<p>The upstate New York band <a href=”http://www.thefelicebrothers.com”><strong>The Felice Brothers</strong></a> will release a new album, <em>Life In The Dark</em>, through Yep Roc Records on <span data-term=”goog_1188615152″ tabindex=”0″>June 24</span> (available for <a href=”http://dbpmrecords.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=00b8e67e08d4492e74a013bd0&amp;id=5f2a9c629c&amp;e=70bdcb9286″ target=”_blank”>pre-order</a> now). Today the band debuts the lively, rousing “Aerosol Ball,” from the forthcoming release. With the track comes a video created by the band’s bassist Josh Rawson: an entertaining, re-purposed collage of stock footage from the 1950s and 60s, interspersing pin-up girls, boys stuffed in phone booths, mod-dancers and more.</p>
<p> <em>Life In The Dark </em>was recorded in a rented garage-turned-recording-studio on Letterbox Farm, a working farm in New York State’s verdant Hudson Valley in Columba County. This album follows The Felice Brothers’ 2014 release <em>Favorite Waitress</em>, which<em> American Songwriter</em> hailed as “a remarkably varied and well-paced collection of tunes.” The nine new songs on <em>Life In The Dark</em> find lyricist Ian Felice continuing to explore modern life in a complicated and divided America, through a cynical and occasionally heartbroken lens, in the tradition of songwriters like John Prine,&nbsp;Shane MacGowan and Michael Hurley.&nbsp;</p>
<p> Musically the band (Ian on guitars and vocals; his brother James on accordion, keyboards and vocals; Greg Farley on fiddle and Josh Rawson on bass) incorporates their expansive knowledge of American folk music — both its creators and what makes it so compelling and enduring — with other elements of contemporary music — classic rock and blues. The result, which has previously been dubbed “rowdy, vivid, moving and playful…just glorious” (<em>Uncut</em>), is in full-effect here on songs like “Sally,” “Plunder” and more.<br />
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Watch the video for “Aerosol Ball” <a href=”http://dbpmrecords.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=00b8e67e08d4492e74a013bd0&amp;id=ce2cc14582&amp;e=70bdcb9286″ target=”_blank”>HERE</a>.</p>
<iframe allowfullscreen=”” frameborder=”0″ height=”315″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/DlGZ5o4XwvY” width=”600″></iframe><p><em>Life In The Dark</em> was produced by The Felice Brothers, engineered by James Felice and mixed by Jeremy Bakofen and James Felice. It was mastered at Gateway Studios. David Estabrook plays drums.</p>