2/3/10 - U-Melt announces Spring West Coast
Dates and more!
We are very excited to announce U-Melt’s
first trip to the beautiful West Coast with stops in AZ and
CA, followed by our long awaited return to CO and a few stops
in the Midwest. The second leg of the Perfect
World Album Release Tour begins in the South
Wed. March 24th @ the Pour House Music Hall in Raleigh. The
next night we will be stopping in the home of our new record
label, Harmonized Records, to play the Emerald Lounge in Asheville,
NC followed by a stop in Charlotte at the Double Door Inn
Friday 3/26. The final stop in the south will find us returning
to Smiths Olde Bar in Atlanta, GA Saturday 3/27.
Then we embark out West for what is sure to be a memorable
and magical experience. Our first stop is in Tucson, AZ at
the Plush on Wed. 3/31 followed by the Goat Head Saloon in
Mesa, AZ on April Fools Day. 4/2 will find us in the cool
San Diego weather at Winston’s, followed by the Mint
in L.A. Sat. 4/3. We are very excited to be in San Francisco
on Sun. 4/4 at the Connecticut Yankee followed by a trip out
to Lake Tahoe to play the Red Room at the Crystal Bay Club
Mon. 4/5.
Next we trek back to the Rocky Mountain state for college
night at Hodi’s Half Note in Ft. Collins, CO Wed. 4/7
followed by a visit at the University of Colorado Boulder
for a day set 4/8. We are excited to announce we will be returning
once again to Quixote’s for 2 nights 4/9-10! Friday
night will be an evening with U-Melt and Saturday night we
will be joined by DJ Harry and Zobomaze with U-Melt closing
the night.
Finally we will close Spring tour in the Midwest with stops
in St. Louis Wed. 4/14 at the Old Rock House and a TBA show
4/15. 4/16 will find us returning to Reggies Rock Club in
Chicago and 4/17 we will wrap up the Spring leg of the Perfect
World Tour at Otto’s in Dekalb, IL.
Please be sure to
purchase your tickets for the Perfect World
Album Release Party at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC as we expect
this to sell out.
Also, you can join U-Melt in rehearsal (dubbed “Camp
U-Melt” out in Western MD) Sunday through Wednesday
(2/7-2/10) on
twitter with regular updates and pictures from inside
the cabin.
Pre-Order Perfect
World here.
Perfect World Tour begins Friday
2/12 in Ithaca. Thanks for paying attention and we can’t
wait to see you on the road!
Perfect World Spring Dates
3/24/10 Wed. Pour House Music Hall Raleigh, NC
3/25/10 Thurs. The Emerald Lounge Asheville, NC
3/26/10 Fri. Double Door Inn Charlotte, NC
3/27/10 Sat. Smiths Olde Bar Atlanta, GA
3/31/10 Wed. Plush Tucson, AZ
4/1/10 Thurs. Goat Head Saloon Mesa, AZ
4/2/10 Fri. Winston’s San Diego, CA
4/3/10 Sat. The Mint Los Angeles, CA
4/4/10 Sun. The Connecticut Yankee San Francisco, CA
4/5/10 Mon. Crystal Bay Club (Red Room) Crystal Bay, NV
4/7/10 Wed. Hodi’s Half Note Ft. Collins, CO
4/8/10 Thurs. University of CO Boulder Boulder, CO (early
show)
4/9/10 Fri. Quixote’s Denver, CO
4/10/10 Sat. Quixote’s Denver, CO
4/11/10 Sun. Old Time Pub Steamboat Springs, CO
4/14 Wed. Old Rock House St. Louis, MO
4/15 Thurs. TBA
4/16 Fri. Reggies Rock Club Chicago, IL
4/17 Sat. Otto’s Dekalb, IL
For full show details and more info check out our tour
dates page.
1/28/10 - Join U-Melt Rehearsals this weekend
on Twitter and Facebook
We’re excited to invite you to join U-Melts
rehearsals this weekend as the guys prepare for the Perfect
World Album release tour. Two weeks ago we followed U-Melt
out to McHenry, MD to rehearse in a cozy cabin tucked away
in the mountains. With the crisp wind sliding down the ridge,
the guys worked through upcoming album Perfect World, some
newer tracks, and a few new covers. This weekend they return
to the cabin for another chapter in this new adventure. Don’t
miss out on this weekend’s surprises and be sure to
receive updates through Twitter
and Facebook.
