So much going on here at Serious Business …
Being that this is the first post on this new site’s news page, I’ll just lay it on thick.
November and December 2007 have been insane. Recent projects include…
THE RED ROMANCE
Ridiculously tight, ultra catchy pop music. These touring pals of the Killers are perfecting a power pop platter of the highest quality. The band features former members of Ambulance Ltd but their sound is totally their own and its a shiny, muscular $100,000 sports car of a sound.
THE ROSEWOOD THIEVES
Here’s an amazing band committed to old school sounds. Think Dylan/The Band/Beach Boys/Stax. They recently waxed a handful of tunes with Travis at the desk for a forthcoming full length. They’ve already issued two EPs, one on their own and one on V2 Records.
LOOKER
Fresh off a successful UK tour, NYC’s queens of power pop returned to Serious Business with producer Erik Paparazzi of Cat Power’s Dirty Delta Blues band and Travis engineering to wax their second Serious Business single. This pairing is “Help Me Roada” / “Gates of the City.” Check out the first single, out now on Serious Business.
BRUNO WIZARD and REMARKABLE MAN (of the Homosexuals
Legendary UK post punk pioneer Bruno Wizard recently visited Serious Business backed up by Travis and Dave from The Unsacred Hearts, Mike and Phil from Apache Beat and Ahoi and also the lovely Neon and Verushka. Halsey Quemere engineered.
APACHE BEAT
Travis recently completed Apache Beat’s the second 7″ single for Canada’s Summer Lovers Unlimited Records The tunes are “Blood Thrills” and “The Western.”
CAPTAIN OF INDUSTRY
These guys packed up their van and drove all the way from rock and roll Valhalla of Dayton, Ohio to record with producer Noel Benford here at Serious Business. They tore through a million songs. A few of them featured horn work from a member of the Slackers.
EL JEZEL
After months and months of consistent toil, Travis and El Jezel are finally putting finishing touches on the band’s follow up to 2006’s Elements of Being Put Together.This one is going to be epic.
SOS
Vocal tracking is in its final stages as Travis wraps up production on the second record he’s made with deep-Queens hard rockers SOS. Metal lives!
BRETT CONTI
These have been some Colorado Kool-Aid fueled sessions. Mr. Conti play the piano and sings. Shit Cheese backs him up on the drums. They are just a duo. The record is ultra stripped down and everything is happening in analog-world.