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The Franklin Electric Drop New Video on Exclaim + EU Tour Dates

Rebel Rebel Staff by : Rebel Rebel Staff

Sophomore Album UK Impact Date Friday 5th May 2017 via Indica Records

“A muscular piece of folk-driven songwriting, blessed with a poetic touch and a soaring arrangement” (Clash Magazine)

“Bouncy-yet-delicate” (Pure Volume)

“Solid and moving, echoing some Coldplay but with a warmer orchestral sound.” (Exclaim!)

Montreal-based alt-folk band The Franklin Electric are set to release their highly anticipated sophomore album titled ‘Blue Ceilings’ on 5th May 2017 via Indica Records. ‘Blue Ceilings’ is now available for pre-order and includes new singles ‘I Know The Feeling’ and ‘Walk With You’ as instagrat tracks. The band will be touring Australia and Canada this winter before heading to the UK in Spring to play shows in support of the release, with a first date penciled at Electrowerkz in London on the 19th April 2017.

After their breakthrough album ‘This Is How I Let You Down’, the Montreal Band returns with a highly anticipated second album, ‘Blue Ceilings’. John Matte (singer, songwriter, producer) had this to say about the upcoming release; “With limitations hanging over us all we found a way to allow this album the time it needed to take its own shape and personality. The cover art fell in our laps like a gift and worked so well with the album title ‘Blue Ceilings’ done by UK artist Samuel-Burgess Johnson. It complemented the feeling of the songs and sums up all the different learning’s and challenges along the way.”

The Franklin Electric’s soaring and anthemic debut album, ‘This Is How I Let You Down’, was first released independently before catching the attention of Montreal’s Indica Records (Half Moon Run, Phantogram) who were blown away by the band’s sound. The label reissued the LP in 2014 featuring various remixes and two new songs too much critical acclaim for both their recording and their incredible chops live. Striking for both its stunning chord changes and mature musings of life and love, the title track’s video racked up over 250000 YouTube views and counting, launching the band into the spotlight with a mature, full-formed sound beyond their years.

The musical mastermind behind The Franklin Electric, Jon Matte, came by his roots honestly. Matte grew up in a household brimming with music, with musicians, with Mom’s piano at the center of it all. Matte would go on to study jazz, weaving that into a love of everything from hip-hop to Elton John and ‘70’s songwriting titans. Legendary label Verve Records soon called on Matte to remix a Nina Simone record. Hanging and learning from great engineers, he realized he could apply everything he learned to his own songwriting. After entering and winning a Nashville songwriting competition with over 8000 other bands from around the world Matte, along with his ‘tribe’ Martin Desrosby, Kevin Warren and Ken Pressé, hit the road to rave reviews spending 2015 playing over 180 shows from Canada to Australia – including 3 tours of Europe alone – opening for the likes of Ben Howard, Mumford and Sons, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, City & Colour and Half Moon Run. The driving force of a singer-songwriter became a brotherhood of the road.

More information on the upcoming album will be announced soon, and it will available in all the usual places on Friday 5th May 2017. Full UK Spring tour dates to follow soon.

Pre-order – https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/blue-ceilings/id1171489257

 

Tour Dates:

Europe / UK

04.04 – Berlin, DE @ Musik & Frieden

04.05 – Hamburg, DE @ Molotow

04.06 – Cologne, DE @ Gebaude

04.08 – Amsterdam, NL @ Bitterzoet

04.09 – Wiesbaden, DE @ Schlachthof

04.11 – Leipzig, DE @ Taubchenthal

04.12 – Heidelberg, DE @ Karlstorbahnhof

04.13 – Munich, DE @ Strom

04.14 – Lausanne, CH @ Blue Lezard

04.15 – Zurich, CH @ Papiersaal

04.19 – London, UK @ Elecrowerkz

04.22 – Aarhus, DK @ Radar

04.23 – Odense, DK @ Posten

04.25 – Copenhagen, DK @ Vega

 

++ More UK Dates to come in May

 

Find The Franklin Electric:

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Blue Ceilings – Track Listing:

  1. I Know The Feeling
  2. Someone Like You
  3. Burning Flame
  4. Save Yourself
  5. All Along
  6. Walk With You
  7. So Far
  8. Resistance
  9. It’s Taking You
  10. Can I Get It Back
  11. Blue Ceilings (Outro)
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Rebel Rebel Music Magazine was founded by Gessica Puglielli, counting in the names of several music enthusiasts, journalists and photographers. The magazine was founded in October 2013 and, despite being quite young, Gessica and her collaborators have already interviewed and/or reviewed several interesting artists mainly from the indie scene of rock, pop, jazz and soul. In the first 5 months from its online launch, Rebel Rebel Magazine scored over 30,000 visits and 20,000 unique visitors, with 15,000 Twitter followers and 5,000 Facebook likes. The main categories include interviews, live reviews, music reviews, live photography and album/show previews. Rebel Rebel is the result of years of passion for music and the experience Gessica gained during her years as collaborator of Michael Jackson’s staff MJJ Productions. Why the name? We think somehow music is an act of rebellion and a declaration of freedom, that’s why we define ourselves as "unconventional": we don't care whether an artist is popular or not, as long as it's good music. We’re not into celebrities, we’re into artists... and what better than the title of a song by one of the greatest artists ever?

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