BURBANK, CA. (Brian Bumbery/ Warner Bros. Records Publicity/ www.headautomatica.com) - Warner Bros. Records'
Head Automatica will release their sophomore album, "Popaganda," on June 6th. The anthemic first single and video from the record is "Graduation Day." The clip, directed by Tony Petrossian, hearkens back to the '80s era John Hughes genius - breaking down and demystifying high school cliques and classifications, while looking towards the future.
Head Automatica is Daryl Palumbo (vocals, live instrumentation) Jessie Nelson (keyboards), Jarvis Morgan Holden (bass), Larry Gorman (drums) and Craig Bonich (guitar). The band creates music that boasts soaring hooks and melodic, memorable songs from start to finish.
"We're an electronic cock-rock band, so you're going to get a good show and it's going to sound stellar," says Palumbo, who was the frontman of hardcore stalwarts Glassjaw. "'Popaganda' is more musical than anything I've ever embarked on in my life. It's very melodic - we're drawing a lot from the Beatles-era backbeat sound, as well as the mod-revival of the late '70s."
MTV added "Graduation Day" today to both MTV and MTV2 and the band will be featured in MTV's "Discover and Download" program where new talent is cultivated and embraced. The video has also graduated to Magna Cum Laude rotation at mtvU. "Graduation Day" is currently in rotation on Fuse, and the band will be at the Fuse studios on June 13th appearing live on "Daily Download" and pre-taping a performance on "Steven's Untitled Rock Show."
Head Automatica will also be prominently featured in the July issue of Alternative Press and grace the covers of Chord and Angst Magazine this summer. In the digital realm, the band will be premiering their album with an exclusive listening party on MySpace.com the weekend of June 2nd, and incendiary performances from the band will go up on Rolling Stone Originals on RollingStone.com and Live at Launch, the music destination of Yahoo! next month.
Head Automatica will be hitting the road with Taking Back Sunday, Angels and Airwaves and The Subways this summer. Dates below.
June
22nd Jackson, NJ Six Flags - Great Adventure
23rd Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum
24th Mansfield, MA Tweeter Center - Parking Lot
25th Camden, NJ Tweeter Center
27th Pittsburgh, PA Chevrolet Amphitheatre
29th Rochester Hills, MI Meadow Brook
30th Chicago, IL Charter One Pavilion
July
1st Milwaukee, WI The Eagles Club
3rd Cleveland, OH The Plain Dealer Pavilion (formerly Scene)
5th Toronto, ONT The Molson Amphitheatre
7th Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion
8th Portsmouth, VA Harbor Center Pavilion
10th Duluth, GA Gwinnett Arena
12th Pompano Beach, FL Pompano Beach Amphitheatre Grounds
13th Tampa, FL Coachmen Park
15th Houston, TX Reliant Arena
16th Grand Prairie, TX Nokia Theatre
18th Mesa, AZ Mesa Amphitheatre
19th Long Beach, CA Long Beach Arena
21st San Jose, CA Events Center @ San Jose State U.
22nd Sacramento, CA ARCO Arena
23rd San Diego, CA Bayside Concerts
25th Magna, UT The Great SaltAir
27th Seattle, WA The Premier
