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LESS
THAN JAKE
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Gainesville,
FL - Convention has never been an operative word for
LESS THAN JAKE. In a rock world where the mix
of ska, punk, and pop hasn't been able to germinate too successfully,
these guys have established a flourishing seventeen year strong
cottage industry within themselves - from a bulletproof catalog
of material, jam-packed touring packages, and even their own
record label. In addition to their sonic output, they've particularly
been very creative visually about their graphics as well, as
is easily witnessed with their wealth of die-cut picture discs
and art-centric album packages. On October 12, 2010,
LTJ are taking this one step further with the release of TV/EP
on their own label, Sleep It Off. It will
be available on CD and digital format
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TV/EP
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Recording
16 tracks in a total of roughly 13 minutes of music in bassist
Roger Lima's basement, LTJ are defying convention
again. Instead of offering new original material, they're diving
into the wide and fascinating world of television theme songs
and commercials. Spanning from the vintage adverts of yesteryear
to the frenetic promos of modern day, TV/EP reimagines
a world where pop punk and ska is the music de rigueur,
and this is the soundtrack to your couch potato life. Tracklisted
as anonymously numbered channels (the band is keeping the names
of the songs under wraps till right before release), the experience
they have planned is akin to the feeling of flipping random
television channels.
Just
as hyper as their musical minds are, their physical touring
bodies are gearing up for a handful of dates in the US including
Chicago's RIOT FEST, Japan, Europe
and the UK. Their tour dates are:
LESS
THAN JAKE
On Tour
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September
23/24 Gainesville, FL
- Gainesville Common Grounds
25 Fort Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room
October
9 Chicago, IL - RIOT
FEST
Japan:
18 Osaka - Quattro
20 Fukuoka - Drum Be-1
22 Okayama - Image
25 Nagoya - Club Quattro
27 Sendai - Darwin
28 Tokyo - Liquid Room
November
(all dates with Zebrahead, We Are the Union)
United Kingdom:
4 Oxford - O2 Academy (support:
Contrast Kills)
5 Norwich - UEA (support: The Skints)
6 Birmingham - O2 Academy (curfew
10pm) (support: Allbright)
7 Leeds - O2 Academy (curfew 10pm)
(support: New Riot)
8 London - HMV Forum (support: The
Skints)
9 Cardiff - Millenium Music Hall (support:
The Arteries)
10 Bristol - O2 Academy (curfew 10pm)
(support: The Arteries)
12 Portsmouth - Pyramids (support:
Kids Can't Fly)
13 Nottingham - Rock City (curfew:
10pm) (support: Mouthwash)
14 Peterborough - The Cresset (support:
Mouthwash)
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16 Manchester - Academy (support: Straight
Lines)
17 Newcastle - O2 Academy (support: Straight
Lines)
18 Edinburgh - Picture House (support:
The Hostiles)
Belgium
(all dates with Zebrahead and Sonic Boom Six)
20 Ghent - Vooruit
Germany:
21 Hamburg - Markthalle
22 Berlin - Postbahnof
23 Munster - Sputnikhalle
24 Cologne - Live Music Hall
Italy:
26 Legnano/Milan - Land of Live
27 Gualtieri (Reggio Emilia)- Tempo Rock
Club
Austria:
28 Vienna - Arena
Germany:
29
Munich - Backstage Werk
30 Stuttgart - Longhorn
December
Holland:
1 Amsterdam - Melkweg
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Even
more music and tours are planned for 2011 as could be expected
from Less Than Jake since they rarely sit still. But they're
interrupting your regularly scheduled program to present TV/EP
to you this Fall. More taste and even more filling.
LESS
THAN JAKE's
TV/EP will be released on October
12, 2010 via Sleep It Off Records.
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