Album Notes

Some bands words can't help.

If the music has the power to change your mood from blue to sparkly, it's not created to be written or talked about. It's created to be experienced. The consensus of concert goers is that Antennas Up is a groovy live rock band that just happens to have their debut CD on the way. They are on a mission to free the populace from spectating through life by providing inspiration to participate, to move, to dance to music that leaves behind mindless lyrics. If you're not convinced yet, go see the band live. They have free dum dum pops.

Lead vocalist and bassist Kyle Akers, guitarist Bo McCall, and drummer The Ryantist spent five years playing and touring the country together in Kansas City based Distance To Empty and independently racked up a list of impressive credentials including over 280 shows in two years. The name change coincided with a new musical direction.

On stage Akers channels Rivers Cuomo, Damon Albarn of Blur and Gorillaz, Thom Yorke and Jason Mraz, whacking audiences over the head, in a good way, with a voice overflowing with soul and vibrating with energy that breaks the bonds of feet on floor.

On Antennas Up debut CD the trio is joined by guest vocalist Lonnie Coleman. The self-titled album is set to launch in Spring 2009 and is mastered by Bob Power (multi-platinum record producer of Erykah Badu, D'angelo and Citizen Cope) and mixed by Allen Farmelo (engineer Yerba Buena and Department of Good and Evil). Dancing is compulsory and guys are encouraged to use it as party music to seduce the ever-so-elusive and sophisticated race of females. If those aren't good enough reasons to grab the disc, remember that it is a ticket to a spaceship. You want to ride a spaceship don't you? - Trudi Arnold

Antennas Up self-titled debut album details -
*Mixed by Allen Farmelo (Downtown Harvest, Department of Good and Evil, Time Farmer, Paul Britten)
*Mastered by Bob Power (Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, Common, Erykah Badu, Citizen Cope, De La Soul)