Warehouse Eyes Release PRISMS EP Today

Minneapolis-based alt-pop duo, Warehouse Eyes releases their new EP, Prisms, today, July 10th.

Self-described "music school misfits," Christopher Williams and Jennie Lawless have come to find their place in the vibrant world of synth pop. The duo brings a tediously diverse musical background to the table - they are both classically trained and flitted from musical world to musical world in their teens and early 20s (from jazz to DIY folk to opera to alt-country). Having an arsenal of musical styles at their fingertips, Williams and Lawless met in 2012 and the rest is history. They finally started making music they cared about.

Warehouse Eyes happened organically. The two began exploring their talents in ways they never had before (Jennie began to approach her voice in a whole new fashion once she began songwriting and Christopher committed himself to exploring synthesizers and sound design) and shortly after, the duo began playing out. The group originally played simple piano pop songs and covers of their friends' songs, but wanted to dig deeper into the songwriting process and add more layers and complexity to their music. They added guitar, bass, and drums to the ensemble and two months after, released their first EP Carvings in 2014.

While Carvings garnered lots of attention from the press being deemed an "airy, ethereal beauty" (Prefix Magazine) and getting airplay across the country, Prisms is a launching point for the group. The group shifts out of the realm of primarily ballads and into a diverse assortment of dreamy, yet well-arranged songs-and love is the inspiration behind it all. As they examined the new collection of songs, Williams and Lawless came to notice the pattern that every song used love to talk about something else.

"Love was the light; the prisms are the songs that allow us to talk about other, less expressible things." - Jennie Lawless Williams and Lawless remain the core duo and songwriters, Prisms presents Warehouse Eyes as a five-piece creative collective with Matt Vannelli (guitar), Kevin Scott (bass), and Alex Young (drums) all lending their talents to thicken up the complexities in harmonies and arrangement. Each musician was added to the mix not only for their high-caliber musical chops, but because of their artistry and ability to bring their individual creative input to the table.

"I Think I Can Live With It" begins with an intro that showcases Williams' ingenuity on analog synthesizers and sequencers. He is quickly joined by Lawless' vocals that are both ghostly and enchanting. It is a song about rejecting who you've been and starting again. The video concept lines up with the lyrics in the sense of being caught up in the endless cycle of rejection and renewal that is childhood.

"It's about having done something wrong (maybe being cruel, maybe being unfaithful to a lover, maybe simply not being who you want to be) and figuring out how to move past it. The verses are only negative (I don't believe...) because in order to move past something you've done that you can't justify you have to reject the truth - it was you that did this and that person is still inside of who you are now." - Christopher Williams on the meaning of "I Think I Can Live With It"

To accompany the release of Prisms, Warehouse Eyes will embark on a series of tour dates starting with their hometown Minneapolis CD release party and venturing out to the east coast:

7/10 - Minneapolis, MN: Icehouse MPLS
7/11 - Madison, WI: Art Fair on the Square
7/11 - Milwaukee, WI: Frank's Power Plant
7/12 - Chicago, IL: The Whistler
7/14 - Raleigh, NC: Slims Downtown Distillery
7/15 - Philadelphia, PA: Kung Fu Necktie
7/16 - Boston, MA: Church of Boston
7/17 - Brooklyn, NY: Union Hall
7/18 - NYC, NY: Rockwood Music Hall
7/23 - Duluth, MN Red Herring Lounge
8/6 - Ames, IA DG's Tap House
8/7 - Rock Island, IL Rozz Tox
8/8 - Des Moines, IA Des Moines Social Club

2015 will be a jumping point for the group with their new release and visionary lineup. Visit warehouseeyes.com for more information and to see what's in store for this exciting group on the rise.