Detroit area-based band contrasts bright melodies with
dark lyrics on latest single,
“The Watcher;” Hear it streaming now via Atwood Magazine.
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Handgrenades
(L-R): Andrew Pawelski, Joby Kaslowski, Jesse Shepherd-Bates, Nick Chevillet, Joel
Sanders. Photo credit: Doug Coombe.
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“A brighter,
catchy melody serves as the background to the song’s fairly dark lyrics.” – Atwood Magazine
on “The Watcher.”
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Handgrenades – On Tour
11/04 Bay City, MI @ Bemo’s
11/05 Ferndale, MI @ Loving Touch Record Release Show
11/17 Indianapolis, IN @ Melody Inn
11/18 Chicago, IL @ The Elbo Room
12/01 Saginaw, MI @ White’s
12/02 Muncie, IN @ Be Here Now
12/08 Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk’s
12/09 New York, NY @ Cake Shop
12/16 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection
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Handgrenades was formed by high school friends Andrew Pawelski and Nick
Chevillet in “Downriver,” the unofficial name of a collection of suburban
cities south of Detroit. The band released its debut full-length in 2012,
produced at Ghetto Recorders in
Detroit by Jim Diamond, best-known
for his work on the first two albums by The
White Stripes.
Now, a more refined, five-piece version of Handgrenades has arrived, including
Detroit-based guitar stalwart, Jesse
Shepherd-Bates, and another Detroit-area veteran, keyboardist, Joel Sanders. This sonically evolved
version of the band will release its second full-length Tunnels on Nov. 4th, 2016, the same day
it kicks off a series of tour dates to round out the year.
Produced by Zach
Shipps of Electric Six, the
songs on Tunnels could only have emerged from this veritable cauldron of
the Detroit music scene, simmering, and now boiling over with one catchy tune
after another. Click to hear the first two singles, “Daily
Routine” and “The Watcher.”
“It doesn’t
sound like a rehash of someone else. Zach
made this record sound like us,” Sanders
says, with Shepherd-Bates adding,
“Zach brings a lot of insight, and
he really improved the structure of our songs. We adhered to a philosophy when
making this record: Every idea, we’re going to see through, every idea, it will
be attempted. These songs are a group effort, and nobody ever got shot down.”
In addition to the Beatles-esque melodies, three-part vocal harmonies, guitar rock
edges, and Motown flavors that Handgrenades had already established as
part of its musical identity, Tunnels shows off modern influences
such as The Flaming Lips, Radiohead, Jeff Buckley, and The
National.
Oh, and David
Lynch.
“A lot of David
Lynch,” Chevillet says of the
inspiration for “Daily
Routine,” the lead single from Tunnels which AllMusic
recently described as “urgent and harmonious.” “I’ve never really liked
anything creepy or dark before Lynch,”
Chevillet explains. “This was the
first time I’ve been able to avoid direct lyrics like ‘I love you,’ and ‘You
broke my heart.’”
Tunnels arrives on Nov. 4th, 2016, preceded
by the singles “Daily
Routine,” and “The
Watcher.” The band launches a tour that same day. Members of Handgrenades are available
for interviews. Contact
Josh Bloom at
Fanatic for more information.
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Handgrenades
Tunnels
Nov, 4th, 2016
Track Listing:
01. Settle For You
04. Denial
05. Suffocating
06. A Heart Like Yours
07. Interloper
08. In Absentia
09. Wrapped In Plastic
10. Daydream
11. Green Eyes (Bonus Track)
12. See You Around (Bonus Track)
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Handgrenades Links
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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion
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