PALMERSTON

Rock / Alternative

 

BIOGRAPHY


It took two continents, three countries, and 237 singers to make Palmerston.
No, really.
Hear the band, and youll believe it. An unlikely collision of worlds fuels their kind of rocknroll:
hot meets cool, mind meets guts, the northern sensibilities of two Portugese-Canadian brothers
fuse with the Bay Area boho of one explosive singer.
Lets take it from the top, when Gabriel and Fernando Ferreira started jamming in (where else) a
garage in Toronto, Ontario. They rounded up a singer, released an EP, and rolled through the narrow
roads and massive festival stages of Europe. There was a Top 10 single on Portugese radio,
tens of thousands of European fans, and opening slots for bands like Weezer and System of a
Down.
For less driven rockers, this might have been enough. But the Ferreira brothers needed to kick it
up a notch; they needed a change of scene. In 2003, they packed their bags for Los Angeles. Their
singer stayed behind in Canada: Palmerston would be born anew in the city of angels.
At first, there was culture clash: bright lights and big city, Canadian modesty confronted by a thousand
guys who swear that next year, theyll be bigger than Tom Cruise. But the Hollywood dream
suited the Ferreira brothers just fine. "We thrive on competition," Gabriel says. "The spirit of success
is very much alive in Los Angeles."
To capture that success you need a singer, so Gabriel and Fernando put out a call for auditions.
Exactly 237 rock star wannabes showed up. None of them could sing; at least, not with the kind of
heady combination of raw power and lyrical sensitivity that the Palmerston project needed.
Not, that is, until they heard French.
It was his voice that captured them first: huge, visceral, taut with passion. But French had other
gifts to offer, like the perspectives of a self-described poet, artist, dreamer; a former juvenile
delinquent who had grown up on the beach, testing the limits of perception (and, sometimes, the
law) while feeding his ears on experimental rock soundscapes.
Fused with the Ferreira brothers instrumental talents, Frenchs expansive creativity would give
birth to Palmerstons deliciously unpredictable live show. Sometimes, in the middle of a set, the
singer paints a painting, or improvises a poem. Whatever comes to mind in the heat of the moment,
or from the energy of the crowd, hell do it.
This is why Palmerstons audiences never forget them, and why the bands debut album was so
hotly anticipated by fans across the world.
True, you cant see the live show on that eponymous new CD. But you can feel it. Produced in
Vancouver by internationally renowned producer Dale Penner (Nickelback) and mixer Mike Fraser
(Metallica, Aerosmith), the trios full-length is an explosive exercise in huge guitars, hooky riffs
and a relentless search for melodic freedom.
For these elements, French calls it a new experiment in modern rock. Its radio-friendly but not
derivative, visceral but not angry. It started in a garage in Toronto and was transformed forever by
the heady, cerebral subcultures of southern California, resulting in something that hasnt quite been
done before.
Take a listen for yourself. Youll see.
For more information, contact:
Greg Brooks
212-245-7300
gwbrooks@mindspring.com
or
Dale Penner
dale@paradise-alley.com
http://www.myspace.com/palmerston

 
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STRESSEDmum

I LIKE YOUR MUSIC!

posted Jul 16

 
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Location:  Hollywood, United States

Members:  FRENCH, BASILIO, GABRIEL, DAVE

 

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