Peachcake's Debut Album What Year Will You Have the World? Releases November 18, 2008
< "...Peachcake are going to take over the world." - The Jersey Beat
In their first four years together, Carefree Creek, AZ outfit Peachcake have gone through more than most bands go through in an entire 20-25 year career (eat that, U2). After their formation in 2003, Stefan Pruett (aka Space Panda) and John O'Keefe (DJ JohnO)’s quest to do something positive led them to release a well-received EP on Jim Adkins from Jimmy Eat World's label Western Tread. The response to their music and interactive live performances was overwhelming and the duo quickly found themselves playing sold-out shows to fans of all ages, being picked up by a new label, and receiving unusual offers, such as being the first-ever band asked to play Burning Man. With a full-length debut in the making, Peachcake were poised to take over the world - but perhaps as is the very nature of fate, the band soon thereafter found themselves hit with a slew of unfortunate incidents: unfair arrests, accidents, arguments, and ultimately, death.
At the same time that URB Magazine dubbed Peachcake one of their '100 Artists To Watch,' and several other publications were featuring the band, they were dealing with some of the most trying obstacles in their career. A run-in with the wrong booking agent caused DJ JohnO to literally disappear for two months, and in September 2007, the shocking death of Stefan's little brother Alex (Peachcake keyboardist) caused the duo to put down their swords and unite, with more passion and inspiration than ever before.
After the death of Alex, the band decided to take things into their own hands. Already known for their motivational performances and youth outreach programs, (the band have a youth hotline and e-mail address set up where teens can call in to talk), Peachcake finally bought themselves out of their own record contract in order to self-release their ultimate creation and beacon of hope and positivity, What Year Will You Have the World?, under The Planet Awesome Creative Collective/Subtractive label. This caught the attention of Warner Music/ADA, who picked up the album for distribution and will be releasing it in the US on Nov. 18th. It appears once again that Peachcake is coming back out on top. The band will be touring behind this release into the new year, as well as performing at CMJ.
WYWYHTW? Tracklisting:
1. Welcome to the Party to Save the World!
2. Are your people ready to shrink continents?!
3. Did I just do that, or was it Jim Carrey?
4. How to get to the moon and back on a half a tank of gas (As told by the great Race-car Driver from Outer-Space)
5. Flight of the Space Owl: The contentions of the Great Space Panda...
6. Souls have no drum machine.
7. Make Movement, Not War!
8. Stop acting like you know more about the Internet Cafe than me.
9. Kyle's words of wisdom. (Section 2 Part 39)
10. Need room? We have space! (December 22nd)
11. Nervous Breakdance!
12. Jeremiah, stop taking Bukowski so seriously...
13. Keep the world safe, Tony Saprano.
14. Welcome to the Post-Apocalypto Mall.
15. The Song of the Century!
Quotes from da Starrrrz:
"...You guys are the Salvador Dali of Music." - MC Lars
"These guys are some of the nicest people I know making music. Their live show makes ours look like MTV's Unplugged." - Forrest Kline (Hellogoodbye).
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"Peachcake wants to "protect the world from audio-terrorism" and if that means keeping the Backstreet Boys from making a comeback, then they have the public's full support. The electro poppers got their first sign of success when some dude made a song just to poke fun at them. The duo may have started as a joke, but Peachcake is definitely getting the last laugh. Finally, boys who make pop music - and the word "band" is nowhere to be found.
Sounds like: Electrically charged bubble-gum blown up quite florescently all over your face."
- URB Magazine
"Maybe Peachcake is changing the world through electronic music, one tattooed metal fan at a time."
- Soundcheck Magazine
"Peachcake serves up electronic party music for the indie rock crowd."
- Phoenix New Times
"As its anomalous moniker suggests, this rather forward-thinking and (in)famously crowd-pleasing synthpop duo from Arizona takes pride in celebrating the jollification of music and hopes to revolutionize the way we perceive performance by making things more visceral and less mechanical."
- REAX Music Magazine
"A musical benediction in pajamas."
- 944 Magazine
PR:
Brooke Black
Big Hassle PR
(212) 619-1360
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Producer:
Kyle Schember
Subtractive Inc.
(424) 214-0206
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