Please note the recent change in our Southern
dates for early spring tour. Thursday, March 25th, 2010 has
been moved from the Pour House in Charleston, SC to the Emerald
Lounge in beautiful Asheville, NC. We’re sorry to not
be playing the Pour House this night, but will make it up
to Charleston soon. We are very excited to be returning to
Asheville home of our new record label, Harmonized Records,
on the Perfect World Album Release tour. (Pre-Order
Perfect World here)
Tickets for the Bowery Ballroom album release
party on February, 20th 2010 are still on sale. We are VERY
excited to be making our debut at the Bowery in our hometown
of New York City for this special evening celebrating the
release of Perfect World. Be sure to RSVP
the event through Facebook for a chance to win a pair
of free tickets. Consider the Source will be kicking things
off, so be sure to arrive early. Tickets
can be purchased through Ticketmaster at this link.
Check here in these next few weeks for more
spring dates and remember to visit us at
MySpace to stream tracks from upcoming album Perfect World.
Now streaming is dance friendly “Disillusion.”
Thanks for paying attention and we can’t
wait to see you this weekend!
12/30/09 - "Elysian Fields" now streaming, Perfect
World Bonus Track, New SBD's, and more!
We hope you had a great holiday and braved this winter weather.
We are very excited to have NYE off this year and while we
wish we were spending it with you, we are happy to have this
extra rehearsal time. We have a few updates for you to bring
you into 2010 U-Melt style!
We have just released two crisp SBD’s on our live downloads
page. Sullivan Hall 8/8/09 and Ithaca 10/2/09 are available
and more will be released soon! What better way to spend that
extra Holiday scratch then on never before heard U-Melt SBD’s!
Currently we are streaming fan favorite “Elysian Fields”
from U-Melt’s upcoming album release Perfect World.
We have six more tracks to be streamed the next six weeks
leading up to February 23rd, 2010. Each week's album preview
track can be found here: http://www.myspace.com/umelt.
Every Tuesday, a new track will be available to stream, so
be sure to visit back every week!
Fans still have the chance to earn a bonus track from the
Perfect World studio sessions. If 150 pre-orders of the Perfect
World are sold by January 15th, 2010, we will make a bonus
track available. You can pre-order your copy of U-Melt’s
highly anticipated third studio release
here.
On February 20th we will be holding our official Perfect
World Album Release Party at the Bowery Ballroom in New York
City. Joining us will be our Brooklyn neighbors Consider the
Source. Please be sure to purchase your advanced tickets to
the show and make sure you don’t get shut out of this
special occasion. Tickets for Bowery Ballroom are now
on sale here.
12/9/09 - Changing Tides: A New Chapter for U-Melt...New
Guitarist, Perfect World Album Release/National Tour, Holiday
Gifts, and more!
A band is a living organism: changing, adapting, and growing.
As one ebbs another flows and we use every experience as a
reminder of where we have been and a forecast of where we
are going. It is with much sadness that U-Melt announces the
departure of guitarist, Rob Salzer, from U-Melt. Rob helped
create U-Melt out of a440 in 2003 and has enjoyed all of U-Melt’s
adventures over the last 6 years. Together, we have had the
pleasure of creating both unique music and a passionate fan
base in cities around the country. Rob has decided he needs
to attend to both his medical needs (not too serious, don’t
worry!) and new personal endeavors. While we are sad to see
our dear friend go, we admire Rob for taking care of himself
and we are by his side during this process. The band completely
supports his decision as we know it is right for him at this
time. Rob is always a member of the U-Melt family and we look
forward to collaborating with him in both the studio and on
the stage in the future.
Moving forward to the next exciting chapter for U-Melt,
it is with great pleasure that we announce that long time
friend of the band, Kevin Griffin, will be U-Melt’s
new guitarist beginning in February for the Perfect World
Album Release Tour (dates below). Kevin has shared the stage
with U-Melt a number of times over the years and solidified
his place in the family the last few weeks by proving his
impeccable taste and timing during the audition process. According
to U-Melt's keyboardist, Zac Lasher, "Kevin's sense of
timing and space are fantastic, and he can make some great
sounds with his guitar rig. When we were playing together
the other day, he was doing some textural stuff that absolutely
blew my mind. He brought a new sound and energy to the music
that had Bendy, G, and I looking up and laughing because it
sounded so damn good. " He has been a staple on the NY/NJ
live music scene for many years, sometimes juggling as many
as 5 different and diverse bands at a time and playing 200
shows a year. Those of you that have been able to catch The
Point or Reckoning can imagine how excited we are to add his
extensive experience and great talent to U-Melt. In addition
to playing a captivating guitar, Kevin studied jazz woodwinds
and audio recording tech at the same school as Adam and Rob.
We are very excited for the multi-faceted approach Kevin will
be adding to U-Melt’s sound along with his spirited
song writing skills, impressive catalogue of covers and years
of musical experience on the road. (N)U-Melt in 2010!
