Former UNEARTH Drummer's TANGENTS Announces First-Ever Live Performance

November 12, 2010

Boston-based rock duo TANGENTS has announced its first show ever. The band will take to the stage at 10:30 p.m. on Friday, November 19 at the Lucky Dog Music Hall in Worcester, Massachusetts. This show will feature material taken from TANGENTS' critically acclaimed debut album "One Little Light Year", which was released October 25 via Restricted Release.

TANGENTS is not what most will expect musically from drummer Derek Kerswill (UNEARTH, SEEMLESS) and Dave Witham (OF THE HOUR, FLAT-12). Kerswill's musical diversity and rhythmic approach provides a solid foundation for the album, propelling the tracks forward with great intensity. Add to it the lush and organic sound of vocalist/guitarist Dave Witham and TANGENTS soars in the vein of JEFF BUCKLEY, AS TALL AS LIONS, even RADIOHEAD. Witham's magnificent voice rises over a spiraling sonic backdrop with dazzling control and splendor. The album's ambitious songwriting creates the catchiest music either musician has released to date.

Kerswill spoke about his anticipation for TANGENTS' first live show: "After working on this record with just Dave and I for so long, its really amazing to finally play these songs with an actual band. An old friend of mine, Keith Clark, will be playing guitar, and former OF THE HOUR/present THE EMPIRE SHALL FALL bass player Nick Sollecito will be wrapping up the live lineup. It's going to be one awesome night, that's for sure."

"We're all very psyched to debut all the new material from 'One Little Light Year' in a live atmosphere," added Witham. "The set is getting pretty tight, and we're just about ready to go. It will be a very fun night."

"One Little Light Year" was recorded and mixed at Stillwork Recording Studio in Holyoke, Massachusetts and was produced by the band with producer/engineer Benjamin Jon (ALL THAT REMAINS, THE ACACIA STRAIN).

Over a year of intense effort went into the creation of "One Little Light Year". Witham revealed, "The recording process was unlike one we have ever been a part of before. We did a lot of work remotely. In fact, the only time Derek and I really got together was to do some of the pre-production work and when we were tracking the drums. It came out remarkably well considering the limited amount of time we actually spent together in the same room."

"Recording this album was one of the greatest recording experiences of my life," said Kerswill. "We worked on pre-production together for awhile, which made recording the record so much easier. I was so well-versed in what I was doing drum-wise that I tracked ten of the twelve songs on the first take with zero edits. After drums were done, Dave pretty much tracked everything else."

Awareness regarding TANGENTS has been on the rise for months. The obvious queries have revolved around the band's sound. Kerswill revealed, "a lot of my peers and 'music' friends know that although I play metal and have been involved with many 'aggressive' projects and bands, metal is probably the least of what I actually listen to. My biggest influences songwriting and style-wise," he says, "have always been classic rock, whether it be LED ZEPPELIN and YES, or ZZ TOP and ALLMAN BROS. But in the mid-'90s, RADIOHEAD and JEFF BUCKLEY pretty much changed my life and there was a whole knew place I wanted to take myself musically."

Witham noted, "I think that we pretty much wear our influences upon our collective sleeves as far as inspiration for the writing of the album. JEFF BUCKLEY, RADIOHEAD, and MUSE are the most obvious influences on the surface. But we are both avid, freakishly nerdy fans of FIONA APPLE, JON BRION, and tons of others that I feel quietly shine through on this particular album."

"One Little Light Year" track listing:

01. Arrow In The Heart
02. Homecoming (Victory Song)
03. Fall Asleep Again
04. Static
05. (Missing) One Little Light Year
06. The Pieces Fall
07. Nothing Left Undone
08. When Will It End?
09. Hyde
10. What The Scanners See
11. Blind Spots
12. Watch You Go

For more information,visit www.myspace.com/tangentsofficial.

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