Originally Posted by GODMACHINE

Our new album is very in their vein. It's really, weird? If anything, I'd say it's a perfect mix of the vocals and guitars of Portugal. The Man, with the songwriting of Bright Eyes.

But in all honesty, I like to think we were as original as possible, it's just tough to not compare ourselves to artists we love, and in a sense, we are emulating them.

Well, if you pull it off, my hat is off to you. Definitely going to give it a listen now, if I remember to, haha.

Edit: Whaddya know, the RIYL is justified. My hat, if I were wearing a hat, is/would be off to you, sir(s).

Originally Posted by Spencer Control

Well, if you pull it off, my hat is off to you. Definitely going to give it a listen now, if I remember to, haha.

Edit: Whaddya know, the RIYL is justified. My hat, if I were wearing a hat, is/would be off to you, sir(s).

Thank you very much man, the CD is going to be I think $2 for about 20 studio recorded songs, but if you're not convinced it's worth the money, just remind me of the compliment, I shall email it to you free of charge.

That Classic Cars song is great, I love it, and now the RIYL has been explained, I can now listen to it without any expectations of sounding like any of those bands.

Originally Posted by sinclairgreen

That Classic Cars song is great, I love it, and now the RIYL has been explained, I can now listen to it without any expectations of sounding like any of those bands.

I'm glad you like it. Sincerely, that's a wicked old demo. I promise you will love the new CD, same goes for you, if you don't feel like springing $2 for the album, remind me you were around for the FMF. haha.

Would love to get feedback on our new single, "The Distant Past." Recorded with Jim Wirt (Incubus, Jack's Mannequin). Music video out next monday.

Escape Directors are the REAL DEAL ... just ran a feature of "The Distant Past" on my site:
http://bit.ly/lfV4j0

Can't wait for the full new EP in July ;)

That 'live' demo sounds good.

I just wish it wasn't marketed as 'live', because it's clearly not.

Thanks too all who checked out the Escape Route EP. Hope you guys are liking it!

Originally Posted by GODMACHINE

Thank you very much man, the CD is going to be I think $2 for about 20 studio recorded songs, but if you're not convinced it's worth the money, just remind me of the compliment, I shall email it to you free of charge.

Maybe we can do this thing where I buy the album and you email me a free copy anyway because that would be cool. Haha.

Edit: Yeah, I'm serious If you want to PM me when it drops, then?

Originally Posted by escapedirectors

Would love to get feedback on our new single, "The Distant Past." Recorded with Jim Wirt (Incubus, Jack's Mannequin). Music video out next monday.

The vocals on it sound so crisp and perfect! I love it! I wouldn't have put those 3 bands you have there in your RIYL but I can't think up another RIYL for you at the moment.

Originally Posted by GODMACHINE

That 'live' demo sounds good.

I just wish it wasn't marketed as 'live', because it's clearly not.

Thanks for the feedback, we are very transparent about what we do. The live demo was multi-tracked in one take (vocals tracked separate in one take due to bleed) and then being that we have one camera, we took turns taking video (3 takes / angles). It's as "live" as we can get it in our current setup Reference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06SUFhCrUtQ

Originally Posted by sinclairgreen

The vocals on it sound so crisp and perfect! I love it! I wouldn't have put those 3 bands you have there in your RIYL but I can't think up another RIYL for you at the moment.

Appreciate the kind words! Keep an eye out for the whole EP in July - the songs collectively embrace those main 3 influences which is why we put them as the RIYL. The video a few lines up might help show that too.

Keep rockin'

Originally Posted by Spencer Control

Maybe we can do this thing where I buy the album and you email me a free copy anyway because that would be cool. Haha.

Edit: Yeah, I'm serious If you want to PM me when it drops, then?

I'll tell you what, I'll email you a copy of the album without any of the extra stuff that come with it, like desktop wallpapers, studio chatter, a video or two, and some weird demos that just aren't good enough to be on the CD, and if you like the tracks enough, go buy the CD and get all the goodies. That way you're not buying it unless you actually like it, and really don't even worry about it.

I know all artists say 'it's not about the money'. But we literally have no overheads, so it doesn't matter. The money would be nice so we could improve our live equipment to play more shows and merch and stuff, but it's no concern. Money will come if we keep trying I suppose. We're still all young (19 - 20), so smoking pot in perhaps the raddest apartment (which is really just a rented room in some ladies house) will do for now.

Thanks for the interest, will absolutely PM you!

Originally Posted by GODMACHINE

I'll tell you what, I'll email you a copy of the album without any of the extra stuff that come with it, like desktop wallpapers, studio chatter, a video or two, and some weird demos that just aren't good enough to be on the CD, and if you like the tracks enough, go buy the CD and get all the goodies. That way you're not buying it unless you actually like it, and really don't even worry about it.

I know all artists say 'it's not about the money'. But we literally have no overheads, so it doesn't matter. The money would be nice so we could improve our live equipment to play more shows and merch and stuff, but it's no concern. Money will come if we keep trying I suppose. We're still all young (19 - 20), so smoking pot in perhaps the raddest apartment (which is really just a rented room in some ladies house) will do for now.

Thanks for the interest, will absolutely PM you!

That sounds awesome, bro. PM'ing you my email, then. I've got a bunch of friends that dig P.TM and so I'll spread the word about you guys, link them to the song download and stuff, how's that sound?