May 19, 2009 -- TANTRIC--Hugo
Ferreira (lead vocals, keyboards), Joe Pessia (guitars), Erik
Leonhardt (bass and vocals), Marcus Ratzenboeck (violin), Richie
Monica (drums)--will be releasing their fourth album, MIND
CONTROL, July 21 on the Silent Majority Group label (through
Warner Music Group’s Independent Label Group). It was
produced by Brett Hestla (Creed, Framing Hanley, Dark New Day)
and is the follow-up to 2008’s THE END BEGINS,
which produced the Top Five Rock hit, “Down and Out.”
TANTRIC was formed
from the ashes of Platinum acoustic rock band Days of the New.
After scores of U.S. tours, multiple Rock hits including ”Breakdown,”
“Mourning,” “Astounded,” “Hey
Now,” and “Down and Out,” TANTRIC has grown
into a mainstay at the Rock radio formats. While the band’s
recurrent tracks continue to enjoy plenty of radio play, their
fourth album, MIND CONTROL, is being greeted by early
listeners as their “heaviest and hookiest” work
to date. The title track—the album’s first single--will
surely become, yet again, another rock radio staple. A video
will hit the TV and Internet airwaves in the next few weeks.
MIND CONTROL
is sure to follow in the footsteps of THE END BEGINS,
which Billboard described as: “…remarkable…a
well-realized blend of post-grunge rock, crafty melodies and
pop finesse, sans overt commercial pandering.”
In touring news,
look for the band to launch a full-scale summer tour in July.
Details are forthcoming.