Early in 2008, at 2am one morning, floating up from a dead end street, a new blend of music was creeping through the alleyways of the city.
With a desire to do something different, past members of Tomorrow Comes in Silence and Stylus had started to explore the beats and melodies that were tangled around the edges of the late night city. Dave’s drums found the groove, Dan’s bass became funkier, Shaun invented melodic catchy piano tunes, and Luke’s soulful singing made toes tap, but still something was missing.
The band enticed Andrew (5 Star Fallout) to join them, the only guitarist in the city able to take the melodies and produce soaring catchy guitar riffs, injecting rock and adding glamour. And in the dark bars of the city, the people danced.
29 Blackbirds create music that escapes stereotyping and spans genres, playing rocking melodic tunes that soar to the rooftops and lift the crowd to their feet.
2 AM, the first EP from 29 Blackbirds is released on the 25th April 2009. Six songs that pulse with the highs and lows of the city, engineered and produced by Tui-award winning Dave Rhodes. These songs will take you from dark anticipation of the night, to dancing in underground bars at 2am wishing the night would go on forever, to squinting in the sunrise on the rooftop when the time comes to give the city back to the dayshift.
It’s not always easy to find a CD store at 2 am, so the EP is available online throughout the night at:
- iTunes
- http://www.amplifier.co.nz/
And at all live shows during the upcoming 29 Blackbirds nationwide tour.
CHECK OUT OUR NEW YOUTUBE CHANNEL - www.youtube.com/29blackbirds
