BROTHERS PAST

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Bubbling up from Philadelphia and rippling across the nation is BROTHERS PAST, a young, improv-oriented four-piece band that has recaptured the passion lost with the so-called �death of rock� and rewired it for the digital age.

Skillfully blending effects-oriented improvisation and introspective, melodic songwriting, BROTHERS PAST takes listeners into the Fourth Dimension with layered audio soundscapes ranging from ambient-style space to Earth-shaking explosiveness. The band creates an entirely  new range of sounds each night, grounded in an ever-expanding repertoire of original songs, the latest of which can be found on its retro-futuristic new concept album, A WONDERFUL DAY.

Influenced as much by Pink Floyd and the Beatles as Radiohead and Stereolab, A WONDERFUL DAY is a cohesive piece that connects well-crafted, melodic songs to weave an emotional tapestry surveying the paranoia, uncertainty and frustration of insomnia. Ultimately, hope and triumph prevail against a multi-textured sonic backdrop that transports the listener across the digital divide into the darkness of night.

Leading the sonic assault of BROTHERS PAST is guitarist Tom Hamilton and his arsenal of effects, with Tom McKee on keyboards, Clay Parnell on bass and Rick Lowenberg on drums. Three-part harmonies, mutated guitar effects and hypnotic melodies are the dynamic signature of BROTHERS PAST. Without batting an eye, the band shifts from ambient interlude to majestic anthem, taking a left-turn to enter the world of musical breakdown: where beats get redirected and redefined. Somehow it all makes sense. Despite the music�s fierce improvisational element, the band�s songs are  undeniably catchy and accessible -- bordering on the psychedelic, but rooted in traditional structure.

BROTHERS PAST released its first CD, Elements, in January, 2002 to critical acclaim by the New Yorker, The Village Voice and Relix Magazine, among others. Elements was the first in a series of experimental live records on the band�s agenda.

A WONDERFUL DAY, the debut studio CD from BROTHERS PAST, is the result of more than 100 hours of mixing to create a cohesive, concept strong album unlike anything before it. Conceptualized, written and recorded in just two weeks, the CD is being nationally distributed through Leeway�s Home Grown Music Network.

Though the band has quickly become a staple on the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast touring circuit, BROTHERS PAST will be touring from coast to coast behind A WONDERFUL DAY in 2003. With lighting designer and sound engineer in tow, BROTHERS PAST can�t wait to turn on the nation�s concertgoers with its hypnotic stage show.

Regulars at the fabled Wetlands Preserve in New York City before its lamented closing, BROTHERS PAST has played on stages of all sizes at home in Philadelphia -- from the 100-capacity Khyber to the 25,000-capacity Tweeter Center. At the Tweeter, BROTHERS PAST was part of the �So Many Roads� Tour, starring Ratdog, Rusted Root, Karl Denson�s Tiny Universe, DJ Logic and Keller Williams. BROTHERS PAST also has shared the stage with the likes of Steve Kimock, The Disco Biscuits, The Derek Trucks Band, Sound Tribe Sector 9, Deep Banana Blackout, Lake Trout, the New Deal, ulu and members of Soulive, Soul Coughing and moe.