New Ruins

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book lung 03:48 Tools
Symptoms 03:01 Tools
Flowers 03:10 Tools
Nameless 03:02 Tools
Lake 04:10 Tools
Attic 03:02 Tools
Records 02:19 Tools
I'll Sleep In Your House 02:31 Tools
Monuments 02:58 Tools
Outside 03:48 Tools
Run Up The Walls 04:01 Tools
A Scribble 03:03 Tools
As Far As We Know 03:28 Tools
Angry Ghost 03:24 Tools
Fast One 04:12 Tools
Blackbirds 02:52 Tools
And All The Night 03:40 Tools
Held Up By Sand 02:47 Tools
Other Ones 03:25 Tools
Dodging Anhydrous Clouds 03:07 Tools
Stance 02:42 Tools
Years 03:04 Tools
A Curse 03:48 Tools
Crazy Annie 04:26 Tools
Arrows 03:46 Tools
Holden 03:08 Tools
Homes of Rich Blood 04:21 Tools
Fix Mr. Johnson Drink 02:43 Tools
Soft Information 02:49 Tools
Terrible Eyes 03:55 Tools
Stolen, Holy 05:09 Tools
Waltz 03:25 Tools
Dagger 03:25 Tools
Never Knows Best 03:25 Tools
We Could Have Had It All 03:25 Tools
Flesh 03:25 Tools
Jean City 03:25 Tools
Narcissism 03:25 Tools
Alligator Lie 05:09 Tools
Blackbird 05:09 Tools
Other Nights 03:25 Tools
hotter months 03:43 Tools
Bad Math 03:25 Tools
Scribble 03:25 Tools
Black Birds 03:25 Tools
their mother 03:25 Tools
Crazie Annie 03:25 Tools
Intense Friendship 05:09 Tools
matchbook 05:09 Tools
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New Ruins began in 2004 as a home recording project of Elzie Sexton and J.Caleb Means. In 2005 "The Sound They Make" was recorded in the cold back room of a Champaign house. In 2006, New Ruins was signed by A Hidden Agenda Records. "The Sound They Make" was released in 2007 and received positive critical reviews, including All Music Guide and an Emusic editor's pick. Several songs from the album have been licensed for use on tv shows. Sexton and Means are joined by Paul Chastain (multi-instrumentalist, formerly of Velvet Crush) and Roy Ewing (drums/percussion, formerly of Braid). New Ruins released "We Make Our Own Bad Luck" in 2009 and was a Rolling Stone "Hype Monitor" feature. The album saw the band simplify their sound while creating even more dynamic in their work. The band is set to release their fourth full-length on September 20th, 2011 via Matt Talbott's (HUM) new label, Earth Analog Records, alongside A Hidden Agenda. Brian Deck (Modest Mouse, Iron & Wine, Califone) produced the album at Earth Analog Studios in Tolono, IL. You can hear Deck's hands in the echoing percussion that wobbles through "Homes Of Rich Blood", the ghostly vocals that creep into "Fast One", and in the clear-eyed vision that allows the band to sound even more punchy and emotive. It was mastered in Memphis at the legendary Ardent Studios by Larry Nix. They are planning their largest tour to date, hitting much of the Midwest and parts of the East Coast to promote the release in fall of 2011. They have been compared to: Band of Horses, Sun Kil Moon, Modest Mouse, The National, My Bloody Valentine, and TV on the Radio. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.