Lake Street Dive
Promises, Promises
© 2008 Lake Street Dive (707541033190)
CD IN STOCK. ORDER NOW. Will ship immediately.
A pop music play-date.
tracks
try this
albums you will love
genres you will love
By Location
Recommended if you like ...
notes
Lake Street Dive derives inexhaustible energy from the joy of invention and creation. Their exuberant live shows and carefully crafted studio albums share a blissful irreverence for convention and an undying devotion to melody, spontaneity, and groove.
The four friends first met and began playing together as students in the jazz studies department at Boston’s New England Conservatory. Their first attempt at collaboration was to form a “free country band” that performed original country and western songs in an avant-garde style. This was a terrible idea. When they came to their senses, they discovered that their shared passion for the mo-town and British invasion bands of the 60s and 70s could be used as a jumping off point for a much more palatable sound. The new, improved Lake Street Dive quickly became a popular fixture on the Boston music scene.
In 2006, Lake Street Dive entered the national arena when bassist Bridget Kearney’s “Sometimes When I’m Drunk and You’re Wearing My Favorite Shirt” won a Grand Prize and Lennon Award in The John Lennon Songwriting Contest. The prize resulted in increased exposure for the band, a Midwestern tour and the creation of their first studio album, “In This Episode...”
Since then, Lake Street Dive has continued to evolve and expand, performing in some of the East Coast’s and Midwest’s finest venues and festivals, adding shakers, tambourines, and lush background vocals to their sound and sweater vests to their wardrobe. Their sophomore album, “Promises, Promises” was released in July 2008 on indie-label FYO Records.
The new album, “Promises, Promises” is a step forward for the band, as they explore more advanced arranging and production elements, and showcase their continued growth as writers and collaborators. FYO’s Christopher McDonald was the phantom fifth band member on this album, adding his talents on piano, Rhodes, and Hammond B-3 as well as acting as producer and studio engineer. Alec Spiegleman (of Cuddle Magic and Miss Tess) also makes several guest appearances on tenor saxophone, bari saxophone, clarinet and bass clarinet.