We thank our fans for their support and their patience these
last few months. We know you will all help us welcome our
new spectacular guitarist to the band. As the tide shifts
U-Melt has a lot of exciting news for 2010. First, we will
be streaming one track from U-Melt’s upcoming album,
Perfect World, over the next 10 weeks on our MySpace
page . Perfect World will be released in stores
nationally via Harmonized Records on February 23, 2010 and
we'll be celebrating it's release with a party in our hometown
of New York City at the Bowery Ballroom! As each week passes,
we'll replace the studio track in Myspace with new one. So,
be sure to check in every week for a taste of Perfect World
and other exciting news on unreleased outtakes and new songs
with Kevin Griffin. Finally, get ready for the holidays U-Melt
style! In the coming weeks we will be releasing a number of
new crisp SBD recordings through our very own
U-Tunes live download service. If you’re looking
for the perfect present for that friend that has everything,
you can rest assured they do not have these unreleased recordings.
Be sure to join us on the Perfect World tour as we launch
a new era of U-Melt.
Kevin, welcome to the band.
Perfect World National Tour
Winter Leg
2/12 Fri Castaway’s Ithaca, NY
2/13 Sat Nietzsche’s Buffalo, NY
2/18 Thurs The Wheelhouse Narragansett, RI
2/19 Fri The North Star Philadelphia, PA
2/20 Sat The Bowery Ballroom NY, NY Album Release Party!
2/25 Thurs 8x10 Club Baltimore, MD
2/26 Fri Sherman Theater Stroudsburg, PA
2/27 Sat Harpers Ferry Allston, MA
3/4 Thurs Nectar’s Burlington, VT
3/5 Fri Revolution Hall Troy, NY
3/6 Sat TBA
Spring Leg
3/24 Wed The Pour House Music Hall Raleigh, NC
3/25 Thurs The Pour House Charleston, SC
3/26 Fri The Double Door Charlotte, NC
3/27 Sat Smith’s Olde Bar Atlanta, GA
More nationally scheduled spring dates to be announced in
the coming weeks.
11/15/09 - U-Melt Signs With Harmonized Records,
New Album Perfect World To Be Released Nationally
on 2/23/10
Brilliantly capturing U-Melt’s amazing ability to
shatter musical boundaries and transcend genre classification,
Perfect World, U-Melt’s eagerly anticipated
third studio album will soon be released on Harmonized Records.
Recorded in their home base of Brooklyn, New York within the
confines of their self-constructed studio, Perfect World will
capture your imagination and commune with the existential
part of your soul that responds to mind-expanding music played
by a band whose creativity knows no limits.
Consisting of 10 road tested tracks, the carefully crafted
music and philosophical lyrics of Perfect World shows
off U-Melt’s inimitable skill in its finest form. It
is a rare band indeed that can navigate the intricate twists
and progressive rock turns of “Panacea," "Question
Matters" and “Elysian Fields,” offer up the
eminently danceable riffs of “Pura Vida” and “Clear
Light” and gorgeously imbue the title track with a warily
optimistic idealism. With a national release date of February
23, 2010, the inescapable rock and roll energy and dance grooves
of U-Melt's Perfect World will move your psyche as well as
your feet.
In February of 2010, U-Melt will kick off their “Perfect
World Tour” which will carry the band across the nation
and bring them to a city and venue near you. Dates, places
and times will be forthcoming on U-Melt.com.
In the meantime, U-Melt will perform their final show of 2009
on December 4th at Sullivan Hall in New York City. The show
is a late night Post Phish show following Phish's final night
at Madison Square Garden. To purchase advanced tickets, please
click
here.
9/28 - U-Melt Wormtown Sets Now Available
For Download at Digitalsoundboard.net
On Saturday, Sept. 19th, U-Melt performed two sets at the
Wormtown Music Festival in Greenfield, MA, including a main
stage set which included the performance of The Police album
"Synchronicity" in its entirety and a late night
set in the brand new Wormtown Cabin. Both of U-Melt's set
from Wormtown are now available for download at Digitalsoundboard.net.
9/18 - Two New Summer Tour Shows Now Available
on U-Tunes
U-Melt has made available two new Summer Tour '09 shows at
the U-Tunes store, including the palindrome show from Revolution
Hall in Troy, NY on 7/10/09, and the Phanphest set from 8/22/09.
To check these shows out, as well as all of the available
U-Melt live shows at the U-Tunes store, please click
HERE.
2/3/09 - Jambase Reviews U-Melt's 1/24 Higher
Ground Show
"As eclectic as the music that falls under
the umbrella term "jam" is, the myriad of jam bands
touring today makes it hard for artists on the scene to differentiate
themselves from the rest of the pack. This is precisely the
task U-Melt is currently faced with. I went down to Higher
Ground to find out just how well this New York based foursome
accomplishes that task. So, are they successful in this endeavor?
After two sets worth of their remarkably tight jams, impressive
compositions and surprisingly soulful and profound lyrics,
the answer is a resounding yes."
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reading Kevin Schwartzbach's review on Jambase.com -->
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