The Cherry Bluestorms
Transit Of Venus
© 2007 Deborah Gee and Glen Laughlin (684685000120)
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The Cherry Bluestorms are
Deborah Gee (vocals)
Glen Laughlin (guitar, vocals) and
Ryan Brown (drums)
TRANSIT OF VENUS, the debut album from The Cherry Bluestorms, is a garden of unearthly delights for those who love the vinyl pressed between 1964 and 1970.
About The Cherry Bluestorms:
Deborah Gee was having success placing songs from Portal, her A&M- funded solo album, in TV shows and films. She was looking for a guitarist when she met Glen Laughlin at a coffeehouse. Glen had been developing the non-standard tunings that are the signature of his style while playing and singing with punk pop legends The Dickies (A&M) and former The Pop frontman David Swanson (RCA). He had also begun to produce other artists and opened Roundhouse Recording. The pair immediately began working on what was supposed to become Deborah's second solo album. After meeting drummer, Ryan Brown at a party, they determined to form a band.
Glen and Ryan also performed together on The Hanging Tree, the featured song in Heather Graham's new film, Broken. The band has placed songs in two Cannell Productions for TV.
The band was spotted at their first show by a promoter, whereupon their second show was before a festival crowd in New Hampshire. Their debut album, Transit of Venus, was released June 1, 2007. The album got a sensational send-off at Hollywood's Cinespace, featuring a Filmore-style light show and a live string quartet accompanying the band in a performance of the entire album. Most recently, the band played International Pop Overthrow 2007 in Toronto Canada. The band will be playing in Liverpool at The Cavern Club May 24 and 25, 2008.
Here's what people are saying:
"...Deborah Gee is a sensual and musically savvy presence onstage, reminiscent of a millenial Chrissie Hynde..."
Dan Lamb, California Pop Magazine
"You have a sound that comes off as unique. It sounds both fresh and retro."
Terri Nunn, Berlin
"Briliantly crafted sixties-inspired rock/pop. The playing is superb, from the sublime licks of "Just A Kiss Away" to the ominous grind of "Fear Of Gravity". And then there are the melodies. Strong and memorable, they repay repeated listening and take it in turns to ghost into your head and take up residence. Genius."
Steve Winnall, Dreamsville
Radio play:
XM Radio - The Radar Report "Just A Kiss Away"
CSUMB campus radio "Baby You're A Rich Man"
Contact: roundhouserecording@yahoo.com www.myspace.com/thecherrybluestorms
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For more information please contact:
ROUNDHOUSE RECORDING
P.O. Box 260406
Encino CA 91604
818.752.0345
roundhouserecording@yahoo.com
www.myspace.com/thecherrybluestorms
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Brilliantly crafted sixties-inspired rock/pop.
author: Steve WinnallThe Cherry Bluestorms are a Los Angeles band and this is an excellent debut album. They are led by multi-instrumentalist and producer Glen Laughlin. Glen was formerly in those Killer Klowns of punk, The Dickies. He has also been a member of Buffalo Spingfielsd Again, who featured original members of that legendary West Coast band who are an influence on The Cherry Bluestorms. Taking main vocal duties and sharing the songwriting is Glen's wife, Deborah Gee, who has a critically acclaimed solo album to her credit. Tapping into the magic and vibes of a wealth of sixties' sounds, The Cherry Bluestorms produce a contemporary recipe of their own. And Laughlin has the finesse of a master chef. Nothing is overdone, with keyboards and other instruments and devices expertly utilized, arranged and sprinkled in the blend. This sensitivity maximises the show-casing of Laughlin's diverse guitar skills, perhaps the greatest treat of the album. The playing is superb, from the sublime licks of 'Just A Kiss Away' to the ominous grind of 'Fear Of Gravity' and covering many delicious points in between. Together with the latitude and lovely lilts of Deborah's vocals comparisons with Richard and Linda Thompson would not be unfounded. The lyrics are intelligent, with a partial theme of the passing of time and transience, with the heavens evoked both as metaphor and awesome reminder that the clock is ticking. And then there are the melodies. Strong and memorable, they repay repeated listening and take it in turns to ghost into your head and take up residence. 'Violent Heart', 'Awaken' and Departure' are simply gorgeous. Other tracks such as 'Daisy Chain' and 'While You Were Away' are irresistibles of the toe-tapping variety. To single out just one song that exemplifies the thought put into and class of this album, take 'Departure', the final track. It is so hauntingly divine that it is painful as it draws to a close, you find yourself just wanting it and the album to go on. But this very (relative) brevity is completely effective in stoking up the pathos by amplifying the message that 'it's time to go' and life is fleeting. Genius. I seriously recommend this album, this is wonderful stuff.