San Francisco pop outfit
The Morning Benders have scored an absolute winner in the release of their sophomore album,
Big Echo. With it, the band have the buzz a'buzzin', zipping every which way 'round the interwebs, including our home here at Baeble. Now the band have prepared their first proper video for a song from that record, and it's as dewy (well, sort of...) as the Bender's sunny side up pedigree. Directed by
Aaron Brown and
Ben Chappell of
Focus Creeps, "Promises" pairs a couple of cuties going all Bonnie and Clyde to a variety of lyrics about wasted youth ("I can't help thinking we grew up way too fast").
Big Echo is out now on
Rough Trade. Like the buzz we spoke of, the band is currently tearing around the country on a big 'ole tour.
The Morning Benders on Tour:
04/15 Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa
04/16 Winooski, VT @ The Monkey House
04/17 Boston, MA @ Newbury Comics Instore (3:30PM)
04/17 Boston, MA @ TT The Bear's (Sold Out)
04/18 Clinton, NY @ Hamilton College
04/22 New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge (Sold Out)
04/24 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg (Sold Out)
04/28 New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge (Sold Out)
05/01 Carlisle, PA @ Dickinson College#
05/18 San Diego, CA @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay*
05/19 Los Angeles, CA @ Henry Fonda Theater*
05/21 San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom*
05/24 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom*
05/25 Seattle, WA @ Showbox at the Market*
05/26 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom*
05/29 Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theater*
05/31 Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre*
06/01 Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall*
06/02 Toronto, ON @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre*
06/04 Boston, MA @ Royale Night Club*
06/05 New York, NY @ The Fillmore at Irving Plaza*
06/06 Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory*
06/07 Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Club*
06/10 Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage
06/11 Athens, GA @ 40 Watt Club*
06/23 Canandaigua, NY @ CMAC Performing Arts Center%@
06/27 New York, NY @ Central Park Summerstage% (Sold Out)
06/28 New York, NY @ Central Park Summerstage% (Sold Out)
08/06-08 Chicago, IL (Lollapalooza)
# with Grizzly Bear
* with Broken Bells
@ with The Flaming Lips
% with The Black Keys
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