Detroit, MI - September 16, 2013- The Company We Keep is pleased to announce the release of their new album, Sound / No Sound, which will be released via Easy Killer Records on October 29th, 2013. Recorded By Ed Ackerson (The Replacements, Metro Station) at his own Flowers Studio in Minneapolis, Minnesota,Sound/No Sound sees the band fusing their electronic elements with blazing guitars and soaring vocals to create a unique brand of music that will please fans of everyone from Paramore to The Postal Service. In an increasingly formulaic music world, The Company We Keep is a breath of fresh air. Listening to their debut full-length Sound/No Sound, it's clear that the band have crafted these eleven rock anthems because they love music, not to try to capitalize on the latest trend-and that's probably the same reason why this collection of seasoned musical veterans are ready to skip straight to stardom with this varied collection of pop gems.  Check out the exclusive premiere of "Control" on AbsolutePunk.net, here: http://bit.ly/1bmZXpA. For more information, please visit: www.wearethecompanywekeep.com.

The Company We Keep is the brainchild of multi-instrumentalist Brian Southall (Boys Night Out, The Receiving End Of Sirens, Isles & Glaciers) who enlistedMotion City Soundtrack frontman Justin Pierre to pen the lyrics and vocal melodies for this project while Southall was working as MCS' tour manager. "The Company We Keep Started right before TREOS broke up and at the time I had released a few tracks on my own with various singers, assuming it would never be anything more than a creative outlet for myself as a side-project" Southall explains. "Later I was on the road with Justin and he would hear me working on songs from time to time.  We started collaborating together and decided to work on an electronic project.  It eventually evolved into something more rock-oriented, mostly due to the fact that I never thought I would truly be comfortable just performing on stage with only a laptop and no actual band."

Once that was decided Southall enlisted Misery Signals' drummer Branden Morgan to release their debut EP on Motion City Soundtrack's label The Boombox Generation last year, however The Company We Keep in its current form wasn't complete until they enlisted powerhouse vocalist Haden Brightwell. "We found Haden via a submission to AbsolutePunk when we were auditioning singers, and her demo was absolutely amazing," Southall recalls sounding as if he still can't believe his luck."We flew her out to Michigan immediately and she was the only person we auditioned before asking her to join the band."

With their current line-up and fresh new talent in place, the band were ready to begin work on Sound/No Sound, which included new material as well as ideas Southall had been working on for years. "I knew Brian wanted a female singer, so at first I tried my best to write from that point of view," Pierre-who doesn't perform with the band live due to his other duties-explains. "I quickly abandoned that idea given my limited knowledge of the female race and went more for a Tom Waits-type thing, each song or grouping of songs being a different character with a different voice," he continues. "Once Haden entered the mix, she was able to make the songs more cohesive and adjust things accordingly."

The album's opener "Control" sets the tone immediately via thrashy guitars and relentless drumming, however despite the markedly more aggressive nature of that particular track as a whole Sound/No Sound is an album that shows how much The Company We Keep Are able to stretch out musically. From the ambient segue "The Guardian" to the tribal dance feel of "Exposed," the album is more rock-oriented that the band's previous recordings without abandoning their love for experimentation and inventive instrumentation. "I actually got goosebumps when we were recording 'Closure,'" Brightwell says of the album's epic finale. "I love that the lyrics are so creepy and metaphorical while the music is so calm and angelic."

This dichotomy between dynamic extremes lies at the core of The Company We Keep's music-and despite the varied cast of genres and styles the band work into their music at their core they're a rock band with the palpable energy that can only come from real instruments and real emotion. "I like the idea of creating something no matter how foolish it might seem on paper and I think there's something important about the idea of fighting for your art no matter what," Southall responds when asked what continues to inspire him after playing in countless bands and the ups and downs that come along with that. " I just had to give it a shot on my own terms with my own project," he summarizes. "I started The Company We Keep and I'm making the rules. Even though it's a collaborative unit, I know it won't break up because I have to keep it going."

The Company We Keep will release Sound / No Sound via Easy Killer Records on October 29^th.

ALBUM TRACK LISTING:

1. Control
2. I Will Be What Haunts You Most
3. Miles Away (Get Me Out Of Here)
4. Shadowing
5. Held Together
6. The Guardian
7. Rabbit Without A Hat
8. Deserter
9. Exposed
10. The Better Half Of Nothing
11. Closure

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