Santa Monica, CA (Top40 Charts / 429 Records) Soul Asylum is back and newly signed with 429 Records which will release their first album in six years, "DELAYED REACTION" TOMORROW, JULY 17TH . The response has been amazing with features running in USA Today, The Onion AV Club and reviews forthcoming in Spin and USA Today.
Soul Asylum will perform a special show in the rotunda at Mall of
America in Minneapolis on release date, the 17th of July at 6pm. The band will also perform July 20th @ First Avenue in Minneapolis to celebrate the release. More tour dates forthcoming.
This time around, the veteran band is energized with a recalibrated lineup that includes founders Dave Pirner and Dan Murphy alongside new bassist Winston Roye (Tommy Stinson helped record the album replacing original member Karl Mueller who passed away in 2006) and former
Prince drummer Michael Bland. "DELAYED REACTION," which was produced by the band and overseen by John Fields, bristles with the tightly wound, slightly ragged vibe that characterized the band when they emerged straight out of Minneapolis. The recording took place in various locations—beginning in Los Angeles and then relocating to New Orleans and Minneapolis and back to LA--each town giving the tracks a unique backdrop of local culture vibe.
Originally formed in 1983 in Minneapolis, MN,
Soul Asylum has maintained their reputation for honest, heartfelt rock from their beginnings on scrappy local label Twin Tone (which concurrently nurtured the careers of seminal rockers the Replacements), through their commercially successful days on A&M and Columbia Records (where they scored a Grammy for the monster hit single "Runaway Train"). The band has persevered through the good times of garnering several platinum albums and accolades including a performance for the Presidential inauguration of Bill Clinton to enduring the personal tragedy of losing Karl Mueller to cancer six years ago.
"DELAYED REACTION" Track Listing:
1. Gravity
2. Into The Light
3. The Streets
4. By The Way
5. Pipe Dream
6. Let's All Kill Each Other
7. Cruel Intentions
8. The Juice
9. Take Manhattan
10. I Should've Stayed In Bed
For more information, visit: www.429records.com
