Also, make sure to drop by Muzzle of Bees and check out Ryan's video of The White Rabbits performing Bob Dylan's "Maggie's Farm" at the High Noon Saloon last night.
But while you're still here, you might as well check out our featured artist for the day, Maritime...
[From the article "Time is Ripe for Maritime Members," posted in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel May 27, 2004] The Promise Ring, one of Milwaukee's most stylistically varied bands as well as one of its most internationally visible, didn't so much break up as come to a logical stop.
After touring the 2002 swan song, "Wood / Water," the Ring's frontman, Davey von Bohlen, and its drummer, Dan Didier, spent a few months figuring out what to do next.
Dismemberment Plan bassist Eric Axelson was pondering the same life decision after the dissolution of that D.C. band. By 2003, von Bohlen, Didier and Axelson had solidified into the core of Maritime...[continue reading]
The songs on Heresy and the Hotel Choir are among the best any of these fellas have written in any of their bands, and they’re so unabashedly crackling with energy that if you’re not jiggling in your seat a little bit right now, you might very well have some kind of disease that makes you sit still. “Hours That You Keep”—frantic. “Be Unhappy”—mature, but not in that gross way. “For Science Fiction”—expansive in a way they’ve never been. “Pearl”—huge. Seriously, fire up your popguns and join the choir. Robe not necessary, but Maritime won’t turn you away if you wanna wear one. They’re just that swell -- Josh Modell, professional journalist, 2 July 07
Our friends at Riot Act Media sent us two new tracks off the upcoming Maritime record, Heresy and the Hotel Choir, set for release on Oct 16. Check them out below:
Maritime - "Guns of Navarone" from Heresy and the Hotel Choir
Maritime - "Science Fiction" from Heresy and the Hotel Choir
Previously release material:
Maritime - "Calm" from We, the Vehicles
Maritime - "Parade of Punk Rock T-shirts" from We, the Vehicles
Maritime - "Glass Floor" from Sleep Around
Maritime - "A Night Like This" from Sleep Around
Maritime website