All tracks mixed by John McEntire of
Tortoise, featuring McEntire’s own vibraphone accompaniment; “Call The
Neighbors” single, out Feb. 17.
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Movie
Jail (L-R) Kim Conlee, Nick
Coleman, Dave Cobb, Austin Wilkerson, and Thomas Sinclair as photographed by
Nick Thelen
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Track Listing:
01. Stop At The Mark
02. Call The Neighbors
03. Porous Rock
04. Ship Dream
05. New Way To Walk
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Movie Jail | Live
02/17/2023: Louisville, KY @ Zanzabar
03/04/2023: Lexington, KY @ The Green Lantern (Record Release)
03/31/2023: Cincinnati, OH @ The Comet
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Movie Jail | About
“Movie Jail” is a phrase referring to unspoken sanctions imposed
on a director after a career failure or refusal to join a lucrative project.
One might assume a band bearing this name has rejected entertainment for its
own sake, but the truth is a bit more complicated. Despite a noisy veneer, Movie Jail finds its center in an
unabashed love of hooks, melodies, and solid grooves.
From the weird musical hinterlands that gave the world
Slint, Hair Police, and Cage The
Elephant, the Lexington, Kentucky-based five-piece Movie Jail offers further proof that college towns can provide
fertile creative ground.
The group will release its self-titled debut EP on March 3, 2023 via Desperate Spirits Records. Mixed by John McEntire of Tortoise
and featuring McEntire’s own
vibraphone as accompaniment, the record brings to mind a post-rock band hired
to play an airport lounge, trying to reconstruct decades of pop music based on
memory alone.
Movie Jail is just as likely to cycle through secondhand jazz
chords as to careen headlong into jittery new wave territory. The band’s first
single, “Call The Neighbors,” (hear a sample now!)
captures all these contradictions, opening with a volley of strident guitar and
lyrical jabs at the bootstrap generation but secretly hoping to retreat to a
hotel room for drinks and an afternoon nap.
According to the members of Movie Jail, “Call The
Neighbors” is about “the tension between a generation that views work as
inherently valuable and those who see it as a means to an end. It's a song
about the joy of making questionable decisions i.e. ‘making snow angels in the middle of the road,’ as the song’s opening line suggests.”
The debut self-titled EP by Lexington-based Movie Jail arrives March 3, 2023 preceded by the single and video “Call The Neighbors” on Feb.
17.
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Movie Jail | Links
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Josh Bloom at Fanatic
Promotion | Contact
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