NEWS: Wall St. Journal Premieres "Salvation," The New Album From Wakey! Wakey!

July 16, 2014 • Leave a Comment

New York, NY (July 16, 2014) - Brooklyn-based, Wakey!Wakey! have partnered up with the Wall St. Journal to premiere their new album,Salvation. The 11-track album will be released on July 22, 2014 and follows the band's critically acclaimed Irresistible EP which was released in January. Lead singer, Michael Grubbs collaborated with some big names - Boots Ottestad, Dan Keyes, Fredrik Eriksson, Peter Stengaard, Caleb Shreve - to write all the songs on Salvation. The first single, "Wake Up (Lily, I love you)," was shipped to Triple A, Non-Comm and Specialty Formats on May 19, impacted on June 2 and is seeing adds across the country.

Produced by "Fabulous" Fab Dupont, Salvation is the band's first full-length in four years and they'll celebrate the release with a hometown show at The Camel in Richmond, VA on July 19. Earlier that day, the guys will stop by BK Music for an in-store performance and signing. The band has also confirmed a month-long, fall tour that kicks off on September 18 in Allston, MA at Brighton Music Hall. The tour will take them across the States hitting Chicago, Madison, Minneapolis, Denver, Salt Lake City, Seattle and more. They'll stop in Los Angeles on October 9 to play The Roxy before wrapping up in Phoenix on October 11. All tour dates are listed below.

Wakey!Wakey! recently wrapped a mini-east coast tour where they previewed material from Salvation. Fans and critics both noticed the band took a more "pop" direction with the new release. When asked about the new sound, Grubbs said, "We took a big step forward toward making something bigger." He goes on, "I wrote the last album when I was in a pretty dark place. Salvation captures my current state, which is happy. Really happy. I'm taking a leap of faith that my fans have evolved with me." It seems that his fans have evolved with him. Grubbs and the band launched a Pledge Music campaign to help fund the new album and raised 141% of their goal.

Despite wanting to give up, 5 years ago Grubbs wrote the song "War Sweater" which jettisoned him into stardom thanks to a game-changing plug on the CW hit show, "One Tree Hill." In May 2009, the creator of the show discovered Wakey!Wakey! through a friend. He placed the song on the finale of their 6th season and cast Grubbs in a small role as bartender. Overnight, his world changed waking up to "War Sweater" reaching #13 on the iTunes chart the next day. That song lead him to sign with Family Records who released the band's 2010 debut album,Almost Everything I Wish I'd Said The Last Time I Saw You which went on to sell over 45,000 copies and reach #1 on Billboard's Heatseakers Chart.

Wakey! Wakey! Tour Dates:

July 19 – Richmond, VA – The Camel

August 31 - Columbus, OH - Fashion Meets Music Festival

September 18 - Allston, MA - Brighton Music Hall

September 19 - Montreal, CA - Corona Theatre

September 20 - Toronto, CA - Horseshoe Tavern

September 21 - Cleveland, OH - The Cambridge Room at House of Blues

September 23 - Detroit, MI - The Pike Room

September 25 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall

September 26 - Madison, WI - University of Wisconsin

September 27 - Minneapolis, MN - The Turf Club

September 28 - Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck

September 30 - Denver, CO - Lost Lake Lounge

October 1 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court

October 3 - Seattle, WA - Columbia City Theater

October 4 - Vancouver, CA - The Electric Owl

October 5 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge

October 7 - San Francisco, CA - The Chapel

October 9 - Los Angeles, CA - The Roxy

October 10 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues, 5th Avenue Side Stage

October 11 - Phoenix, AZ - Last Exit Live

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