The Rocket Summer’s major-label debut coming in mid-July; to be celebrated with a release party at the Granada

by PegNews wire

Fans of Island Records’ The Rocket Summer will have their prayers answered next month with the release DO YOU FEEL, the third full-length CD and first major label album release for TRS. The album is set to arrive in stores on July 17th, preceded by “So Much Love,” the first Island single by TRS.

In advance of the album release, The Rocket Summer will be on the road starting May 5th at the Bamboozle Festival in New Jersey’s Meadowlands. The date segues into a 20-city cross-country tour with mtvU’s Drive Thru favorites Hellogoodbye, opening down the road in Newark on May 8th, ending June 2nd-4th with a 3-night stand at the Anaheim House of Blues in Hellogoodbye’s native Orange County. After a run of solo dates, TRS joins the Vans Warped Tour extravaganza for the second half of the North American itinerary, from July 25th (Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD) through August 25th (Home Depot Center in Carson, CA).

The Rocket Summer plays the Granada on Tuesday, July 17.

DO YOU FEEL marks the well-deserved major label arrival of Bryce Avary, the frontman, songwriter and multi-instrumental mastermind of The Rocket Summer. The phenomenally gifted Texas-bred 24-year old rock visionary composed, arranged, produced, sang, and performed every instrumental part on DO YOU FEEL as well as his two indie albums and self-released debut EP, and has gathered one of the most rapturous cult followings in modern rock.

In 1999, after playing local shows for a couple years, teen-aged Bryce recorded his low-budget self-titled EP, The Rocket Summer. Calendar Days was recorded in 2002, and released in 2003 by The Militia Group. The grassroots following exploded as TRS toured relentlessly, climaxed by a warm reception in Japan. TRS tourmates during 2003-4 read included: Relient K, Something Corporate, Cartel and more. Hello, Good Friend, recorded in Brooklyn with producer Tim O’Hier, was released in 2005, as the fan base continued to grow. “The TRS family,” as Bryce refers to the fans, “are absolutely the most amazing people. I don’t know what I would do without them… It’s definitely been a load of very hard work, but getting to hang out with new people, make music, play shows with other bands that love music, it’s awesome.”

Source: Island Records