Here are two free MP3s from The Kamikaze Hearts’ Oneida Road album. Fretted over for four years by five fine gentlemen, this album is the band’s best work yet.

“Ash Wednesday”

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“No One Called You a Failure”

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Oneida Road is available in the Collar City Records store.

8/31 – Club Passim // Boston, MA w/Hot Day at the Zoo, Amity Front
9/07 – Skidmore College // Saratoga Springs, NY
9/08 – Castaway’s // Ithaca, NY
9/21 – Sportsmen’s Tavern // Buffalo, NY
9/22 – The Note // Chicago, IL
9/23 – Billiken Club // St. Louis, MO
9/24 – Radio Radio – Indianapolis, IN
9/29 – Iron Horse Music Hall // Northampton, MA w/Levelette
9/30 – Mo Pitkins // NYC

After nearly three years of toil and trouble, The Kamikaze Hearts return from the studio with a full length album entitled “Oneida Road”. We are talking four different re-records of the entire album, computer failures, near death experiences — the whole ten yards. What emerged from these sessions is the band’s most detailed, complete and stunning endeavor to date.

The recordings feature the band’s trademark infectious, yet thought-worthy tales of life, travel, sadness and joy supported by a new world of instruments and sound colors that have yet to be heard on a Kamikaze Hearts album. Joining the mandolin, banjo, dobro, guitar and the minimal drum set up are keyboards, electric guitars, drum sets, voice choirs and more.

To celebrate “Oneida Road”‘s release in September on Collar City Records, The Kamikaze Hearts are headlining a very special night at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton, MA on Friday, September 29th at 10PM. The idea was suggested by the folks at IHEG who book the Iron Horse, Pearl Street, Calvin Theatre and a few other Northampton venues. The ‘Hearts were reluctant at first, as all CD release shows are doomed from the start, right? However, who could refuse the idea of a party in a room with such great sound, solid drink list and cordial staff? This special “one time only” performance will feature a complete live performance of “Oneida Road” from start to finish with an expanded Kamikaze Hearts lineup, adding two members to deliver the songs in a most realized presentation.

In order to make the 90 mile trip from Albany to Northampton more feasible and fun for Capitol District area fans, the band has chartered an Adirondack Trailways bus to take a limited amount of folks to the show and back. A special “one low price” deal has been worked out where bus-riders will receive the ride, the show ticket and the CD along with other pending surprises!

Indie-pop wunderkind Brent Gorton will hike up his boots & gather his guitar cords for a quick bolt up and down the east coast starting THIS weekend. Here are the dates and details:

Brent Gorton & the Tender Breasts:
Friday, Aug. 4 – Valentine’s // Albany, NY w/ Carter Tanton, Besties, Specific Heats
Sunday, Aug. 6 – The Khyber // Philadelphia, PA w/ Aaron MoDavis (of the Teeth), Mike Visser, Carter Tanton
Monday, Aug. 7 – Charm City Arts Space // Baltimore, MD w/ Carter Tanton
Wednesday, Aug. 9 – Starr Hill // Charlottesville, VA w/ Tom Rhodes
Thursday, Aug. 10 – Alley Katz // Richmond, VA w/ The Cheap Seats
Friday, Aug. 11 – Werehouse // Winston-Salem, NC w/ SNMNMNM
Saturday, Aug. 12 – The Cave // Chapel Hill, NC
Sunday, Aug. 13 – Galaxy Hut // Arlington, VA
Friday, Aug. 25 – Milky Way // Jamaica Plain, MA w/ Headband, Mittens

Head over and say hello to Brent and the ladies at myspace!
Next, head over to the CCR store and buy his record!

Coming soon — news about The Kamikaze Hearts’ new album – “Oneida Road”.