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Armada

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May 20th, 2009
Congrats to Mohammad Choudhery, who just won the first prize of the contest! We'll be playing his badass cover suggestion late in the set on 5/27. Keep your ears peeled. Hint: mellow roll for the feel...
May 18th, 2009
Alright alright alright--some exciting things happening in our world since our last post. Here's the abridged version since we all have ADD and wouldn't expect you to get through something that would cause us to look off into the distance and start humming the Kibbles n' Bits theme song:
- House of Blues main stage on 5/27! The last main stage show we did still stands out as one of the most fun we've played. To add some yeehaw to this one, we're running a lil' prize raffle for everyone who buys a presale ticket. Raffle details and RSVP here . Presale tickets available from any of us directly or online here (the event is called "Amped Up.")
- We're about halfway through a mini acoustic EP recorded up in Big Bear. We've posted a couple of YouTube videos chronicling progress in this place and this place (we'll start consolidating these into the same account pretty durn soon.
- Lo-fi video for Great Spectacular and full-bore electric single preparation coming soon, so stay thee tuned! House of Blues main stage on 5/27! The last main stage show we did still stands out as one of the most fun we've played. To add some yeehaw to this one, we're running a lil' prize raffle for everyone who buys a presale ticket. Raffle details and RSVP here . Presale tickets available from any of us directly or online here (the event is called "Amped Up.")
Do we make you feel good in your ears? Review us on iTunes !
May 7th, 2009
Al little video we put together documenting our recording process in Big Bear. Stay with us as we continue to keep you updated on the process. Thanks for watching!
May 4th, 2009
We set up shop in Big Bear, California May 1st and began the recording process of an acoustic Min-EP. Shouldn't be much longer till they're finished and in the meantime we'll keep you up to date with videos and small clips here and there to let you know what kind of shenanigans we got ourselves into. Check out this teaser video.
May 18th, 2009
House of Blues main stage on 5/27! The last main stage show we did still stands out as one of the most fun we've played. To add some yeehaw to this one, we're running a lil' prize raffle for everyone who buys a presale ticket. Raffle details and RSVP here . Presale tickets available from any of us directly or online here (the event is called "Amped Up.")
Do we make you feel good in your ears? Review us on iTunes !
May 11th, 2009
Alright alright alright--some exciting things happening in our world since our last post. Here's the abridged version since we all have ADD and wouldn't expect you to get through something that would cause us to look off into the distance and start humming the Kibbles n' Bits theme song:
- We're about halfway through a mini acoustic EP recorded up in Big Bear. We've posted a couple of YouTube videos chronicling progress in this place and this place (we'll start consolidating these into the same account pretty durn soon.
Do we make you feel good in your ears? Review us on iTunes ! It's a really nice way to spread the w.o.r.d.
Ongoing Gnus
- We won 2nd place in the Indie International Songwriting contest! Possibilities, cadets. Oh yes.
- The EP is up on iTunes , so, like, buy it! The hard copy can still be procured from CD Baby if you're an analog soldier.
- We gots a Facebook page.
- And some love on TheSixtyOne .
- We also gots a Twitter ... thing.
- And an Amie Street profile.
- And some JamLegend.com action (site that allows you to play along to our songs)
- And second-to-lastely, a Reverb Nation profile.
- And finally a for reals website .
- Want in on all of our updates?

