CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD HI-RES PHOTOS OF HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL (credit: Alexandria Santangelo)
FLORIDA-BASED ROOTS-ROCK BAND HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL TO RELEASE THEIR FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM SCIENCE FROM AN EASY CHAIR JULY 31ST VIA THIS IS AMERICAN MUSIC
Have Gun, Will Travel‘s highly anticipated, fifth album Science from an Easy Chair is slated for release this summer on This Is American Music. This full-length concept album is based entirely on British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and his 1914-16 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. Named after a book by Ray Lankester on popular science from which the crew would read aloud, the album delivers its own interpretation of this amazing story of survival and endurance. Science… was produced by Shawn Kyle and recorded in Tampa, Florida. Along with HGWT’s own distinctive instrumentation, the musical framework of the album is rife with luscious string arrangements, crooning horn sections and rich percussion. The release commemorates the 100th anniversary of the epic journey.
The Florida-based roots quartet have a natural instinct for combining folk, pop, punk, rock and classic country influences to create a sound all their own. “Their music has a great energy to it with infectious, sing-along choruses and refrains” remarked NPR’s Robin Hilton. American Songwriter called HGWT’s music “organic, infectious Americana Pop. Their music has a refreshing immediacy to it.”
Over the course of four acclaimed albums, hundreds of shows and copious populist-radio airplay, they’ve nurtured a tradition of inviting all manner of gifted musicians to join the fray. The group’s inclusive nature allows it to flesh out tunes that run the gamut from foot-stomping front-porch spirituals and evocative Texas swing to strum-punk rave-ups, hill-country historicals and more.
HGWT’s music has been featured in a national Chevy TV commercial; multiple episodes of the PBS series Roadtrip Nation; and an episode of CBS’s The Good Wife. Their albums have spent months on the CMJ Radio Top 200 chart. And their live performances have been described as rousing, rollicking, energetic and dynamic.
Have Gun, Will Travel’s Science from an Easy Chair is out now on white vinyl, CD & digital formats via This Is American Music.
Have Gun, Will Travel is:
Matt Burke – vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, banjo, keys
Daniel Burke – stand-up & electric bass, vocals
Scott Anderson – electric & lap steel guitars, vocals
Jean-Paul Beabien – drums, percussion, vocals
SCIENCE FROM AN EASY CHAIR TRACK LISTING:
1. By Endurance We Conquer
2. Spirit Of Discovery
3. True Believers
4. Surrounded By The Pack
5. Madhouse Promenade
6. Goodnight, Sweet Chariot
7. A Call To Arms
8. Good Old Shakespeare
9. Fortifying The James Caird
10. The Rescue Party
11. Despair & Redemption On Elephant Island
12. Bottom Of The World
TO ORDER HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL’S SCIENCE FROM AN EASY CHAIR:
https://hgwt.bandcamp.com
FOR MORE INFO ON HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL:
http://hgwtmusic.com
https://www.facebook.com/hgwtmusic
FOR MORE INFO ON THIS IS AMERICAN MUSIC:
http://thisisamericanmusic.com
FOR MEDIA AND INTERVIEW REQUESTS:
Tony Bonyata
Pavement PR
p: 262.903.7775
e: tony[AT]pavementpr.com
https://pavementpr.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PRESS RELEASE FOR HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL’S PREVIOUS ALBUM FICTION, FACT OR FOLKTALE?
Bradenton, Florida’s Have Gun, Will Travel have a natural instinct for combining folk, pop, rock and classic country influences to create a sound all their own. “Their music has a great energy to it with infectious, sing-along choruses and refrains” remarked NPR’s Robin Hilton. American Songwriter called HGWT’s music “organic, infectious Americana Pop. Their music has a refreshing immediacy to it.”
Over the course of three acclaimed albums, hundreds of shows and copious populist-radio airplay, they’ve nurtured a tradition of inviting all manner of gifted musicians to join the fray. The group’s inclusive nature allows it to flesh out tunes that run the gamut from foot-stomping front-porch spirituals and evocative Texas swing to strum-punk rave-ups, hill-country historicals and more.
HGWT’s music has been featured in a national Chevy TV commercial; multiple episodes of the PBS series Roadtrip Nation; and an episode of CBS’s The Good Wife. Their previous albums have spent months on the CMJ Radio Top 200 chart. And their live performances have been described as rousing, rollicking, energetic and dynamic.
The band’s highly anticipated, fourth full-length album Fiction, Fact or Folktale? will be available September 10th on CD and digital formats through This Is American Music. The album was mixed by HGWT’s own Scott Anderson and mastered by Rodney Mills (Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Drive-By Truckers).
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD & SHARE HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL’S NEW SINGLE “STANDING AT THE END OF THE WORLD”
Turns out that music isn’t the only thing Have Gun, Will Travel are passionate about. The band recently partnered with Tampa’s award-winning Cigar City Brewing to create their own craft beer inspired by their unique tastes in both music and brew. Their High Road Ale (a pale ale with a hint of citrus, and named after their song “High Road” from their new album Fiction, Fact of Folktale?) recently won the National Grand Championship at the United States Beer Tasting Competition in the Pale Ale category. Not bad for a bunch of beer-loving musicians.
FICTION, FACT OR FOLKTALE? TRACK LISTING:
1. Standing at the End of the World
2. Trouble
3. High Road
4.The Places
5. The Show Must Go On
6. Another Fine Mess
7. Silver and the Age of Opulence
8. Finer Things
9. Fairweather
10. Take Me Home, Alice
FOR MORE INFO ON HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL:
https://www.facebook.com/hgwtmusic
FOR MORE INFO ON THIS IS AMERICAN MUSIC:
http://thisisamericanmusic.com
FOR MEDIA AND INTERVIEW REQUESTS:
Tony Bonyata
Pavement PR
p: 262.903.7775
e: tony@pavementpr.com
https://pavementpr.com