We’re thrilled to celebrate the debut of our second LP “Moment In Time” at this official release show! Join us along with See You In The Funnies and Dear Agony as we unite for a monumental night of rock in the Southgate House Revival. We’ll be performing new music from our 13-song LP that’s been years in the making. A special light show is being coordinated for our set that will dazzle your senses as we rock the new music together. We’ll have an assortment of new merch on hand from tees to lyric books, plus copies of the new album on CD and vinyl. Preview and pre-order the goods at liftthemedium.com/funds. We’ve been waiting a long time to release this album and know you have too. Please spread the word and we’ll see everyone on 8.19 for this special union of music and spirits!
Lift the Medium formed in Cincinnati, Ohio in June of 2013. Founding members Joey Vasselet, brothers Jake and Joe Bartone and Justin Kennedy set a goal to create powerful music that would strike a positive chord in people and shine a light on mankind.
Their debut album Mastermind was released in June of 2014 and the follow-up single Fact of the Matter was released in the summer of 2015. The band is currently working on their second major release (spring 2017) at Sonic Lounge studios with new bassist LJ Lillie. The band is working on two tours across the country, a major CD release and a high-end video for their next single.
What does the band name mean? In its truest form, Lift the Medium means exactly what it says: be better than average, better than middle, be better than you. You can project a better version of yourself when you’re lifted. Music is the vessel.
“We don’t have to buy what they sell.” It’s a lyric from Sound&Shape’s new EP but it could also be seen as an ethos the band has clung to for the length of its career. Starting off in a time where Rock And Roll was seen as almost passé and practically unmarketable, the band saw a point on the horizon and has worked tirelessly to reach it. An artistic vision based on both brutal honesty are theatric artifice, Sound&Shape’s body of work speaks as a testament to the belief in the transformative power of music, Rock and Roll specifically.
A mostly straight line can be drawn from the band’s ambitious debut record, “Where Machines End Their Lives,” through the “Love Electric” EP, to the more straightforward “Now Comes The Mystery” EP and the second proper album, “Hourglass.” With their third full length, 2014’s “Bad Actors” they went further afield in all directions and reached new personal songwriting heights. Now they’ve come to “Peasants,” a 5 song EP that takes the band’s sound and again elevates it to new levels. Tightly packed musically, with lyrics relatable on both a personal and socio-political level, this EP is the next natural step in their evolution.
After having been a 3 piece since their first album, Ryan Caudle (guitar, vocals), Gaines Cooper (bass, vocals) and Grant Bramlett (drums) brought in Chris Hurst on second guitar to fill out the sound both live and in the studio. With “Peasants” ready for release, the horizon looks bright and the road ahead looks long and exciting.
Smoke Signals… are a Newport, Kentucky based trio formed in 2010. They started touring in 2011 and in 2012 they began releasing a series of singles. First a covers maxi-single, 9195, was released in the summer of 2012 and then the single, “Silent War,” was released in the fall, both issued by And Recordings. An EP, The Collapse, was released in March, 2013 on And Recordings, then re-released in August on Phratry Records. Smoke Signals… are slated to release a 7" via Phratry Records in early 2014.
Featuring members of And Recordings Artists: Ethicist, Sweet Ray Laurel, Silver Bridge Disaster, Elks On Acid, Menarche and Good Night Noises.