Mixing punk rock energy, horn drenched soul, jazz precision,
MAGNET notes band’s “genre-defying, entertaining-for-everyone live performances.”
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The Rad
Trads (L-R): John Fatum, Alden
Harris-McCoy, Patrick Sargent, Mike Harlen, Michael Fatum. Photo by John
Carges.
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“A confluence of excellent musicianship, deft writing and one wicked sense of humor,” says PopMatters in its premiere coverage of the new video by The Rad Trads, which sees the band biking through exotic locales. Spoiler: they were actually sitting stationary at a Citibike docking station in Brooklyn.
[YOUTUBE]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V4ltI2j9iI
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The Rad
Trads also shot an acoustic
performance of “Thumbtack” “porch-style”
on the beach in Duck, NC during the summer of 2018. See it now at For
Folk’s Sake or at the link below.
[YOUTUBE]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKAyrNHFpxs
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The Rad
Trads – Live
03/09/2019: Nashville, TN @ The Basement
03/20/2019: Columbus, OH @ The Basement (w/ Bailen)
03/21/2019: Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Cafe (w/ Bailen)
03/24/2019: New Cumberland, WV @ Oak Glen (Music and Art Festival)
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“‘Thumbtack’
is a song about love lost, in which the character is offering up various forms
of self-flagellation or humiliation to win his lover back,” says Mike Harlen of Brooklyn-based band, The Rad Trads, about the band’s latest single
and music video.
In a band where each of its five members contributes
their own songs, and takes lead vocals on the ones that make the cut, it’s
worth noting that Harlen is the writer
and vocalist on this one.
For the “Thumbtack”
music video, just-premiered
via PopMatters, Harlen explains, “The video was
directed by our good friend Taylor
Ashton, and shot by him and Sam
Graff. He set up a giant green screen behind a Citibike docking station in Red
Hook and had us pedal the bikes in place while he superimposed various exotic
locales behind us. It’s a playful, quirky video that reflects the tone of the
song, as well as the goofy good-natured-ness of the band.”
The genuine friendship between Harlen and the rest of The
Rad Trads can also be seen in an acoustic performance of the song, shot in
Duck, NC on a break from touring this past summer. “The band’s not sacrificed a
bit of their soul in this stripped-down reimagining of the self-deprecating
single,” says For
Folk’s Sake in its post of the clip.
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More about
The Rad Trads
The gentlemen comprising the Brooklyn-based five-piece
The Rad Trads distinguish themselves
in ways few bands can. Already drawing lines around the block at home, the
globe-trotting group’s singular take on rock n roll mixes punk rock energy,
horn drenched soul, and jazz precision, all with a lighthearted but sincere
delivery. It’s a sound and show that is gaining steam world over as The Rad Trads continue to tour in
support of On Tap, out now from Hornblow
Recordings. Listen to On
Tap here.
Challenging but humorous, at times The Rad Trads bring to mind Springsteen and his “Big Man” Clarence Clemons, Dylan’s Blood On The Tracks-era vocal style, and Wilco’s epic guitar breakdowns. All of this sonic goodness is only
upstaged by the fact that the guys in The
Rad Trads manage to exist as five distinct songwriters and singers in a
band that still sounds powerfully egoless, familial, and cohesive. And none of
them even planned on being vocalists!
On Tap
by The Rad Trads is out now from Hornblow Recordings. The Rad Trads will continue to tour
throughout 2019. Members of The Rad
Trads are available for interviews. Contact Josh
Bloom at Fanatic for
more information.
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The Rad Trads
On
Tap
Out Now
(Hornblow Recordings)
Track Listing:
01. Good Luck Unto Ya (VIDEO)
02. Manhattan Bridge Serenade
03. Key Club
04. My Place
05. Thumbtack (VIDEO)
06. Sarge’s Boogaloo
07. Vada Via
08. Little Pie Blues
09. Wishing Well (VIDEO)
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The Rad Trads - Links
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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion
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