NEW EARLIMART ALBUM: MENTOR TORMENTOR: 11/14/2007 |
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Los Angeles-based band Earlimart released their fifth album, Mentor Tormentor, August 21st 2007 to rave reviews. Filter Magazine declared "With its broad, sweeping string arrangements, Mentor Tormentor is much more grandiose then anything Earlimart has done before,” while Under The Radar wrote “Earlimart has returned with their finest record,” CMJ stated “…Mentor’s sumptuous melodies soar,” and the Los Angeles Times “Sweeping keyboards conjure a movie soundtrack feel.”
Mentor Tormentor was written and produced by Aaron Espinoza and Ariana Murray at The Ship, the band’s studio in Eagle Rock, CA, and mixed by Dave Trumfio at Kingsize Soundlabs in Los Angeles. Recording in their own studio gave Espinoza, Ariana Murray and Joel Graves the luxury to write, record and shape Mentor Tormentor at their own pace, working with drummers Scott McPherson and Russell Pollard. From countless songs and takes, the record began to take form in late 2006. The final 15-track line-up of songs is the band’s strongest and most collaborative work to date.
Mentor Tormentor is the follow-up to the band’s critically-acclaimed 2004 release Treble & Tremble, which garnered considerable praise from Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, The New York Times, among many others, while the band went on to play sold-out shows across the U.S.
Mentor Tormentor is the first release from Majordomo Records, an imprint formed as a partnership between Earlimart and Shout! Factory, allowing the band greater creative freedom. Majordomo Records will also sign and produce other like-minded artists. The band is currently on a nationwide tour
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