PELA

Rock

Brooklyn, New York
United States

WEB

MySpace

Worlds-fair Records

Componentes:

Billy McCarthy- Vocals, Guitar
Eric Sanderson- Bass, Vocals
Nate Martinez- Guitar
Tomislav Zovich- Drums, Vocals

Bio recogida en su web:

Pela is an American rock & roll band. At a time when the word 'America' has never been more fraught with meaning, songs that speak to our basic feelings and emotions about life could never be more resonant. Lost amongst all the geo-political tumult are the stories of every day America; the aches and pains and the beautiful possibilities. Yet amidst all the turmoil and uncertainty, new stories are being written and told by a new generation of American bands. Pela is clearly one of those voices.

Long based in Brooklyn, New York but hailing from the hinterlands of New York city and California, Pela are working class artists who have struggled nobly to pursue their dream of making music, be it busking in the metros of New York and Europe, selling neckties in Times Square, tending dive bars, catering food, doing carpentry, working in the A/V department at a major label or playing polka at Croatian weddings. Along the way, various members have put themselves through college, learned to play multiple instruments, studied jazz, toured Europe with other bands, lived in Africa, learned other languages, consumed a lot of beer, had some teeth knocked out and knocked out a few of their own.

Guided by the voices of Bruce Springsteen, Hubert Selby, Husker Du, Raymond Carver, The Replacements, Andre Dubus, The Pixies, Wilco, and The Hold Steady, amongst others, Pela's brand of pastoral punk has been beautifully described as equal parts desperation and inspiration, which they have masterfully crafted into a signature sound. Their upcoming debut album, Anytown Graffiti, is a prism of songs reflecting the broken love, reckless hope, confusion, celebration, isolation, discovery, addiction, loss, small town stares and big city angst of American life through the eyes of 4 young men uncompromisingly living it. Achingly imploring melodies and infectious hooks permeate crowd favorites like "Lost to the Lonesome", "Tenement Teeth", and "Waiting on the Stairs", while the near orchestral grace and detailed narrative of "Cavalry" is as uniquely compelling a composition as the fragile overture "Your Desert's Not a Desert At All". These are songs that Pela has spent a lifetime writing, anthems for any town in New York, California, and everywhere in between and beyond.

Pela has toured ambitiously in America over the past 2 years, playing in any room that would have them, and rewarding audiences with a passionate, and occasionally explosive, live show. Along the way they have shared stages with The Flaming Lips, Norah Jones, Sleater- Kinney, Mission of Burma, Devendra Banhart, The National, The Decemberists, Gomez, Rainer Maria, and others, earning a devoted and passionate following in the process. They have previously released 2 EP's, All in Time on Brassland in 2005, which received rave reviews, and in fall 2006 self-released an iTunes-only EP, Exit Columbia Street. They are also featured in the upcoming documentary, Rockin' Brooklyn, alongside TV on the Radio, Coco Rosie, The National, Vietnam, The Big Sleep and others. Their song "Episodes" was featured in a recent episode of the NBC TV show Scrubs, and they have had several tracks licensed for compilations. Pela will be touring the world in support of their new album.
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"Amazing live, rock-solid in your headphones, and positively sinful blasting out your car windows on a day such as this. Pela's music is made of 100uplifting, thrilling, and beautiful rock sounds, and after you try it, you'll love the difference over your normal brand of rock."- Music For Robot

Discografia:

-Anytown Graffiti (Label:Great Society, 24 April 2007)



1. Waiting On The Stairs
2. Lost To The Lonesome MP3
3. Drop Me Off
4. Trouble With River Cities, The
5. Cavalry
6. Song Writes Itself
7. Your Desert's Not A Desert At All
8. Tenement Teeth
9. Rooftops - (Moth Song Outro)
10. Anytown Graffiti
11. 7th And 17th

PUEDES ESCUCHAR EL DISCO ENTERO AQUI, ahi también encontrarás las letras y más información.

-All in Time [EP] (Brassland Records, May 17 2005)



2. Episodes (Diphenhydramine) MP3

Otros MP3s:

-Present (MP3 via Spin.com)
"Present", from the iTunes-only "Exit Columbia Street" EP
-Lonesome Hearts (Cassettes Won't Listen Remix) MP3

Videos:

-Cavalry (LIVE)

A live video for "Cavalry" by Pela from their new EP "Exit Columbia Street",available on iTunes. Album includes Cavalry as well as Lost to the Lonesome.



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-Waiting at the stairs (LIVE) (Opening for The Flaming Lips) (YouTube)
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Pela: Trouble With River Cities

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De su EP
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