Neon Hymns EP Release

LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Layer Cake Records) New comers Neon Hymns are pleased to announce the release of their eponymous debut EP through Layer Cake Records. The band is a gathering of four long time friends who have united in Los Angeles to create music for the masses, stretching far beyond their small town beginnings.

Originating from the small seaside suburbs of Sydney's Northern Beaches, Aussie trio Josef Cruickshank (vocals), James Bowen (guitar) and Simon French (bass), made the move to Los Angeles along with drummer and UK native Rob Ellmore in tow.This past February, Neon Hymns entered NRG studios in North Hollywood with production team Daniel James and Leah Haywood (Melee, Automatic Loveletter) as well as Grammy award winning engineer Doug Boehm (GIRLS, Guided By Voices) to record their first self-titled EP released under new independent label, Layer Cake Records.

The 27 minute extended play is a sonic deluge wrapped tightly into six songs of bright, washed out guitars, driving rhythms and soaring melodies with a harrowingly heartfelt vocal presence. Josef's vocal delivers a sense of urgency and vulnerability that is refreshingly disarming. The chemistry that permeates through each individual track does not give the feeling that this is a band trying to find their signature, but rather a self-aware collective delivering definition and confidence that is a product of the member's life-long friendship.

Introspective and optimistic all at once, the lead single "Whatever Happened" is a young mans declaration of innocence lost and the desire to reclaim it. As big in sound as it is in heart, it is a perfect introduction to a band teetering on the edge of greatness. With a live show that could be more reminiscent of local gathering at a mid century Irish pub, rather than just another run of the mill rock show, Neon Hymns are quickly carving out a name for themselves as a premiere live act not to be missed.

Be sure to catch them as they play songs from the self-titled EP during an intimate four-night engagement at the world-renowned Hotel Café in the heart of Hollywood.

UPCOMING TOUR DATES
OCTOBER
14 - Hollywood, CA - Hotel Café Residency
21 - Hollywood, CA - Hotel Café Residency
28 - Hollywood, CA - Hotel Café Residency

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