gramercy arms

Thursday, October 16, 2008

cheap lullaby

Gramercy Arms is delighted to announce that our debut record will be released in the US on Cheap Lullaby Records. The record is coming out digitally on November 18th and will be available in physical form in early 09. Exact street date TBD.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

12/6 with Nada Surf and Jealous Girlfriends

Gramercy Arms will be opening for Nada Surf and Jealous Girlfriends at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC on 12/6!!!!

record out!!!!!!

Our debut record is officially available!!! It has been released in physical form on Reveal Records in the UK and will be coming out on the mighty Cheap Lullaby Records in North America. Digital release any day now and physical release coming up in February.

Monday, July 28, 2008

Picadilly Records

support your local record store and Buy the Gramercy Arms debut record at Picadilly Records

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Gramercy Arms on Nemone's BBC 6 Lunchbox

BBC 6 DJ Nemone has selected "Looking at the Sun" for her lunchbox of favorite songs!!!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/nemone/tracklisting.shtml?y=2008&d=20080714

#9, #9, #9

Gramercy Arms is 9 on Uncut's playlist for this week!

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Here's the list:

1 Babe, Terror - Nasa Goodbye (http://www.myspace.com/babeterror)

2 Lindstrom – Where You Go I Go Too (Smalltown Supersound)

3 Stereolab – Chemical Chords (4AD)

4 Joanna Newsom – Ys (Drag City)

5 Love As Laughter – Trademark Of Quality (Self-Released)

6 John Terrill – Frowny Frown (Family Vineyard)

7 The Heads – Dead In The Water(Rooster)

8 The Necks – Aether (Fish Of Milk)

9 Gramercy Arms – Gramercy Arms (Reveal)

10 Yahowa Presents Children Of The Sixth Root Race – Songs From The Source (Drag City)

11 Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes (Bella Union)

12 Fleet Foxes – Sun Giant EP (Bella Union)

13 Pete Greenwood – Pete Greenwood (Heavenly)

14 Black Taj – Beyonder (Amish)

15 Bowerbirds – Hymns For A Dark Horse (Dead Oceans)

16 Brian Wilson – That Lucky Old Sun (EMI)

17 Jim O'Rourke – Tamper (Drag City)

18 Mogwai – The Hawk Is Howling (Wall Of Sound)
John Mulvey

Monday, June 30, 2008

automatic remix video

about gramercy arms

Gramercy Arms is an ever (r)evolving collective band project of New York-based artists.

On this record, Gramercy Arms comprises members of Guided By Voices, Luna, Joan as Police Woman, Dead Air and The Dambuilders, along with comic Sarah Silverman, Their self-titled debut album is a summery blast of gorgeous power pop, heartfelt tales of love and loss and the city they call their home.

Clocking in at a lean and mean 30 minutes, bassist/vocalist Rainy Orteca (Joan As Police Woman, Dead Air) describes it as “the hottest thirty minute love affair available.”

The album is a celebration of all that is New York in its dirty-beautiful splendor. Musically Gramercy Arms is a classic New York sound--Dave Derby’s disaffected poetic sensibilities mesh with the guitar virtuosity of Sean Eden and Hilken Mancini in the grand Gotham tradition of the Velvet Underground and Television shot through with a love of seventies pop rock.

Gramercy Arms captures the romance and feel of the city,the album’s lead Single, “Automatic”, captures the frantic energy of the city. “I was thinking of it in the sense of “automatic response”—embracing intuition and energy. That to me is what the essence of rock and roll has always been.”

The album features a wide range of guest performances including an unexpected background vocal performance by comedian Sarah Silverman who sings backups on the summery “Looking at the Sun.” “It’s about the simple and awesome joy of being able to experience things brand new the way a child sees them,” explains Derby. “The song was almost done but I felt the song needed something more. Rainy (Orteca of Joan As Police Woman and Dead Air ) and I had worked with Sarah before creating music for her television show, The Sarah Silverman Program and thought that she’d be perfect for the song. She has a beautiful voice that is surprisingly earnest and sweet. Her vocals are very straight-forward, there’s nothing comedic about the approach, but for some reason I think it’s her comedic sensibility that gives the song a kind of heightened sweetness to it.

Other guest performances include Nada Surf’s Matthew (“Nothing I Can Do”) and former bandmate Joan Wasser (Joan As Police Woman) who lends her gorgeous vocals to “Wander On.”

In addition the album features performances Lloyd Cole, Chris Brokaw as well as members of The Pernice Brothers, Mascott, Shudder to Think and others. the record was recorded in Winter of 2008, produced by Dave Derby with additional production by Nathan Larson and Thom Monahan.. Gramercy Arms will be released on Reveal Records in August 2008. The single, “Automatic” will be available in June.