Named one of city’s best pop acts by Houston Press,
band set to release new album “CITIZENS” May 26th. Hear “Burglar” via PopMatters now.
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The Wheel
Workers (L-R): Craig Wilkins, Steven Higginbotham, Allison Wilkins McPhail,
Jason Williams, Tyson Sheth. Photo Credit: Patrick Bertolino.
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The Wheel Workers – In The Press
“Painfully catchy.” – MAGNET
“Houston's brightest hope. Damn. Seriously righteous.”
– BLURT
“Sincerely progressive and catchy as hell.” – Space City Rock
“Sociopolitical consciousness with a memorable hook.” –
The Big Takeover
“New Wave synth stylings meet sharp lyrics.” – PopMatters
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“Burglar” is
the latest single from CITIZENS by
The Wheel Workers. Hear it via PopMatters
or at the links below!
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Check out the premiere
of the music video for “Yodel” by The Wheel Workers via The
Big Takeover
The Wheel
Workers is a Houston-based five-piece
recently nominated as Houston’s “Best Pop Act” in 2014’s Houston Press Music Awards. The band also received a nomination for
Steven Higginbotham, the group’s
lyricist, as “Best Songwriter” – an especially noteworthy accomplishment for a
pop band.
“I love artists who’ve had something substantial to
say beyond the standard lyrical fare in pop songs,” Higginbotham says. The Houston Chronicle called The Wheel Workers’ previous release “one
of the best albums made in Houston last year,” and now the band will follow it
up with a new record CITIZENS, scheduled for release on May 26th , 2015.
When Higginbotham
talks about substance in pop songs, he’s talking about the pairing of
sociopolitical consciousness with a memorable hook. After all, there’s a reason
that listeners are still moved by the catchiest folk and punk protest songs of Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, and The Clash.
This approach to music-making by The Wheel Workers is the reason why the Houston Chronicle went on in that same piece to call the album a “thoughtful
recording that offers new rewards during repeated playings.” On CITIZENS, the band’s way of doing
things has become masterful, with the album’s opener “Yodel” providing a vibrant example of the pairing of hook and
substance.
The album’s latest single (and a perfect example of
just how The Wheel Workers can
conjure an earworm) is “Burglar,”
recently premiered via PopMatters.
“The original idea for the song was written a day
after my house was burglarized, thus the title,” Higginbotham explains. “Fortunately,
they didn't go upstairs, so my recording gear was intact! I had been drinking, and my singing style on
the song is reflective of my weird, drunken, semi-angry and vulnerable state at
the time.”
Along with Higginbotham,
The Wheel Workers is comprised of Allison Wilkins McPhail (a fellow Houston Press Music Awards nominee as “Best
Keyboardist”), Craig Wilkins, Tyson Sheth, and Dan Workman. CITIZENS
by The Wheel Workers arrives on May 26th , 2015.
Members of The
Wheel Workers are available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom
at Fanatic for more information.
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The Wheel
Workers – Live
05/22 Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s CITIZENS Record Release Show
05/25 Austin, TX @ House Show w/ Czars
05/29 Beaumont, TX @ Texas Rose Saloon
06/13 Houston, TX @ Numbers
06/14 Houston, TX @ Beerfest
07/18 Bryan, TX @ Revolution
07/25 Houston, TX @ Rudyard’s
08/07 San Antonio, TX @ Josabi’s
08/14 Beaumont, TX @ Texas Rose Saloon
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The Wheel Workers
CITIZENS
(S/R – May 26th, 2015)
Track Listing:
03. Whole Other World
04. Smokescreen
05. Wage Slaves
06. Run Away
07. Dream
08. Citizen Incorporated
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The Wheel Workers Links
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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion
