Nine Days Are Back: Recording New Album, Performing Summer Tour

John Mitty Monday, June 17, 2013

St. James, NY (June 13, 2013) – Nine Days, the pop rock group who are best known for their smash hit song "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)", which hit #1 and topped the radio charts back in the year 2000, are currently back in the studio with producer/engineer Paul Umbach at The Maze in Nashville, TN, recording their first album since 2007 (scheduled for a Fall release).

Earlier this year, the Long Island, NY based band announced that the five original members who performed on their classic Gold sales certified album "The Madding Crowd" (Epic) had reunited to play a string of East Coast dates and to work on songs for a new album.

"We recorded two prior albums with Paul, 1996's "Monday Songs" and 2007's "Slow Motion Life", and Paul also mixed the majority of the songs on my last three solo albums", remarked singer/guitarist John Hampson, "Paul has also worked with Brian on his solo stuff, so there is a great history and understanding of how the band works, and what we want to achieve."

The songs on the album include working titles such as "Alchemy", "Protect Me (From What I Want)", "Messin' Around", "Wine, Women and Song", "Viking Funeral", "Indian Summer", and "Flying Saucer".

John continued, "We're going for a very 'live' feel on this record, and Paul's studio is set up great for that. We're just playing as a band and recording it "live". There are a lot of different influences swirling around, but for me it's very much like The Band's self titled 'brown album'. They cut that live, and it was all about the overall heart and soul of the song, and absolutely NOT about pitching vocals and moving drum hits around a grid. There is a musicality to this album that I think will surprise people. All my NY friends will hear 'country', but it's not a country record at all, but certainly more of the Americana vibe that was present on out earlier indie albums pre "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)"."

You can see the band live on June 22 at Rockwood Music Hall in New York City, on July 13th at Deepwells Mansion on Long Island, on July 25th at Hard Rock Cafe in Pittsburgh, PA and on July 26th at Reverb in Reading, PA with several additional July/August dates in Nashville and the surrounding areas as they complete the record set to be announced .

"We started this band directly trying to find our own place in the Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Counting Crows musical world, and this is a sort of return to that music for Nine Days. Brian and I have both been doing the singer/songwriter thing for the past few years, but we are excited to be focusing on the band again."

Fans interested in being a part of this recording can also do so by visiting Pledge Music and making a donation or purchase here: http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/ninedays

See some behind the scenes footage and photos of the recording sessions at http://www.facebook.com/ninedaysband

jmitty@longislandyellowpages.com

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