in North Carolina and later working at a nuclear power plant in California while The Comas were on hiatus. The EP tracks are currently streaming on the band’s MySpace page.
Ain’t Too Bright track listing:
Magic Show
Halloween Mask
Cannibal Superstar
Darken Me
US Weekly
Put The Candle Back
Kamiakin
Two Stories
Haint and Holler
Kalispell
ELECTRIC OWLS on tour:
3/15 – Asheville, NC @ Rocket Club
4/14 – 5/15: European tour with Bishop Allen
“I suspect that in six months or so, not too long after Electric Owls’ debut LP release date, that the people I shared the floor with on November 1st, 2008, will then, and not sooner, realize that they witnessed a very special half-hour of live music, and make a good fuss about it.” – The Smudge of Ashen Fluff
“Performed live, Herod’s songs came forth with grace and vigor, his Shins-like vocals floating effortlessly across the Independent’s twinkly stage.” – The Owl Magazine
“Herod grafts his strong voice to a softer substrate, diffusing his leads through big harmonies and across acoustic guitars.” – INDYWEEK
‘”Magic Show” sounds to me like some wonderful combination of ELO and Wolfmother. There is a definite psychedelic underpinning for a sound that swirls into a windy guitar riff and drums like hoof-beats. It makes me feel like I should be on a wild snowy mountain, in the midst of a storm (this is good).” – Music Snob
“… you’ve gotta wonder about a guy who writes a song called Cannibal Superstar.”
- It’s Not The Band I Hate, Its Their Fans
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Electric Owls to release Magic Show EP, fall tour with Bishop Allen
Posted by Amy in Andy Herod, Electric Owls, The Comas, VagrantOct 1st, 2008 | No CommentsMAGIC SHOW EP OUT NOVEMBER 4, 2008
(October 1, 2008) – ELECTRIC OWLS announce the release of Magic Show, a four-track EP that includes two tracks from the band’s forthcoming full-length debut, as well as two home-recordings. The EP will be released on November 4 on Vagrant and will be available online as well as at upcoming shows. Physical copies of the EP will be stamped and hand-signed and numbered by Electric Owls creator Andy Herod.
Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Herod, along with guitarist Jason Caperton (The Comas), bassist Matt Gentling (Band of Horses, Archers of Loaf) and drummer Cully Symington (Gutter Twins) convened at Echo Mountain studio in Asheville, NC over the summer to record songs that Herod began writing in late 2007.
“This record started a year ago when I decided to stop playing music for a while because being in a band was ruining my life,” says Herod. “And being in a band WILL ruin your life if you do it long enough. No one tells you that. So, after our last tour, I left New York to explore, visit friends and family, and eventually settle somewhere else when my money ran out. But I certainly had no plans to make a record.”
”What happened though is that I started listening to music again. Long story short, I got so excited about music, and more specifically, good songwriting, that I started singing and playing for hours a day again. The songs on the Electric Owls record came about in that 3-4 week period. Now here I am, attempting to ruin my life again.”
Fans will get a taste of the new songs when Herod plays solo as opening act for Bishop Allen on their November tour. “I have never been more excited to play a batch of songs in front of people. That’s the truth,” says Herod. See all dates below.
Electric Owls will be releasing their full-length debut in early 2009.
MAGIC SHOW EP track listing:
1 Magic Show
2 Darken Me
3 Cannibal Superstar (Demo Version)
4 Throw The Switch (Demo Version)
ELECTRIC OWLS tour dates (all dates w/ Bishop Allen):
11/1 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
11/2 – Chapel Hill, NC@ Local 506
11/5 – Norman, OK @ Opolis
11/6 – Lubbock, TX @ Bash Rip Rock’s #2
11/7 – Denton, TX @ Hailey’s
11/8 – Austin, TX @ Waterloo Park — Fun Fun Fun Festival
11/10 – San Diego, CA @ The Loft
11/11 – Los Angeles, CA @ Echo
11/12 – San Francisco, CA @ Independent
11/14 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
11/15 – Denver, CO @ Hi Dive
11/16 – Ames, IA @ M-Shop
11/17 – Chicago, IL @ Subterranean Lounge
11/18 – Bloomington, IN @ Bear’s Place
11/19 – Gambier, OH @ The Horn Gallery
11/20 – Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Downstairs
11/21 – Swarthmore, PA @ Olde Club
11/22 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Electric Owl Band – Andy Herod’s new project announced
Posted by Amy in Andy Herod, The Comas, in the studioMay 20th, 2008 | No CommentsPREPARES DEBUT RELEASE
(May 20, 2008) – Andy Herod is currently in the studio recording with his new project, Electric Owl Band. The as-yet-untitled album is due for release later this year on Vagrant.
The singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist is currently making Asheville, NC his home while recording at the famed Echo Mountain recording studio while The Comas remain on hiatus.
Herod is self-producing the album and joining him in the studio is The Comas’ Jason Caperton on guitar, Matt Gentling (Band of Horses, Archers of Loaf) on bass and Cully Symington (Gutter Twins) on drums. Also passing through the studio doors will be a slew of local musicians, some of whom were literally discovered performing on the streets of Asheville.
“We are getting up to things on this record that I might have been a little afraid to do in the past,” says Herod. “We are going completely over the top with a few ideas and it’s been unbelievably satisfying and fun. Hopefully that is what people will experience when they listen to the end result, too.”
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