The Meltdowns - Press Sheet

Are a rock and roll band from New York and New Jersey
Play fast and loud and rather unconrollably
Have three releases to their name: "No Authority, Direction, or Control" (2008), "Them Letdowns" (2008), "Yule Tide" (2007)
Will be releasing yet another EP in 2008
Will play your house party, basement, kitchen, laundromat, taqueria, or proper venue
Will play anywhere for gas money or single-barrel bourbon
Write songs about man's pseudo-modern condition
Are into dancing and having a good time to forget pain and heartache
Come highly recommended if you like Les Savy Fav, Minutemen, Gang of Four, At The Drive-In, Michael Jackson, Fugazi and the Rolling Stones
Subsist solely on the sweat of other human beings
Are finding themselves in need of a proper publicist

Listen

"...closer to the anarchic spirit of Gang Of Four than any of the recent spate of dance-rock imitators."
- Tris McCall, Jersey Beat, March 2008
"It sounds like demon dance party dogs tearing through a sweaty basement club and nipping at the heels of rad chicks with ugly-ass haircuts."
- Spencer @ Synthesis Blog, May 27, 2008
"...they were terrific. The bassist plays a 6-string bass and does some amazing runs, and Billy's a maniac on lead guitar. The band plays funky stretched-out rock jams with a lot of humor..."
- Jim Testa, Jersey Beat Blog, March 22nd, 2008
We also made Jim Testa's top 10 bands at Wilmington Exchange Festival 2008, May 27th.
"Though they really don't sound much like them, these guys remind me a lot of the sorely missed Minutemen -- it's obvious from the first couple of notes that they love their jazz and their funk. Their rhythm section is taut and tense, and they ain't apprehensive in the least to use their lyrics to convey something a bit more substantive..."
- Jimmy Alvarado, Razorcake, date unknown