Album Notes

“I’ll give you love and I’ll give you soul. I’ll make this rock if you make this roll.” Dan Bordonaro’s words from the song “This is High” should be taken as a promise when considering Flood the Shoreline. From Joel Carle’s synthetic percussion intro in the hook-filled title track, “War”, to Nick Saulino’s pulsing bass riff that drives “Innocence Never Looked So Good”, it is obvious that the band pours themselves into every song they create. Each member does all that they can to push their own limits just a bit further, like when Steve Zdziebko, a guitarist who prides himself on his ability to crunch chords, laid down a subtle lead guitar track on the melodic “Animals and Ashes.” This is the kind of musicianship fans have come to expect from Western New York’s Flood the Shoreline.

Around and Around, the band’s debut EP, was released on February 1st, 2008 at a long-awaited release event held at Ellicottville Brewing Company in the band’s native Fredonia, NY. After receiving some press from the local Chautauqua Region Word, the show’s total headcount for the night reached well over two hundred fans. The self recorded, produced, and engineered EP sold over one hundred copies in the first month of its release, crediting only live shows for promotion of the disc. With the release behind them, Flood the Shoreline is looking ahead to the future, making the music available at popular retailers such as iTunes, CDBaby, and subscription services like Rhapsody and the recently revived Napster. They promise never to compromise the consistency of live shows, nor the honesty of their music.