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Press
"My sister started to inexplicably beat her dog upon first listening, while my boy Rob Alberino claims the music led him to the Virgin Mary. Me? I just like to get in my ride, crank it up and drive far." - All About Jazz
"...Their stage presence is so bright and heartfelt, bundles of swirling basslines and triumphant hooks; each member of the sizeable group (6-7 people at a time) is just rocking in their orbit, together composing the perfect soundtrack for setting off into the world on a great adventure. Immediately familiar melodies that stick themselves in your pocket to sing later." - - B.A.G. Magazine
Little Bullets has this amazing ready for an adventure type of feel....I’m telling you once the harmonies kick in I promise you will be sold or your money back guaranteed." - We Do It Right Magazine
...If this new material is any indication of what to expect from the debut release, we might have an incredibly good start to 2009 on our hands. - Milk Milk Lemonade
"On 'to the west goodbye'...The song begins like a Drift song (ambient trumpet post-rock) then the guitar and glock pick up and they instantly morph into bizarro-pop, something akin to The Decemberists or Neutral Milk Hotel. About halfway through, they kick it up a notch and almost sound like Calexico rocking out with Dinosaur Jr. (call me stupid all you want, but that’s what I’m hearing). And then come full-circle to The Album Leaf ambient complete with vocal sampling and all sorts of electronic distortion. And this is all in one song. All I know is, I have the epic, 7 minute, genre-expansive song on repeat while I’m writing and it’s making this moth in my room go insane, so it must be sick (the music that is)…" - David Chaitt
"My sister started to inexplicably beat her dog upon first listening, while my boy Rob Alberino claims the music led him to the Virgin Mary. Me? I just like to get in my ride, crank it up and drive far." - All About Jazz
"...Their stage presence is so bright and heartfelt, bundles of swirling basslines and triumphant hooks; each member of the sizeable group (6-7 people at a time) is just rocking in their orbit, together composing the perfect soundtrack for setting off into the world on a great adventure. Immediately familiar melodies that stick themselves in your pocket to sing later." - Bethlehem Above Ground
"Little Bullets has this amazing ready for an adventure type of feel....I’m telling you once the harmonies kick in I promise you will be sold or your money back guaranteed." - We Do It Right Magazine
"Do yourself a favor and drench yourself in sound." - Insomnia Radio
"...If this new material is any indication of what to expect from the debut release, we might have an incredibly good start to 2009 on our hands." - Milk Milk Lemonade
"On 'to the west goodbye'...The song begins like a Drift song (ambient trumpet post-rock) then the guitar and glock pick up and they instantly morph into bizarro-pop, something akin to The Decemberists or Neutral Milk Hotel. About halfway through, they kick it up a notch and almost sound like Calexico rocking out with Dinosaur Jr. (call me stupid all you want, but that’s what I’m hearing). And then come full-circle to The Album Leaf ambient complete with vocal sampling and all sorts of electronic distortion. And this is all in one song. All I know is, I have the epic, 7 minute, genre-expansive song on repeat while I’m writing and it’s making this moth in my room go insane, so it must be sick (the music that is)…" - DavidChaitt.com - NMF
Discography
New Madrid Faults - "Concerning Small Town Aberration" 2009 - Ropeadope Digital
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Bio
New Madrid Faults have been cultivating a unique presence on the East Coast for the past year, creating music and art, publishing underground literature, and magnetically-pulling like-minded artists and musicians to their sprightly Pennsylvania valley. It was with one spring '08 demo that attention and praise from Ropeadope Records (Brooklyn), was won, leading to an on-the-spot signing. Their debut album "Concerning Small Town Aberration", constant writing/recording, and tendency to fiercely traverse the Eastern U.S. has earned them national recognition with some help from playing major festivals like the All Good Music Festival, Riverfusion, and SXSW Music Conference. And they were ready for anything with all they've experienced in previous bands including Gertie Fox (6 U.S. tours, Single w/ Yep Roc, LA/OC Weekly Featured Band), Insidious Rays (Music used in Foreign Films + Feature in New Kingdom Music Conference), and The Octave Below (Artist To Watch - Relix Magazine).
Co-existing Bethlehem Above Ground collective is also the brain-child of Bethlehem locals and New Madrid Faults member Matt M. who together started the D.I.Y. performance/rehearsal/art venue and recording studio appropriately named "Above Ground Audio Labs" which has recently received national press on the waster.com, jambase.com, and provided the backdrop for music video shoots for Settle (Epitaph) and New Madrid Faults while hosting underground bands from all over the U.S. as well as Sweden and Germany.
As if this wasn't enough, a quarterly physical zine was in order. B.A.G. zine was born covering everything from ground-breaking art feats around the country, inspired personal RANTS and playlists, album and live show reviews, and local happenings, to local politics, and anything else pulling at the teeth of the people.
Are we still talking about a band? Yes....New Madrid Faults is the full package; They create and capture music, review music, and host musicians from anywhere in the world in their Bethlehem Pennsylvania respite. This is a true testament to how art survives through uncertain times and climates when driven by people of conviction and certainty...
...Keep an eye out; they aren't going anywhere without you.
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