Hi everyone,
I’m happy to present my new album, titled THIS IS MY REVENGE. It’s been long in the making (years!) and I really hope you enjoy it. If not, well, I’ve got another one in the works for later this year so maybe you’ll like that one better!
THIS IS MY REVENGE by AARON POEHLER is available now via Bandcamp, iTunes, Amazon mp3, eMusic, Shockhound, Napster, Spotify, Nokia Music Store, and other purveyors of fine downloadable audio content. You can listen to the entire thing on the album’s Bandcamp page, and the press release is reproduced below.
Thanks for listening,
A
For Immediate Release – April 5, 2011
AARON POEHLER RELEASES THIS IS MY REVENGE
DIETRICH Projects San Diego and Family Scam Productions proudly present THIS IS MY REVENGE, the debut full-length studio album by critically acclaimed singer-songwriter-guitarist Aaron Poehler (ex-DAISY GLAZE)
April 5, 2011 (San Diego, CA) – As frontman and leader of 1990s-era Bloomington, Indiana alt-rock band DAISY GLAZE, AARON POEHLER helped craft the band’s landmark independent CD ONE WAY OUT. Featured in Option, High Times, MaximumRockNRoll, Fizz, Popwatch, Cake, Sound Affects, EYE, BAM!, Different Beat and other publications, ONE WAY OUT was described by John Barge (The Panics) in BC Magazine as “ambitious, soulful, paranoid, and analytical…fascinating…a compelling piece of work”; Jack Rabid at The Big Takeover wrote that ONE WAY OUT boasted “wired playing, hooks, and above-average lyrics…not bad at all”; Magnet‘s Bill Meyer simply stated, “the band’s exceptional”; while Flipside raved “One listen to this disc and I was sold…this disc sounds great…more than I could ask for!”
Now relocated to San Diego, former DAISY GLAZE singer/songwriter/guitarist/producer AARON POEHLER now returns with THIS IS MY REVENGE, his first new release in over a decade. Available right now, THIS IS MY REVENGE continues solidly in the template established by ONE WAY OUT, featuring pop music structures slathered with steaming layers of distorted guitar, combining everything from postpunk keyboard drone and seventies wah leads to folk strumming and metallic crunch into an aesthetic that successfully meshes slacker bedroom-pop delicacy with full-on, old school glam-rock power.
Regarding the effusive praise garnered by his former band’s breakout disc, Aaron commented: “Well, it’s nice when people say nice things about you or your work, but I don’t know how much that relates to this record. I didn’t really think about it while recording—I actually think REVENGE is a lot better record myself but you know, everyone says that. I’d think people who liked ONE WAY OUT will like this record, but The Big Takeover and High Times aside almost all of the magazines that covered Daisy Glaze are now as dead and buried as the band. I know some people are going to jump to conclusions about the album title,” Aaron notes, “But people are going to take it however they decide to. And really, the music as well. That’s sort of the point of it all, no?”
Aaron continues: “I don’t really know what people will think of [THIS IS MY REVENGE]—so much music today has been tweaked to within an inch of its life long before it ever reaches the listeners’ ears that you don’t even really know what the artist actually sounds like. This is definitely not that kind of thing–for better and for worse [laughs]. That said, I did go out of my way to include a fairly wide variety of music on REVENGE—rockabilly, hard psych, instrumental rock, improvisation, acoustic, etc.—and to make it a varied listening experience. I’m deploying every weapon in my arsenal! In the end, it is what it is, and if people like it, cool. If not, well, there’s plenty of other stuff out there.”
Better yet, there’s more to come: “Actually since getting back to making music regularly I’ve been having a blast; I’m already about a third to halfway through recording another album and I’m hoping to have this next one out within 2011 as well. THIS IS MY REVENGE is only the beginning. I’ll be posting new tracks to http://aaronpoehler.com as I go, so keep an eye tuned there for new developments…I’ve definitely got some surprises in the pipeline!”
THIS IS MY REVENGE by AARON POEHLER is available now via Bandcamp, iTunes, Amazon mp3, eMusic, Shockhound, Napster, Spotify, Nokia Music Store, and other purveyors of fine downloadable audio content.
AARON POEHLER downloadable resources:
Hear THIS IS MY REVENGE on the album’s Bandcamp page: http://aaronpoehler.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-my-revenge
FREE mp3s to stream/download: “Watch Yourself Disappear” & “This Is My Revenge”:
http://aaronpoehler.com/dl/Aaron_Poehler_-_Watch_Yourself_Disappear.mp3
http://aaronpoehler.com/dl/Aaron_Poehler_-_This_Is_My_Revenge.mp3
Hi-res album cover:
http://aaronpoehler.com/dl/Aaron_Poehler_-_This_Is_My_Revenge_cover_press.png
Hi-res 8×10 photo:
http://aaronpoehler.com/dl/Aaron_Poehler_-_This_Is_My_Revenge_promoshot_8x10.png
AARON POEHLER – THIS IS MY REVENGE Track Listing and Credits:
01 – Watch Yourself Disappear – ISRC QM-Y8G-11-00001
02 – If It Should Show Up On Its Own – ISRC QM-Y8G-11-00002
03 – Home To You – ISRC QM-Y8G-11-00003
04 – Metallic Eyes – ISRC QM-Y8G-11-00004
05 – Caution On The Wing – ISRC QM-Y8G-11-00005
06 – No Compromise – ISRC QM-Y8G-11-00006
07 – Palette Cleanser – ISRC QM-Y8G-11-00007
08 – Game Of Life – ISRC QM-Y8G-11-00008
09 – Not So Naive (Here We Go Again) – ISRC QM-Y8G-11-00009
10 – This Is My Revenge – ISRC QM-Y8G-11-00010
11 – It’s Coming – ISRC QM-Y8G-11-00011
12 – February Rainstorm – ISRC QM-Y8G-11-00012
All selections written by Aaron Poehler ©2011 and published by Family Scam ASCAP
Produced by Aaron Poehler
Recorded Clairemont Mobile Garage, San Diego California except “Not So Naive (Here We Go Again)” recorded The Aerie, University City and “Metallic Eyes” recorded DG Dungeon, Bloomington Indiana
Mastered by Tardon Feathered at Mr. Toad’s, San Francisco California
Album cover design and photograph “Seine Wall” by Aaron Poehler
8×10 promo photo credit: Robert Carrier
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Press inquiries are welcome! For more information, please contact DIETRICH Projects San Diego at dietrichsandiego@gmail.com.
