Antennas Up

Antennas Up is a band that lives where high-tech audio meets organic, honest songwriting.

Formed in 2008, with a sound that uses vocoder, synths, computers, and guitar effects and is

often compared to iconic pop bands like Phoenix and OK Go, the Kansas City foursome deliver

songs with high-energy hooks and soul-bearing twists on the human experience of clumsy

moments and broken relationships. Nowhere is that more evident than on their newest LP The

Awkward Phase.

Composed primarily in a remote cabin in Maine, The Awkward Phase captures the dance-driven,

high-energy live shows the band is becoming widely known for and introduces a new set of

musical themes and textures previously unheard from the electro pop-rock quartet.

Says lead vocalist Kyle Akers, “Up in Maine we wrote songs in about every way possible--just a

guitar and a singer, the full band playing together, individuals writing parts and bouncing them

around, and they all worked in their own ways. You can hear examples of each style of writing

come out on the record.” From the blues-influenced anthem “Untitled (How Will I Know)” to the

orchestral rock swells in “My Brain” to driving beats and space-reaching vocals in “Lose It.”

The Awkward Phase is:

~Produced by Antennas Up

~Engineered by The Ryantist (co-producer and engineer - Ha Ha Tonka 'Death Of A Decade', Antennas Up 'Antennas Up');

~Mixed by Mike Cresswell (mixing engineer - Lyrics Borne, Blackalicious, General Elektriks, Honeycut); ~Mastered by Bob Power (engineer and producer Common, Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, Citizen Cope).

Street date: May 15, 2012.

Antennas Up is:

Kyle Akers (lead vocals/bass)

Bo McCall (guitar/vocals)

The Ryantist

(drums/vocals)

Jon Ulasien (guitar, keys, vocals)

“The Awkward Phase” Track Listing

1. The Awkward Phase

2. Coming On

3. December

4. Lights Out

5. Lose It

6. Untitled (How Will I Know)

7. Wormholes

8. Pretenders

9. Take Tonight Away

10. My Brain

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