Eulogies Announce April 7th Release Date for 'Here Anonymous'

Eulogies Announce April 7th Release Date for Sophomore Album, ‘Here, Anonymous’ Announce West Coast Tour Dates !

'Eulogies simmers with emotion and brims with understated hooks, registering nearest the sensible introspection of Wheat's Hope and Adams, Nada Surf's The Weight is a Gift, or Death Cab for Cutie's Transatlanticism.' - Pitchfork

'Minimalist yet epic.' - Filter

Given the positive response from their solid EP, ‘Tempted To Do Nothing,’ released earlier this fall, LA band Eulogies are anxious to put out a full helping of their luminous, Impressionist pop. Their full length LP, 'Here, Anonymous', scheduled for release on April 7th, is the kind of album, with details and intricacies for days, to get lost in. With Chris Reynolds on drums, Drew Phillips on guitar and Tim Hutton on bass, plus band leader Peter Walker on guitar and vocals, Eulogies renders vivid scenes with a minimalist palette. Written during a Fall 2007 U.S. tour with Film School, the songs on 'Here Anonymous' are deceivingly simple. Riding warm, well-worn instrumental tones and Walker's understated vocals, they build a consistent mood over the album's 12 songs.

'We're not just going in and recording an A-side and a B-side,' Walker explains. 'I love to put a record on and that’s the feeling I'm gonna get for 40 minutes. But it's gotta be exciting, too.'

To that end, Walker shifts tempos and instrumentation and brings along the occasional guest, including Nikki Monninger of labelmates Silversun Pickups. Songs build momentum from one to the next with meticulous track sequencing; drama is evoked not through volume or intensity but subtle counterpoints in composition. There's a gentle, knowing tension to the music that speaks to the bittersweet push and pull of everyday living and dying. Eulogies' songs struggle with broken-down communication, the weight of bad habits, the fear of being alone. That struggle is universal, and it's presented within the music with a directness that's both stark and beautiful.

'Eulogies for me is not about talking about someone who's dead,' says Walker. 'It's saying those things that someone would say only at that moment but wish they had said right now. That's what I'm preaching to myself—don't be quiet. I can't survive down that road.' The result is melancholy music that's upbeat, a record of specific personal intent that speaks to us all. Eulogies offers catharsis; a musical tradition that's ageless and inviolate. Here Anonymous snatches a moment out of that continuum for us to share, here and now.

Eulogies are currently trekking across the country on separate stints with Darker My Love, The Duke Spirit, and Longwave. Their EP, ‘Tempted To Do Nothing,’ is available now on Dangerbird Records. The Holidays just got a bit warmer.

TOUR!
w/ Darker My Love
11/20 || Slowdown || Omaha, NE
11/21 || 7th St. Entry || Minneapolis, MN
11/22 || Vaudeville Mews || Des Moines, IA
11/25 || Berkley Front || Berkley, MI (NO Darker My Love)
11/26 || The Summit || Columbus, OH

w/ The Duke Spirit
11/28 || Bottle Tree || Birmingham, AL
11/29 || 40 Watt || Athens, GA
11/30 || Exit In || Nashville, TN
12/2 || Radio Radio || Indianapolis, IN
12/3 || The Basement || Columbus, OH

w/ Longwave
12/9 || Casbah || San Diego, CA
12/10 || Troubadour || Los Angeles, CA
12/11 || Rickshaw Stop || San Francisco, CA
12/13 || Dante’s || Portland, OR
12/14 || Chop Suey || Seattle, WA