TICKLE ME PINK

Rock / Punk / Indie

 

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MADELINE COMING THIS SUMMER

Tickle Me Pink will release their debut album Madeline this summer. Preview four songs from the album now.


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ABOUT TICKLE ME PINK

Formed in 2005, Tickle Me Pink includes Sean Kennedy (lead vocals, guitar, bass), Johnny Schou (bass, guitar, backup vocals), Stefan Runstrom (drums), and Steven Beck (guitar, vocals). Tickle Me Pink has built a loyal following by playing hundreds of live shows and independently releasing two EPs, If Only We Were Twenty One And Up (2005) and Half Seas Over (2006), and their newly conceived full-length, Madeline. Selling out the 650-capacity Aggie Theater in Fort Collins, Tickle Me Pink has become one of the biggest bands in Colorado. Tickle Me Pink recorded their debut album, Madeline, at The Blasting Room in Fort Collins. Produced by Lee Miles (The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus), the epic album explores brutal breakups, love, loss, drug use, mortality and the trappings of suburbia.

Tickle Me Pink singer and lyricist Sean Kennedy used Madeline as a means to challenge his own personal demons. "I have lots of inward battles. I was raised in a very religious home; I constantly struggle with my conscience, a higher purpose, contentment and the curse of always wanting more," says Kennedy. "I have to make music, it makes me whole, and it is a part of my blood and soul."

Influential Denver radio station KTCL added "Typical" in late 2007 and generated a substantial amount of interest behind the band. The station has been credited with helping jumpstart the careers of Colorado artists including The Fray, Meese and Single File. Tickle Me Pink signed with Wind-Up Records in January 2008, choosing a label that shared the band's philosophy of long-term career development. The band was signed by Wind-Up Records Executive Vice President of A&R Diana Meltzer, who has signed artists such as Evanescence, Creed, Finger Eleven and Seether.

The urgency and depth of Tickle Me Pink is best captured with the title track of their new album. "Madeline" is a cautionary tale of substance abuse, documenting the death of the album's namesake heroine. Kennedy states, "Madeline represents my friends who have gone off of the deep end. It illustrates how sorry I feel that my impact on some of my friends has not been more positive. Every activity shared in the song may have been fun at the time, but ultimately brought Madeline to her death. Living with the thought that you might have been the final straw is a tough mental battle."

With influences that recall the bombastic tension of At The Drive-In, the heart-on-the-sleeve approach of Brand New, the pop sensibilities of Third Eye Blind and the explosive energy of Rage Against The Machine, Madeline defies convention. Madeline is an eclectic offering that changes colors like a chameleon, yet never loses its heart or identity.

 
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magical deer

wow, you guys are purty groovy!

I'm as selfish as a suicide.

you guys are great. :)

roseyben

I hope you guys release some singles on iTunes or
something soon. I hear you guys a lot on 93.3. Typical
is awesome. I'd get all those songs as singles easy. So
would a lot of people i would think.

moonlightroses_madzi

u guys r rawesome : D

God's Soldier

Amazing... [lyrics and sound.]

tffnx

Holy original! o:

molly™

oh my gosh! i love you guys! :]

Almost Loved.

You guys are a-m-a-z-i-n-g! im so loving the sound and
lyrics. you guys need to come dallas pweese!

 
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Location:  Fort Collins, CO

Members:  Stefan Runstrom, Sean Kennedy, Steven Beck, Johnny Schou

 

Madeline

Mar 26, 2008