Record Heat, by The Safes

Record Heat

by The Safes

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1.	Hopes Up, Guard Down 02:14	info	buy track
2.	I Would Love To 02:18	info	buy track
3.	K.O. 02:13	info	buy track
4.	The Wide Open Sky 02:05	info	buy track
5.	Birthday Cake 02:37	info	buy track
6.	Know It All 02:28	info	buy track
7.	I Win 03:44	info	buy track
8.	Ace For A Face 02:41	info	buy track
9.	Hot Pursuit 02:50	info	buy track
10.	Erased From History 01:53	info	buy track

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Watch the music video for "I Would Love To" directed by Mickey Mangan
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvZ-w7wTff0

Watch the music video for "Hopes Up, Guard Down" directed by Mike Hindert
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLkpMZzcIb4

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released April 29, 2014

THE SAFES ● RECORD HEAT
Frankie O’Malley : vocals, guitar, vibraphone, piano, drums, bass
Michael O’Malley : bass, vocals
Patrick O’Malley : vocals, guitar, organ
Patrick Mangan : bass, vocals

Guest Musicians
Austin Dorff : glockenspiel
Dexter Fontaine : drums
Mike Horick : drums
Ellen Mangan : harp
Frank X. O’Malley : baritone saxophone
Kathleen Wilson: vocals

Produced by Patrick O’Malley
Recorded by Jason Ward, Jim Diamond, Patrick O’Malley, Frankie O’Malley, Eamonn Aiken
Recorded at Key Club Recording, Ghetto Recorders, Studiomalley, The Bastille Studios
Mastered by Jason Ward at Chicago Mastering Service

Photographs by ©Andrew Ballantyne
Copyright © & P 2014 The Safes
Better Safe Than Sorry (ASCAP)
THE SAFES ® is a registered trademark of O’Brothers Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

For lyrics,dates, info visit: www.thesafes.com

The Safes are aware that an album titled Record Heat might be promising a lot, but with over a decade of experience in the studio and on the stage, the brothers O’Malley know what they are doing. The band’s “smart, melodic music” ( NPR) is rooted in ‘60s-era inspirations such as The Kinks and The Who – artists who knew how to deliver big on record and on stage. Contemporary comparisons such as Spoon and The Apples In Stereo make a whole lot of sense, too.

When it came to getting that sound on tape for Record Heat, the brothers went back to Detroit and the studio of Jim Diamond (The Sonics) where they tracked the first The Safes recordings. Additional tracking for Record Heat was completed at Keyclub Recording in Benton Harbor, MI by Jason Ward (Arcade Fire, Kid Congo Powers.) Record Heat was produced by Patrick O’Malley.

The resulting album is 25 minutes of dynamite! A fresh blast of magic that hits the spot ten times over, exploding with a supersonic crunch, electric energy, and hooks that hurt. The album’s first single “Hopes Up, Guard Down,” and its accompanying video directed by Mike Hindert of The Bravery and premiered on CMJ, was followed up by a very unique video for The Safes song “I Would Love To”, directed by Mickey Mangan, that was filmed by The Safes fans in 15 countries and represents 12 languages and premiered on Yahoo! Music!

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"Atomic Pop"
-David Fricke, Rolling Stone

“ The Safes make smart, melodic music”
-NPR

”… garage-kissed powerpop”
-San Francisco Chronicle

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