"Sunshine" by Trapdoor Social

Trapdoor Social are hitting the road for a national tour in support of the new release. You will know them immediately by the solar panels atop their tour van, which allow them to power their shows with the energy of the sun. For full details and tickets information, please visit http://www.trapdoorsocial.com.

Stream "Sunshine" audio on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/trapdoorsocial/sunshine/s-M9SiR?in=trapdoorsocial/sets/trapdoor-social-1/s-4z9nM

Stream "Winning As Truth" audio on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/trapdoorsocial/winning-as-truth?in=trapdoorsocial/sets/trapdoor-social-1/s-4z9nM

In June the band hosted the first annual Sunstock Solar Festival, a 100% solar powered music and arts festival promoting support and awareness for solar technologies and donating all of it's proceeds to advance solar improvements in California communities.

Trapdoor Social's founding members, Merritt Graves and Skylar Funk, met in an Environmental program at Pomona College and bonded over a shared concern for the future of the planet. They started off on a journey to make music and do some good along the way.

The duo introduced themselves with the 2012 EP "Death Of A Friend", which was produced by Curt Schneider and featured Death Cab For Cutie's Jason McGerr on drums. The EP made waves when "Like You Never" became the #1 listener-requested track on KROQ's "Locals Only" show. Their song "Away" garnered significant airplay around the country and has been featured in a national tire commercial three years running.

For the 2014, 'Science of Love' EP, they decided to channel their music toward an environmental initiative in their community and used the release to raise $35k for solar roofing, which they are donating to Homeboy Industries.

The following December, the band toured to Colorado to play RXP1039's Christmas festival. Having discovered that the local high school (Mesa Ridge HS) marching band program was underfunded, the boys recorded "Fine On My Own"  with the marching band to help launch a fundraiser to help keep the program alive. The song attained "Hall of Fame" Status on Las Vegas's X107.5 nightly contest "The Beatdown" by winning ten times in a row "and became a top ten song in Colorado Springs. Trapdoor Social toured to Colorado in May 2015 and promoted the fundraiser by organizing and performing a benefit show with the marching band. The fundraiser brought in over $7K for the school.

The 2016 album release reveals Trapdoor Social's shift towards a new direction, with the writing process including collaboration from guitarist Louie Gonzalez and bassist Patrick Griffen, along with the addition of Ben Ebert on drums.

Connect with Trapdoor Social online:

http://www.trapdoorsocial.com

https://www.facebook.com/TrapdoorSocial

https://twitter.com/trapdoorsocial

https://www.instagram.com/trapdoorsocial

https://www.youtube.com/user/TrapdoorSocial?feature=mhee