East Cameron Folkcore, Possessed by Paul James, Mockingbird Loyals

East Cameron Folkcore, a raucous 11-piece orchestral collective of folk, punk, country and blues musicians from Austin, TX, has confirmed a Feb 5th release date for their new album, 'For Sale,' with a concert celebrating the release on Friday, February 8 at The Scottish Rite Theater.
Simmering with political undertones, East Cameron Folkcore's music plays like a "soundtrack for the dispossessed" (Austin Chronicle) - folk-y, thoughtful protest songs slowly come unhinged, giving way to the righteous… Show more "window-smashing ire" of punk rock before inevitably erupting into cacophonous sonic anarchy.
Today, MTV Hive premiered a new track from the album, "Salinger's Dead," praising the "raw emotion" behind its brazenly honest songwriting. Stream it here: http://mtvhv.com/W1sY2Y
Recorded at bassist Eric Lopez' new studio The Shelter, by long time friend and sound engineer Chris Seyler, 'For Sale' finds Moore and the band exploring some heavy sounds, and even heavier topics. "The band began with me as the main songwriter. Now, everyone in the band writes songs," he says. "No matter what a song sounds like when it comes to the table, it's going to be torn apart by the mass of orchestrated sound that we produce together and spit out as something foreign."
"There are quite a few political songs and themes on this record. We talked a lot about the state of the world we live in, and about the direness of the state of our situation," Moore says. "It's only going to be through coming together and taking care of each other that we will be able to survive and continue to live in this reality."
In that spirit, the digital version of 'For Sale' will be available as a pay-what-you-wish download, with the option to give the money to an organization of the purchaser's choice from a list of 11 charities, each one chosen by a member of the band. The record will also be released in CD format as a digi-pack with an insert.
The band will celebrate the release of 'For Sale' with a special hometown show in Austin at the historic Scottish Rite Theatre on February 8th, where they'll perform the record in its entirety along with a multimedia display of lighting, backdrops and visuals.
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Instrumentation
Jesse Moore - Guitar, Vocal
Blake Bernstein - Guitar, Vocal, Trombone
Kristian Oubre - Guitar
Eric Lopez - Bass
Aaron Perez - Drums
Phil Patterson - mandolin, and Vocals
Denis O'Donnell - Banjo, and Vocals
Blue Mongeon - Harmonica, and Vocals
Mary Beth Widhalm - Cello
Allen Dennard - Vocal
April Perez - Vocals

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