INFO

Formed: 2005
Location: Boston, MA and Brooklyn, NY
Members: Andy Milk (vocals/guitar), Rick Gauthier (bass/vocals), Evan Kraker (drums)
Genres: Art rock, progressive rock, epic rock
Releases:

The Eclipse (2012, to be self-released on Magma Music)
Red Planet (2009, released on 10t Records)
Obsidian (2006, self-released on Let's Get Awesome Music)

Press: Relix Magazine, Progression Magazine, Hits Daily Double, Boston Globe, Boston Phoenix, Boston Herald, SeaOfTranquility.org
Publishing: "Don't Mind Me", featuring Morphine's Dana Colley on saxophone, was featured on CBS' The Young and the Restless

THE ECLIPSE TEASER VIDEO

THE ECLIPSE PRESS

'The Vital Might’s second album, 2009’s The Red Planet, showed great promise, and their third outing ups the stakes for this progressive and experimental band. Though not a concept album per se, The Eclipse is a series of meditative songs dealing with life, love and loss...what stands out about the rest of this album: shamanic yawp yoked to a blend of hard-edged rock with a techno-dazzle fillip (as on the majestic “I Found You”)...“The Greatest Man II” (a reprise from The Red Planet) is an emotionally wrenching, melodically resonant testimonial, while “Calm My Sleep” is a lyrical but turbulent emotional plaint. “Common Sense” wraps up this collection with a tour de force of angst-filled rough-and-tumble—a fitting finale to a remarkable album that may someday be regarded as a minor masterpiece.' (Francis DiMenno - The Noise - February 2013)

THE ECLIPSE PRESS RELEASE

The Vital Might releases songs to fall in love to at the end of the world on 3rd LP

Release parties in Brooklyn, NY on December 7th and Boston, MA on December 8th

BROOKLYN, Oct.16, 2012--Epic art rockers The Vital Might releases its 3rd full-length album, The Eclipse, exclusively through Bandcamp on Tuesday, December 11, 2012. TVM will play release parties at Bar4 in Brooklyn, NY on Friday, December 7th, 2012 and Radio Bar in Somerville, MA on Saturday, December 8th, 2012 and will be giving away copies of the album.
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The Eclipse introduces more straightforward romantic themes than previous albums, as singer/guitarist Andy Milk wrote most of the lyrics from a seaside Cape Cod cottage leading up to his 2011 nuptials. Other themes include adversity to difficulty, complacency with life's mishaps instead of taking ownership and the idea that parents don’t let their kids burn their proverbial hands on the oven anymore.

The album's final track "Common Sense" proclaims "All we need in a fake town. Consistency and a costumed clown. Narrowing palettes and pontificating fools. Germ killing gel on every molecule."

The band is self-releasing the album, recorded in Brighton, MA at Barefoot Studios and produced by The Vital Might and Taylor Barefoot, on thevitalmight.bandcamp.com to provide the optimum platform and user experience for savvy music lovers to easily preview, stream, and download the audio format they prefer.

The band's previous LP Red Planet was met with critical acclaim, landing them a record deal to re-release the album with Charleston, SC-based experimental label 10t Records.

The Boston Globe said, "The band calls it a 'sci-fi mafia love story.' This critic calls 'Red Planet', the heady sophomore CD from Boston’s Vital Might, a dramatic rock throwdown that blows away expectations - smart, heavy, and imaginative".

Relix magazine said "Grunge, metal, and psychedelic instrumentals are fused together with Andy Milk’s darkly mysterious voice in The Vital Might’s newly-released second album, Red Planet. The CD begins in an explosion of aching lyrics and heavy guitar riffs, reminiscent of Rage Against the Machine’s Evil Empire, followed pleasantly and strategically by more wistful moments that lend themselves to the experimental, psychedelic sound of Sigur Ros."

Previous accomplishments of the band include 160+ adds on college and independent radio for the previous 2 LPs, guest musicians on albums including Casey Desmond and Morphine’s Dana Colley, music on TV shows such as "The Young and the Restless", hundreds of tour dates, and selections in several music conferences.

For a promo copy of The Eclipse, please contact contact@thevitalmight.com. Press kit available atwww.thevitalmight.com/press_kit.

Release Show dates:
Friday December 7th, 2012 - Bar4 - Brooklyn, NY
Saturday, December 8th, 2012 - Somerville, MA

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THE ECLIPSE ALBUM INFO

Title: The Eclipse

Release Date: 12/11/12

Tracks:

01 - The Eclipse - 6:03
02 - I Found You - 4:44
03 - Once - 4:39
04 - No Plans - 6:34
05 - This Approach - 4:00
06 - Alongside - 4:18
07 - As You Rise - 2:42
08 - The Greatest Man II - 5:09
09 - Cover For Me - 6:47
10 - Calm My Sleep - 5:52
11 - Clear Seas - 4:34
12 - Common Sense - 4:23

Production Notes: Produced by The Vital Might and Taylor Barefoot. Recorded, mixed, and mastered and Taylor Barefoot Productions in Brighton, MA.

COVER ART AND PHOTOS

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CONTACT AND MORE INFORMATION

Info, press & booking: Email contact@thevitalmight.com or call 617-290-8559.