 PHILADELPHIA, PA. (Canary Promo) - Milton and the Devils Party will celebrate the release of their debut CD on Saturday, December 11th at Grape Street Philadelphia (4100 Main St, in Manayunk). The CD release party will begin at 7:30pm with drink and food specials and the band will hit the stage at 8:30pm. Admission is $7 and 21+. For more information, call the venue at 215-483-7084. The band's debut full-length What Is All This Sweet Work Worth? is a perfect blend of the group's accessible pop melodies, smart and ironic sense of humor, and rock n' roll grit. Yes, you'll hear the common themes of love and relationships in Milton and the Devils Party's songs, but as frontman and bassist Daniel Robinson says, he's also most likely 'written the only pop song based on Book X of Paradise Lost.' What else would you expect from a band founded by two English professors? But don't get your dictionaries out just yet. The Philadelphia area based quartet has rock-n-roll roots and a love for great pop songs. As Jonathan Takiff of the Philadelphia Daily News wrote, 'Their lyrics have an edge, but the spirit of [the] songs...is more sarcastic punk than high-falutin poetics. And the band's propulsive, power pop music offers the sweet and sour whiff of an Elvis Costello or R.E.M. anthem.' The band got its start when Robinson and lead guitarist Mark Graybill met while pursuing their doctorates in literature at the University of South Carolina. Both later ended up at Widener University just outside of Philadelphia where they formed Milton and the Devils Party. The two teamed up with guitarist Pat Manley and drummer Martin Evans, imported from London's music scene, to complete the lineup. Recorded at Emerald City Studios in Cherry Hill, NJ What Is All This Sweet Work Worth? was produced by Harris London. The band performs regularly in Philadelphia and New York City and will be hitting other East Cost cities in 2005 in support of the record. Their new songs are already receiving airplay on such major Philly stations as Y-100 and WXPN, boding well for the success of the record.
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For more information, please contact:
Megan Wendell, Canary Promotion E: megan @ canarypromo.com
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