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Fourteen months ago, in a cheap hotel room on the outskirts of Bangkok, drummer Danny Scull emailed a video of
himself,singing, to his oldest friend and band mate Michael Corbett. The sound quality was terrible, and Scull had been awake
foralmost three days. For some musicians, inspiration can strike at any time, and this is exactly how Midnight Spin
operates.Corbett crammed the lyrics, sped off to a Manhattan recording studio, and laid down the blistering final vocal track
for theband’s debut album Don’t Let Me Sleep, due out January 15.
Not that this is anything new for them. ...read more
Fourteen months ago, in a cheap hotel room on the outskirts of Bangkok, drummer Danny Scull emailed a video of
himself,singing, to his oldest friend and band mate Michael Corbett. The sound quality was terrible, and Scull had been awake
foralmost three days. For some musicians, inspiration can strike at any time, and this is exactly how Midnight Spin
operates.Corbett crammed the lyrics, sped off to a Manhattan recording studio, and laid down the blistering final vocal track
for theband’s debut album Don’t Let Me Sleep, due out January 15.
Not that this is anything new for them. The two friends have been writing songs, breaking amps, and generally forging
amusical bond since their days in middle school having grown up together on the north side of Washington DC. However,
itwasn’t until 2008 when they washed up on the shores of Brooklyn that Midnight Spin began to take shape.
Originallyconceived as an alt-rock four-piece, fate and chaos led them to enlist fellow NYC newcomers Ben Waters on bass
andguitarist Jim Terranova. Before long, keyboardist Jeremy Cohen was lured from Boston, and the band has been proving it
outon the road ever since. By 2012, Midnight Spin was ready to heed the call of the recording studio and answer with a
fewCorbett banshee screams of their own.
Produced by Justin Gerrish (Vampire Weekend, the Strokes, Weezer), Don’t Let Me Sleep is the result of endless bleary-
eyedpractice sessions and late night stumbling across the East River that has inspired and yielded a full-length album worthy
of itsname. From Cohen spacing the record with wurlitzers and organs to Scull bashing it out like the Grohl of yore, the
twelve-song LP combines 90s alternative and punk energy with modern indie elements from their Brooklyn home. As
Consequence ofSound writes, “Imagine if Foo Fighters somehow grew up as fans of early the Killers with a little of the Strokes
tossed in forflavor.” It’s an album that just can’t stop chasing the night.
Don’t Let Me Sleep scrapes together everything you once loved about rock music and makes it hum again like a dirty,
littlenoise-box from the future. Catch the band on tour in a city near you. More dates to be announced shortly. « hide |
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