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Alternative 21/08/2017

NYC's Grunge-Punk Rockers Castle Black Release EP Trapped Under All You Know

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NYC's Grunge-Punk Rockers Castle Black Release EP Trapped Under All You Know
New York, NY (Top40 Charts) NYC's female fronted punk-rock/grunge outfit Castle Black released their new EP Trapped Under All You Know today, after a premiere on AXS. With gritty female vocals backed by powerful but masterfully layered instrumentation, their music demands to be heard. Reminiscent of famous acts such as Sleater-Kinney, The Dead Weather, Hole, Savages, and Bikini Kill, Castle Black brings an infusion of genres and influences to their music, hurtling through social anthems and pure emotion.

The album kicks straight into gear, with the first track "Seeing In Blue" providing a driving anthem, full of lively drums, hooky melodies and demanding lyrics. The track premiered earlier this month via The Big Takeover. The album's intriguing title, Trapped Under All You Know, comes as a line from the song "Blind Curtain". "That line/title was decided upon because it best represented the themes of this album and the trajectory of the songs as ordered on the album," shared vocalist/guitarist Leigh Celent.

Celent described the EP as a cohesive project, which provides a story experience when consumed in its entirety. Despite this purposeful intention, she also invites listeners to take away their own interpretations. "…while I may have written a song from a certain perspective, that doesn't mean the words can't be emblematic of other situations. There have been times that I've started writing a song about one thing, but by the time it was done, it was about something else, or a different perspective on the initial topic."

In addition to their talented instrumentals, Castle Black utilizes vocal harmonies heavily throughout. "It's been a running joke in the band, that if we want to add something outside of the three instruments, just ask Lisa to vocalize it! So, some of her vocal parts end up being these wordless vocals for this very reason and we like how it contributes to the overall vibe."

Trapped Under All You Know represents a growth for the band in many ways, and is the first album to utilize a synthesizer, in the track "Broken Bright Star". Celent said, "I wanted the start and end [of the track] to sound like someone was coming in and out of an alternate universe or something like that. The best way I could describe it was that I wanted a kind of static-y, helicopter, robotic sound. In fact, I think those are the exact words that I used to describe it to our engineer, Travis Harrison of Serious Business Records, who did some magical interpretations to nail it!"

The album art was designed by Tom Vasquez; familiar in working together, the band gave him full reign in his interpretation of their music and design for powerful and striking imagery. Celent said, "I think it's cool sometimes to see how someone else interprets your songs and ideas, especially in another medium, and this was a great example of doing just that."

The single "Blind Curtain" was first released as a limited edition split 7″ lathe cut record, by Leesta Vall Recordings in spring 2017. It was limited to 90 copies, made on a modified antique record cutting lathe from the 1950's. A limited number of vinyl pressings are still availble directly from the band.

Join Castle Black in celebrating with their EP release party at The Well in Brooklyn, NY on August 25. They'll be performing live alongside Giftshop, Crowd the Airwaves and Lighteater. Trapped Under All You Know is now availble, on Bandcamp, iTunes and all major digital retailers.

Upcoming Tour Dates:
August 25 - EP Release Show - The Well, Brooklyn, NY
August 26 - FirstLive session (live recording) - Brooklyn, NY
September 2 - Arlene's Grocery, New York, NY
September 9 - Ortlieb's, Philadelphia, PA
September 26 - Pianos, New York, NY
October 12 - Bowery Electric, New York, NY
October 28 - Lantern Hall, Brooklyn, NY
December 2 - 33 Golden, New London, CT

ABOUT CASTLE BLACK:
Castle Black is a Brooklyn-based rock trio, bringing a powerful and thunderous sound, full of hard-hitting jams, never sacrificing the hook. Described as drawing from punk, post-punk, grunge, alternative and new wave, Castle Black refuses to be pinned down to a genre. Each song careens through an almost stream of consciousness depiction of life stories, social anthems and raw emotions. Gritty female vocals, delicate back-up adornments, roaring drums, canny bass and guitar-forward hooks collide, staying in your head for days on end.

They have been described as "the kind of band you want to catch on the way up" (New York Music Daily), whose "sound is an inventive and stimulating mixture of genres," making "Castle Black's style one of a kind." (Indie Rock Café), Castle Black is "capturing the NY sound with a subdued, crunchy Garage-band sound with a slight L-7-esque edge to their own concoction." (Musically Fresh)

Their first EP, Find You There, was released in August 2015, with a follow-up single, Dark Light: A Plague Revisited, released in May 2016. Their second EP, Losing Forever, as well as their video for Dark Light, was released in October 2016. A limited-edition lathe-cut record for their single Blind Curtain was released in April 2017, on Leesta Vall Sound Recordings. Their third studio EP, Trapped Under All You Know, will be released on August 18th, 2017, to be followed by several music videos.

Castle Black has played several notable festivals, including Brooklyn's Northside Festival, NJ Shore Festival and Staten Island's PrideFest. They were selected through an audition process as one of a handful of female fronted groups for Summer on the Hudson's Make Some Noise Festival in 2017, which highlighted women musicians making an impact on the NYC music scene. They have opened for prestigious acts, including Richard Lloyd (of Television), Big D and the Kids Table and POD. Indie Rock Café selected Castle Black for their Best DIY and Indie Rock 2016 list. The band's shows have extended to Connecticut, Massachusetts, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and Washington DC. Their songs have been played on both domestic and international radio shows, including Strawberry Tongue Radio, Banks Radio Australia, Vulcan Sound Radio, Rock Radio UK, Radio Free Brooklyn, Radio KSCR, Lionheart Radio UK, Lucky Star Radio, Radio Tatras International, Kane FM, Valley FM 89.5, 3rd Strike Radio, Riviera FM and many more.






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