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Recap of TR's 2007

So another year has passed and this next one is sure to just go by as quick. So let's take a trip down the memory lane for what was 2007 for us.

March we got our record contract and started recording A Legacy Between which was finished in May sometime. We went from playing about forty five shows a year to one hundred and twenty two. TR embarked on our first tour which also took place in March. We toured again in June and our cd release tour (Feed Just One Tour) in September and October. With one more tour in December. So from never being on tour to going out on the road four separate times in one year was quite a bit for us.

We got the chance to play such festivals as Spirit West Coast, Joshua Fest and Cornerstone California. We were granted the privilege to share the stage with bands such as: Underoath, Mxpx, Anberlin, Demon Hunter, Thousand Foot Krutch, Dizmas, Red, Hawk Nelson, Leeland, Seventh Day Slumber, Family Force 5, Emery and so many more that are worth mentioning but I need to stop writing or all you'll be doing will be reading off band names.

A Legacy Between was released on August Twenty Eighth in stores and online nation wide. Our first radio single was released on July 30th and has been charting for fourteen straight weeks while making it up to number seventeen. Our second radio single will be released later this month of January. But that doesn't count for last year because we are in a different year. We just wanted to mention that.

Around the middle of August TR purchases a tour bus/shuttle. We bought a 22 passenger city shuttle that we have now converted to our wonderful tour bus. We call it a bus because it's quicker to say that than shuttle. There is still work to be done on our bus but we are always working hard to make it a better home away from home for us.

While on tour we have meet some amazing people. We've been able to pray with people, talk, share stories and laugh with so many of you. Even engage in some good old shoe fling! God has certainly changed our lives through our encounters with all of you.

Our amazingly stylish guitar player Sam got engaged to girlfriend Veronica. They will be married this coming year, which leaves only our bassist Andrew the only non married or engaged person. No pressure Andrew! To end the year we had the chance to play an amazing show in Albuquerque New Mexico on New Years Eve, where we got to ring in the new year with our friends at the radio station M88. To all of you who came to that thank you! What a way to finish such an amazing year for us.

2008 will bring so much more for all of us. This year, may you be open to all possibilities for you your family and friends. May God take control of your life, humble you and build up to be a light for such a dark world that we live in.

Cheers to 2007 and being a year closer to our Lord Jesus Christ returning. Look for us on tour and online everywhere in 2008. Keep the prayer requests, conversations and discussions coming!

In His Service
Transistor Radio
Jordan, Guy, Andrew, Sam and Jamesdon

January 11

New Songs and Single

We have two new songs up for you all to listen to. Please let us know what you think. If you don't have copy of A Legacy Between please go pick one up at the store or online!

The new single is The Getaway. It will be released to radio on Jan. 28th. We will be asking for you help with promoting it here very soon! Thank you to everyone who listens and supports us!

In His Service
TR

A Legacy Between press release

Excitement levels are high as Transistor Radio prepares for the August 28th drop of debut A Legacy Between, also the first release from Up At Nite Records, the new rock imprint of Syntax Records. It is a joining of pioneer spirits, as Transistor Radios melodic indie-rock represents well the innovative energy of Up At Nite, created by the pacesetters behind JoshuaFest, Cornerstone California, and Syntax Records, an upstart itself, putting out the freshest underground sounds since 1997.

Four driven years and several permutations have resulted in todays Transistor Radio line-up, solid since January of 2006: Jamesdon Kissling (vocals/keys), Guy Bravo (guitar), Sam Moreno (guitar/vocals/keys), Andrew Galbreath (bass/vocals), and Jordan Heid (drummer). The bands membership met through the unique juxtaposition of prayer and Myspace. We just clicked from the get-go, shares bassist Andrew Galbreath. What really melded us together was the coming together of our first two loves: God and music. Along with a driving desire to open connections between a loving God and those in desperate need of Him, the quintet brings together avid passions for music across the board: frontman Kissling loves Dashboard Confessional, Bravo is a Led Zeppelin fan, while Sam Moreno still listens to Stryper and Jordan Heid is a huge country fan. All five bring years of robust individual expertise together to create the melodic hook-rich sound that is A Legacy Between.

Transistor Radios alt-rock groove is backed up by boldly honest lyrics that flow from their strong relational drive. Unafraid to open up a vein and reveal candid fears, they serve up the deeply expressive California in December, and bravely convey the chaos of dependency in Addiction. Their sound is message-oriented without skimping on sonic excellence, as illustrated in the melodic intensity of The Getaway, powerfully portraying one minds consideration of the gospel and its benefits.

This record touches base on the human issues that everybody relates to, says label founder Aaron Diello. I mean everyone. You cannot listen to A Legacy Between and not relate. You find yourself singing the song for yourself, and crying out to God because you know youre not alone. This record does an amazing job of pointing the listener in the right direction . . . to a God that is infinite in love and grace.

This direct approach is no surprise coming from a band willing to invite fans to send in prayer requests and discussion questions. Meeting regularly on Tuesdays to cover those needs in prayer, the Transistor Radio guys are focused on the mission. We dont want to be just a band about music, shares drummer Jordan Heid. We feel God calling us to take it a step further, and become engaged in peoples lives. Thats what God calls us all to do in the Bible, period. To be engaged with one other.

A Legacy Between deals with everything life throws at us. From our own trials that we create for ourselves to the trials God places in our path. Transistor Radios chunky guitars, contagious hooks, and potent lyrics open the doors of hope and encouragement just when we need them most.