Wednesday, May 30, 2007

And we're moving on all cylinders...

So in the last week, we've gotten quite a lot accomplished setting up this CD release and we're getting more and more stoked with every passing day. We hope that it all lives up to our own expectations and those of everyone that's been waiting for us to release this CD. I, for one, cannot wait to share it with everyone. But, the real reason that I'm writing right now is to let you know that we have just posted a brand new website for everyone to check out. We are very happy with how it turned out and we are going to keep it regularly update with new content.

http://www.whitelightriot.com

Additionally, we have just started doing some video blogs, which we also plan on keeping up with as often as possible. Check it out and we will hopefully be seeing a lot of people at the upcoming Finnegan's Summerfest. This is going to be a crazy show and for more info on the twenty one bands in attendance, check out

http://www.finnegans.org

Until then, here is our first video blog. Enjoy.

-Mike

Saturday, May 19, 2007

CD RELEASE!!

Good news everyone!

We've finally secured a date for local release of our debut LP Atomism! It will be available at select locations in the Twin Cities, as well as on iTunes and our website, on June 19th, 2007 (we'll soon know more details about where else it will be avilalble). We're also planning a national release for August, but we wanted to treat our hometown and let everyone here have a sneak peak, though everyone everywhere can order it on iTunes or on our website. The album was recorded at Pachyderm Studio during the fall and early winter of 2006, and after months of waiting it will finally be locally available (full album information follows at the bottom of this post).

That said, we've scheduled our CD release show to be held Saturday, June 23rd at the Fineline in downtown Minneapolis. We've asked our friends in the Alarmists to join us in the celebration, and we're also having a great band from Chicago come up called the Villains of Verona. The event is 18+ and starts around 8 p.m. We'd love to pack the place, so be sure to clear this date now and tell all of your friends! We're very excited and hope that everyone can make it down.

Also, thanks to everyone who came out to the Red Carpet last night. There weren't too many of you, but we played one of our better sets and had a great time with those of you who stayed around to socialize, etc. We had a crazy night getting home, and almost didn't (Mark took a wrong turn and we had to do a lot of guessing to find the freeway . . . but all worked out well in the end).

Atomism Info:

Produced by: Brent Sigmeth and White Light Riot
Engineered by: Paul Marino and Brent Sigmeth
Mixed by: Brent Sigmeth
Mastered by: Bob Ludwig
Recorded at Pachyderm Studio, Cannon Falls, MN from 9/06 through 12/06

Tracklist:
1. Charlatan
2. Atomism
3. Out of Sight
4. Dive
5. Transit State
6. Grey Divide
7. In a Shotgun Whirlwind
8. Midway Souvenirs
9. Tourniquet
10. Choice Theory
11. Our Formative Capital
12. Forever In the West

- Joe