NEW YORK, NY (By Samantha Bowman/ Virgin Records) - If there's a self-fulfilling prophecy in the musical landscape of the year, it's the way the Virgin debut band THE SUMMER OBSESSION is coming into its own, with its crunchy pop-rock combination of guitar, electronics, and faultless songwriting, during the dog days of 2006.
The Florida-based quartet - Luke, on keyboards and vocals; Chris, formerly of Good Charlotte, on drums and "shenanigans"; Fin, on guitar and vocals; and Christ, on bass, with Josh Abraham (Velvet Revolver, P!nk) producing and Ryan Williams engineering (OutKast, Rage Against the Machine) - will release the album "THIS IS WHERE YOU BELONG" on Virgin Records on August 29, 2006, following a year of intensive touring, preceded July 25th by the single and video "Do You Remember."
Over the summer, TSO will play a week of live dates on the Vans Warped Tour, and make two coastal swings, through mid-August. Immediately thereafter, purevolume.com is sponsoring a third tour series on the east coast, with Bottom Line. TSO makes a July 27 appearance at the Teen Vogue Fashion Live event in Huntington Beach, California, which takes place yearly as a part of the U.S. Open of Surfing.
Last month, two early TSO tracks, "Death Said," and "Disappear," were featured in the 100,000-copy run of a compilation CD created as a free gift for first buyers of the teen-female-directed science fiction "Maximum Ride: School's Out Forever," written by America's top-selling author, James Patterson. The book entered the USA Today consolidated fiction/non-fiction best-selling book chart in the top 25 at its late-May release, while Patterson's co-written novel "Beach Road" topped every major fiction best-seller list the same week. TSO release information was tagged to all book advertising at point of purchase, print, radio and online.
THE SUMMER OBSESSION LIVE DATES
Sun 6/18/2006 Journeys Backyard BBQ St. Louis, MO
VANS WARPED TOUR (through 6/28)
Thu 6/22/2006 Jacksonville Fairgrounds Jacksonville, FL
Fri 6/23/2006 Vinoy Park Tampa, FL
Sat 6/24/2006 Bicentennial Park Miami, FL
Sun 6/25/2006 Tinker Field Orlando, FL
Mon 6/26/2006 Exchange Park Charleston, SC
Tue 6/27/2006 Alltel Pavilion @ Walnut Creek Raleigh, NC
Wed 6/28/2006 Hi Fi Buys Amphitheater Atlanta, GA
Thu 7/06/2006 The Masquerade Atlanta, GA
Sat 7/08/2006 Plan B Danville, PA
Wed 7/12/2006 Bloomfield Ave. Cafe Montclair, NJ
Thu 7/13/2006 Scopa Underground New York, NY
Fri 7/14/2006 The Capitol Shamokin, PA
Sat 7/15/2006 Cafe Metropolis Wilkes-Barre, PA
Sun 7/16/2006 Empress Ballroom Danbury, CT
Mon 7/17/2006 The Living Room Providence, RI
Wed 7/19/2006 Penny Arcade Rochester, NY
Thu 7/20/2006 The Icon Buffalo, NY
Fri 7/21/2006 Molly McGuires w/ Settings, Middleton, NY Big City Dreams & Hometown Anthem
Sat 7/22/2006 The Spot Elyria, OH
Thu 7/27/2006 Teen Vogue Fashion Live! Huntington Beach, CA @ the U.S. Open of Surfing
Sat 7/29/2006 Chain Reaction Anaheim, CA
Tue 8/01/2006 San Jose Skate San Jose, CA
Thu 8/03/2006 The Underground Sacramento, CA
Fri 8/04/2006 Rock N Roll Pizza Portland, OR
Sat 8/05/2006 El Corazon Seattle, WA
Mon 8/07/2006 The Venue Boise, ID
Tue 8/08/2006 The Avalon Theatre Salt Lake City, UT
