U-MELT NEWS

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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