Clip directed by Dries Vanderberg of SUSTO shot in one
seamless take! Columbia, SC-based band on tour with The Revivalists this
Spring.
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Atlas Road
Crew (L-R): Dave Beddingfield, Patrick Drohan, Taylor Nicholson, Max Becker,
Bryce James. Photo credit: Dries Vanderberg.
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Atlas Road Crew — On Tour
*= w/ The Revivalists
3/3/2017: Charlotte, NC @ Visulite Theatre
3/10/2017: Asheville, NC @ Isis
3/11/2017: Columbia, SC @ Lowcountry Boil Jamboree
3/21/2017: Covington, KY @ Madison Theatre*
3/22/2017: Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls*
3/23/2017: Baltimore, MD @ Ram’s Head Live*
3/24/2017: Jim Thorpe, PA @ Penns Peak*
3/25/2017: Port Chester, NY @ Capitol Theatre*
4/26/2017: Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Bowl (w/ SUSTO,
Stop Light Observations)
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“Joyous and carefree.” — Paste
Columbia, South Carolina-based five-piece Atlas Road Crew is letting fans in on
what they’ve been cooking since their last batch of tunes was released, the
2015 album Halfway To Hopkins. That record was a punchy collection of
soulful southern rock which inspired Relix
to describe Atlas Road Crew as “a
more modern, pristine Allman Brothers.”
The band’s new single and
music video “My Own Way,” is just a taste what is
on the horizon for Atlas Road Crew
this year. The tune shows off a more straightforward rock sound influenced by
the band’s contemporaries, with Paste
calling the tune “arena-sized,” and the music video, directed by Dries Vanderberg of SUSTO, “joyous and carefree.”
The one-take clip (that took 20-plus takes to get
right!), “kind of came about organically,” according to Atlas Road Crew drummer, Patrick
Drohan. “We were hunting around Charleston for some cool places to shoot
and our bass player’s little brother found this old abandoned warehouse
downtown. Dries set up, and after
about 20 takes and almost passing out from all the running around, we had what
we had a great one.”
Atlas Road Crew started in 2011 as five college kids playing for free
drinks, cranking out covers, and occasionally writing an original to use as the
basis for a jam session. Of course, this is where many bands start, and it’s
also where many end.
Not so for Atlas Road Crew.
Since those early days, the group has gone on to
become a must-see act in the Southeast on the shoulders of a live show
featuring its now-evolved songwriting, performed with a proficiency that isn’t
jammy, it’s the jam.
“We started taking our songwriting a lot more
seriously as we started to tour and work with different producers and writers
in the studio,” explains Drohan. “We
knew we wanted to become more than just another bar band.”
Working with Grammy award-winning producer Rick Beato was one of the significant
turning points that helped the members of Atlas
Road Crew focus in on what they were trying to say, and to get the best out
of their songs. The result was Halfway To Hopkins, which successfully
brought Atlas Road Crew’s swampy
accents to fresh, contemporary tunes while still managing to capture the energy
of the band’s blistering live show.
Two years after the release of Halfway To Hopkins, and
following a month-long tour of Europe during which the band managed to squeeze
in 35 shows, Atlas Road Crew is turning
another musical corner. The band will continue to spread its live show
throughout the country, with plenty of live dates in the queue for Atlas Road Crew in 2017, including
shows on the east coast with The
Revivalists.
“The evolution of our sound is really exciting for
us,” Drohan continues. “We’ve caught
some decent breaks, but we also know that no success is overnight, and that an
eight-hour drive is always going to take 10-and-a-half.”
“My Own Way” is the latest single and
music video by Atlas Road Crew. The band is currently
writing and recording material for inclusion on a new album scheduled for
arrival later this year. Members of Atlas
Road Crew are available for interviews. Contact Josh
Bloom at Fanatic for
more information.
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Atlas Road Crew Links
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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion
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