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/8/2005
Band Website: www.Armada-Band.com
Band Members: Cody Page - vocals, guitar, wizard (level 8) Eddie Core - drums, rambo Jeremy Gruber - bass, orienteering
Influences:

Wilco, Radiohead, Spoon, Ray Lamontagne, David Bowie, Secret Machines, Bright Eyes, Queens of the Stone Age, Raconteurs, Modest Mouse, Prince, The White Stripes, Jack Kerouac, Ryan Adams, The Vines, RJD2, The Doors, Elvis Costello, Kurt Vonnegut, Velvet Underground, Van Morrison, Kings of Leon, Bob Seger, Ben Harper, Incubus, Pink Floyd, The Clash, Sigur Ros, Salman Rushdie, Cream, Steve Miller Band, Smashing Pumpkins, Michel Gondry, Muse, Nirvana, Jeff Buckley, Johnny Cash, Beck
Sounds Like: PRESS"Everything from a performance and composition angle reflects an enormous level of creative and technical talent. This song couldn’t sound any better. A true work of art...""...I found myself swimming through waves of emotion and imagery that was very intoxicating and captivating... [Blue and Green] conveys a dreamlike surreal setting for romance... I love this song.""[Possibilities] is incredibly ingenious and affectionately entertaining... The vocals and music are magnificent. The lyrics make you work for the message with their complex weave of innuendo, description and metaphor..."
-Song of the Year Songwriting Competition (2009)"This self titled EP from L.A. indie-rock band ARMADA is a memorable artisitic experience...""The orchestral elements mixed with the powerful and melodic vocals will intrigue you. Moreover, the arrangements are all fresh and the production nothing short of superb.""Standout tracks include the opener, 'Great Spectacular,' which introduces the raw energy of the band, and acquaints listeners with [Page's] powerful vocals...""Fans of Radiohead and Jeff Buckley will thoroughly enjoy this refreshingly energetic collection"
-RadioIndy (2009)
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Get your House of Blues Pre-Sale Tickets HERE

Okay, if you haven't noticed, I'm writing this at 5:09 AM and no I'm not just waking up, in fact it's the opposite. I lead a crazy lifestyle of 24 hour extreme partying and debauchery. No not really, ...
Posted by on Sat, 16 May 2009 05:23:00 GMT

Misery

Those of you who follow us on Twitter you know that 2/3rds of the Armada motor vehicles were impounded last night somewhere in East LA (on the street in front of our glamourous recording studios).Have...
Posted by on Tue, 12 May 2009 17:13:00 GMT

Amp'd!!!

Core here (drums), reminding you to come out Wednesday May 27th to the House of Blues Sunset Strip and watch Armada blow the speakers out!!! We just finished tracking drums and bass in Big Bear for th...
Posted by on Thu, 07 May 2009 18:23:00 GMT

Mother Nature may disapprove of my voice

So, I swallowed this bee on my bike ride home yesterday.  I was yawning and the fucker just flew right in and hit way back in my soft palette.  I was torn as to whether or not to stop and evaluate whe...
Posted by on Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:03:00 GMT

Tew watt dew yoo lissen? (Response to Jermy's post)

I couldn't do paragraph breaks in the Comments section of Jeremy's post "To What Do You Listen?" so I'm starting a newbie. This be Cody.That, my friend, is something I've wrestled with for as long as...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:13:00 GMT

To what do you listen?

Jeremy here.Do you like how I took a very common question and made it annoying by not ending the sentence in a preposition? Man I love grammar.That, however, is not the thesis of this blog. There is...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Who? Who? Who?

Hello. My name is Cody. I have two things to say:1) We've got some fun things coming up and they all involve more content. Among other things, we have two recording efforts upcoming. More to list...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:45:00 GMT

I figured I'd get this out of the way before we start touring

I figured this would help out in case one of us becomes a shotgun calling whore and we need rules regulating our bitching. Lemme know what you think.P.S. ladies, please pay special attention to ...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:33:00 GMT

In 72 Hours

In 72 Hours we'll be about 3/4 of the way through our set at the Hotel Utah Saloon in San Francisco. Where will you be?We've got 3 dudes traveling 400 miles to drink $3 beers, play 40 sweaty minutes ...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:23:00 GMT

Slap happy

Firstly, we all have tickets to Nine Inch Nails in May. Ohgodyesssss.Secondly, we finally booked a show at the Good Hurt! We've been wrangling dates that just didn't work forever. Now we've got one...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:38:00 GMT