Bay Area Band Midnight Cinema Releases EP Today
If the names Clayton Stroope (Vocals), Drew Cribley (Guitar) and Paul Niedermier (Drums) sound familiar, it's because you've heard them before. The Bay Area band Midnight Cinema is a reincarnation of sorts of the Gold selling band Thriving Ivory and will release their self-titled debut EP today, July 9, 2013.
All of the songs on the five-track EP cover the spectrum of the ins and outs of relationships, love and life (track listing below). And beginning today, you can get a free track "Hurricane" from their upcoming EP on Midnight Cinema's website.
After having huge success with Thriving Ivory and following their self-titled Wind-up Records debut album on June 24, 2008 - the album reached #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart on the strength of certified Gold single "Angels on the Moon," selling over 500,000 copies; they were also chosen by VH1 as a "You Oughta Know" artist, and their second studio album, Through Yourself & Back Again which was released on September 14, 2010.
Their relentless touring schedule took a toll on the band and while on the road in support of Through Yourself & Back Again, personal issues arose and founding member Scott Jason decided to part ways with the band. The remaining three band members continued with the tour. It was during a stop in New York when Clayton, Drew and Paul met with Gregg Wattenberg and Derek Fuhrmann for a writing session. Subsequent sessions followed; they felt they something special immediately starting to build and with this new burst of adrenaline and creativity, Midnight Cinema was born.
Midnight Cinema will make their debut with a special performance at Café Du Nord in San Francisco on July 23, 2013.
Track Listing For Midnight Cinema EP:
1. Crazy Beautiful
2. Hurricane
3. Heavy
4. Holding My Breath
5. Burn Me Now
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