Cool Hand Luke's "The Balancing Act" covers a lot of territory. Documenting well what Cool Hand Luke has been doing most of the last decade, creating sincere and expressive art rock while touring the country presenting their message of hope. These fourteen tracks attempt to balance ministry & art, message and poetry, the expectations of a large and devoted fan base against the artistic growth of an evolving band of musicians. This collection of tracks is sure to please the bands devoted following and seems destined to find an expanding audience. This record has moments of the bands earlier indy influenced sounds that will appeal to today's emocore scene, while several tracks are the piano driven anthems that have become the norm for this promising young band. The themes as always are serious: grace, consequences, finding truth and love in a fallen world. Mark Nick's vocals always sound powerfully sincere and the music sounds large and inspired.

Nashville's Cool Hand Luke have quite a story. In the early 00's The band recorded some demo's, played indie rock shows all over the Southeast and then in 2002 they signed to Floodgate Records. Floodgate released their CHL’s previous acclaimed albums: 2003's " Wake Up, O Sleeper and and 2004's "The Fires of Life". Since then the band hit the road hard playing nearly 300 shows including national tours with Norma Jean, Copeland and Switchfoot to name a few. Facing burnout and some personal difficulties, Cool Hand Luke decided to take a year break. Ironically their singer Mark Nicks spent most of this off year touring, first playing drums for hardcore fav's The Chariot and then spent a couple of months on the road with Thrice. Nicks didn't actually get to play any music on the Thrice tour but rather was asked to share the story of Uganda's "invisible children" at shows. See www.invisiblechildren.com. A long break like this at such a critical time in the bands career would leave most smaller indie bands forgotten but when Cool Hand Luke returned to the road in 2006, they found hundreds of people showing up at many of their headlining shows. The Band decided to release this collection of songs as an outlet for more recent fans to catch up with Cool Hand Luke while sharing some new songs for longsuffering fans as well. This long journeying band still feels like their best days are before them says Nicks. "We're writing some of my favorite material so far, and I am still the only one in the band old enough to rent a van."

COOL HAND LUKE KICKS OFF TOUR WITH MY EPIC

The guys in Cool Hand Luke jump-started 2009 with a January tour alongside their good friends, My Epic. This weekend, the tour began in Virginia and North Carolina to rave reviews and great crowds. Joining Cool Hand Luke onstage is Lee Hardin, a great friend and bass player, so if you are able to check out the tour, make sure you say hello to Lee!

COOL HAND LUKE + MY EPIC TOUR
Jan 5 – Pulaski, VA
Jan 6 – Farmville, VA
Jan 7 – Columbia, SC
Jan 9 – Jacksonville, FL
Jan 10 – Douglasville, GA
Jan 11 – Pensacola, FL
Jan 12 – Madison, MS
Jan 13 – East Ridge, TN
Jan 14 – Nashville, TN
Jan 16 – Little Rock, AR
Jan 17 – Camdenton, MO
Jan 18 – Owensboro, KY
Jan 19 – Anderson, IN
Jan 20 – Southgate, MI
Jan 21 – Mansfield, OH
Jan 22 – Crofton, MD
Jan 23 – Lynchburg, VA
Jan 24 – Burlington, NC

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For more information or for a copy of Cool Hand Luke’s latest project “The Sleeping House”, please contact
Lori Lenz – Biscuit PR
714-553-5181
lori@biscuitpr.com

Added by / 01-06-2009 at 11:32:22 AM


THE MYRIAD NEWS

- New album out
The Myriad's new album is officially released, "With Arrows, With Poise". Order now from iTunes or their website at http://www.themyriad.net.

- Summer Festivals
Check out The Myriad at these summer music festivals across the nation!
June 28th-Creation East Festival in Shirleysburg, Pennsylvania http://www.creationfest.com/ne/program.php
July 2nd-Cornerstone Festival in Bushnell, Illinois http://www.cornerstonefestival.com
July 10th-Lifefest in Oshkosh, Wisconsin http://www.lifefest.com
July 26th-Creation West Festival in Quincy, Washington http://www.creationfest.com/nw/program.php
August 1st-Spirit West Coast Festival in Monterey, California http://www.spiritwestcoast.org/directions.php
August 8th-TOMfest in Camas, Washington
August 30th-Revelation Generation in Frenchtown, New Jersey http://www.revelationgeneration.org/index.php

- Rock Band video game
Rock Band video game just released The Myriad's "A Clean Shot". The Rock Band musical track will release to the XBLM for 80 Microsoft points.

- New video for "You Waste Time Like a Grandfather Clock"
Check out The Myriad's new video for "You Waste Time Like a Grandfather Clock" on their website at http://www.themyriad.net.

Added by / 06-23-2008 at 10:42:35 AM


The Myriad on MTV2

The world premier of the new video for "A Clean Shot" by The Myriad will happen on MTV2 on March 22. The video will air every hour. Set your Tivo. Check The Myriad Myspace page for details.

Added by TIM / 03-11-2008 at 10:03:59 AM
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