New Years Day

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Cat No: HYP10273

Release Date: 13 May 2013

Label: Hypertension

Packaging Type: Jewel Case

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 4011586102732

Genres: Rock

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Re-release at budget price

Long before Kevin Bacon launched his prolific stage and screen career, and before Michael Bacon became known as a "go-to" composer for film and television, they were just two brothers, born nine years apart, coming of age in Center City, Philadelphia.

The record, is laden with the brothers' trademark gritty rock and a touch of Philly soul, and harkens back to those roots in the City of Brotherly Love, when life was less complicated and music filled the air. The album kicks off with "New Year's Day," a song that, whilst drawing upon Kevin's experiences, isn't necessarily about him. "'New Years Day" is from the perspective of a kid, 18 or 19, who's left Philadelphia for Los Angeles to pursue his dream of stardom, but is pining to get back to Philly for the Mummers Parade," says Kevin, who has attended Philadelphia's elaborate New Year's celebration many times. "L.A. is the land of the endless summer, and everything is so beautiful but there's something still inherent in me that's left over from Philadelphia, which is cold and provincial, but in a great way."

The infectious second track, "Go My Way" with its laid-back, shuffling soulful groove, is also written from a character's perspective. "It's a guy who's younger than me, single and living alone in New York, not doing very well and struggling with his life," Kevin observes. "Then this one woman keeps popping up in his life and elevates his sorry existence for a time."

With 2009 marking 14 years of the Bacon Brothers band's existence, any cynical preconceptions about well-known actors "dabbling" in music now can safely be discarded. The New Yorker recently observed: "Hollywood hangs like an albatross around the neck of any movie star turned musician, but this duo shakes off the burden of fame with sharply executed rock that has a blue-collar, rootsy edge."
Tracks; 1. New Year's Day / 2. Go My Way (The iPod Song) / 3. Almost Got Rich / 4. Bunch of Words / 5. Bitter Man / 6. Tell Me What I Have To Do / 7. Architeuthis / 8. Children / 9. Eye of the Storm / 10. Wild Life / 11. Kikko's Song
Interview + song with full band Graham Norton Show May 24th. Interview + song with 3 piece acoustic Andrew Marr Show. Feature in Q Magazine. Radio broadcast Simon Mayo.
GMTV interview + song. Steve Wright in the Afternoon. Word magazine interview and feature. The Times interview and feature. Daily Express interview and feature
Tracklisting