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Colours Through The Air Reviews Electrical Living
Many thanks to Julie from Colours Through The Air for her kinds words about Electrical Living from The Persian Leaps!
"Electrical Living is... full of brilliantly catchy, hook laden songs, which will stick in your mind on first listen."
Colours Through The Air
JUST RELEASED: Electrical Living from The Persian Leaps
JUST RELEASED: Electrical Living, the new full-length album from The Persian Leaps out today. 11 guitar-driven anthems for a tomorrow that never was. Buy the album (digital or CD) directly from the band on Bandcamp. Or, buy or stream from iTunes, Spotify, and other fine purveyors of ones and zeroes.
JUST RELEASED: "Catnip for Cupid" (b/w "Sweet Nothings") via Big Stir Records
Many thanks to the power pop champions at Big Stir Records for releasing two songs from The Persian Leaps' Electrical Living today as their latest digital single. You can order "Catnip for Cupid" (b/w "Sweet Nothings") here
Big Takeover Reviews Catnip for Cupid
Many thanks to Kevin Burke from The Big Takeover for his kind words about "Catnip for Cupid" b/w "Sweet Nothings" from The Persian Leaps, out tomorrow as a digital single via our partners at Big Stir Records.
"[The Persian Leaps] have upped the ante on “Catnip For Cupid”, two-minutes of stupendous power-pop with loud guitar, drums, rich harmonies, and those unique lyrics which are a trademark of the outfit. ."
Kevin Burke, The Big Takeover
The Big Takeover Premieres New Persian Leaps Single, “About Your Record”
Thanks to Big Takeover Magazine for hosting the exclusive premiere of "About Your Record," the new single from The Persian Leaps. It's from their forthcoming full-length album, Electrical Living, due out on Oct 4. Stream the song now and stay tuned for more news about the album.
...Forsberg has reliably delivered power pop earworms with Midwestern charm over the years, and “About Your Record” is no different.
--The Big Takeover
Pop That Goes Crunch, 18-Song Anthology From The Persian Leaps, To Be Released October 12
Press Release
Power-pop outfit The Persian Leaps announced the upcoming release of a full-length album titled Pop That Goes Crunch today. It’s a landmark release for the band, coming as an 18-song “best of” anthology and their first full-length release. With 17 remixed/remastered tracks, and one new single, it marks the end of an era, while celebrating and revisiting some of The Persian Leaps best work. Selections from the bands five EPs have been reworked, often with re-recorded sections, along with new mixing and mastering throughout. Pop That Goes Crunch is scheduled for release on October 12, 2018 via Land Ski Records.
“Time Slips” is the only entirely new single on the release, providing a treat for fans as yet another gem to add to the collection of guitar-driven power-pop hits. The album provides a celebration of the band’s music, as they have turned out an EP every fall since 2013 in clockwork fashion. Vocalist and guitarist Drew Forsberg shared, “It’s the culmination of over five years as a full band and includes what I think is our best work (even better now, in some cases).”
Across the album, it’s clear that The Persian Leaps have perfected the art of crafting pop hooks, with a blend of fuzz guitar, layered vocals melodies, and driving beats. Their brand of power-pop, jangle rock, and indie rock will be relished by fans of bands such as Guided By Voices and The Smiths. In revisiting and reworking many of the tracks, vocalist Drew Forsberg sought to provide the creme de la creme of The Persian Leaps sound.
Forsberg worked to perfect every track to its polished and current version. The album’s title was inspired and used with permission from power-pop blog PopThatGoesCrunch.com. Forsberg explained, “When I first heard that phrase years ago, I fell in love with it and knew I wanted to use it for an album title someday. The phrase perfectly describes what a Persian Leaps song sounds like to me.” The majority of recording and mixing was done by Neil Weir of Blue Bell Knoll, who the band used for previous releases. Pop That Goes Crunch is scheduled for release on October 12, 2018 via Forsberg’s label Land Ski Records, and will be available in digital and physical CD format.
Persian Leaps’ Fifth EP, Bicycle Face, Coming Out September 22
We're very excited to announce the release of Bicycle Face, the fifth EP from The Persian Leaps, on Friday, September 22. Stay tuned for the first single in a few weeks. In the meantime, read more about the EP in this press release:
The Persian Leaps announced the release of their fifth EP today, titled Bicycle Face. The release comes right on time as the group has consistently released an EP every year, for the last five years. With strong elements of indie rock mixed with power pop, their tunes are full of ridiculously catchy melodic harmonies.
“Bicycle Face completes our five-year mission: five five-song EPs over five years,” shared singer/guitarist Drew Forsberg. “We’re incredibly proud of how this latest EP turned out. I think it’s our most cohesive release yet. It’s jangle and riffs, straight-through.”
In discussing how the band’s sound has evolved over the years, Forsberg says, “We’re more like craftsmen honing our skills than artists chasing the unknown. We’ve gelled as a band, and we’ve built a great working relationship with Neil Weir, the studio owner who records and mixes our songs. With every release, the songs and band and studio chemistry get better. We just want to master the craft of the perfect hook and concise pop song.” Heavily influenced by music of the ’80s and early 90’s, The Persian Leaps’ sound is best described as guitar-oriented power pop with a mix of distorted riffs and 12-string jangle. Forsberg invites fans old and new to listen up, “We appreciate the economy of a concise pop song with hooks galore and no padding. If you like The Smiths, Guided by Voices, or Teenage Fanclub, you’ll appreciate what we do.”
The EP’s title and album cover reference the 19th-century medical condition called “bicycle face”. Forsberg stumbled across an article discussing the phenomenon and felt the obscure reference was a perfect fit. “The concept of stuffy old 19th-century men with bad facial hair being so threatened by women riding bicycles that they made up an obviously fake medical condition is just ludicrous. Plus, to be honest, I fell in love with the woman in the photo from 1895. She looks totally feminine but poised, strong, and independent. She clearly wasn’t having any of that “bicycle face” nonsense. You could almost see why men were scared.”
Bicycle Face was recorded and mixed by Neil Weir (Blue Bell Knoll) and mastered by Bruce Templeton (Microphonic Mastering). It will be released on the band’s label, Land Ski Records on September 22, 2017 and available on all digital platforms as well as physical CD format. The band will celebrate that night with a release show at the 331 Club in Minneapolis, MN. The show is free, 21+ and doors at 9:30pm.
“Your City, Underwater” Makes Big Takeover Magazine’s Top 30 EPs of 2016
Your City, Underwater by The Persian Leaps
We're honored that The Persian Leaps' latest EP, Your City, Underwater, was ranked #14 on Jack Rabid's (Big Takeover Magazine) Top 30 EPs of 2016 list. Thanks to Jack for his continuing support.
Here Comes the Flood on Deleter’s Meaningless Chants
Thanks to Here Comes the Flood for the kind review of Deleter's new EP, Meaningless Chants.
[Deleter] is evolving and their musical palette is getting more diverse, complex and challenging. A track like "Head Removed From Helmet" wouldn't have been out of place on Midnight Oil's finest album Red Sails in the Sunset. Punk lovers on the other hand will love the breakneck speed of "Psychic Psychologist." Deleter are now capable of putting down the megaphone and have found other means to broadcast their message. Trump lovers will hate them.
-Here Comes the Flood
Beehive Candy Shares Deleter’s “Start to Watch”
Thanks to Beehive Candy for sharing Deleter's "Start to Watch" and for these kind words:
Full of punk angst "Start To Watch" is a song that delivers full on rock'n'roll. It's the simple and classic punk era chord changes, that kick in halfway through which seal the song for me, more please!
-Beehive Candy
The Joy of Violent Movement Shares Deleter’s “Start to Watch”
Meaningless Chants by Deleter
Big thanks to The Joy of Violent Movement for the kind words about "Start to Watch," the single from the new Deleter EP, Meaningless Chants.
...the tense and anxious single “Start to Watch” sounds as though it owes a debt to both R.E.M., Gang of Four and Mission of Burma; but with a paranoid sense of something being terribly and irrevocably wrong, and an infectiously anthemic hook.
-The Joy of Violent Movement
Austin Town Hall Shares Deleter’s “Start to Watch”
Thanks to Austin Town Hall for sharing "Start to Watch," the new single from Deleter!
From the moment this new Deleter tune takes off, the drums push you forward, rolling in step with the ringing of angular chords. ...while there are post-punk leanings, there’s also a semblance of pop sensibility, leaving the track in the region of a more angst-y power pop.
-Austin Town Hall
Speak Into My Good Eye Shares Deleter’s “Start to Watch”
Thanks to Speak Into My Good Eye for sharing "Start to Watch," the single from the new Deleter EP, Meaningless Chants.
If It's Too Loud Shares Deleter’s “Start to Watch”
Many thanks to If It's Too Loud for sharing "Start to Watch," the single from Deleter's forthcoming EP, Meaningless Chants.
"Start to Watch" ...[is] angry, but you'll get pulled into it's catchy hooks and bop along to it long before you even care what they're raging against.
-If It's Too Loud
Deleter Shares Track From Next EP, Meaningless Chants
Meaningless Chants by Deleter
We're proud to share a brand new track from Deleter! "Start to Watch" is from the EP Meaningless Chants, which will be released on cassette--including a booklet with original artwork by Derek Van Gieson--and digitally January 21st 2017.
Land Ski Records Sampler on Spotify
Land Ski bands are on Spotify! Check out this sampler of some of our finest tracks:
Another Dying Artform Shares “See Me Unaware”
Your City, Underwater by The Persian Leaps
Thanks to Another Dying Artform for sharing "See Me Unaware" by The Persian Leaps, along with these kinds words!
This Twin Cities outfit is another in a long lineage of straightforward rock & roll. With an additional layer of harmonic power pop spread over the top, The Persian Leaps have neatly distinguished themselves from their hometown heroes.
-Another Dying Artform