KYLESA LAUNCH RETRO FUTURIST RECORDS

INAUGURAL RELEASE THIS JANUARY FROM CANADIAN TRIO SIERRA

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Dec. 11, 2013, Savannah, GA – Kylesa (Phillip Cope, Laura Pleasants and Carl McGinley II) launch Retro Futurist Records in January with the Jan. 28th release of Canadian prog trio Sierra’s album Pslip.

“The idea behind Retro Futurist Records is to provide an artist-friendly home to bands we like and bands we feel are relevant in aesthetic, sound, concept and/or ethics,” explained Pleasants.Dec. 11, 2013, Savannah, GA – Kylesa (Phillip Cope, Laura Pleasants and Carl McGinley II) launch Retro Futurist Records in January, with the Jan. 28th release of Canadian prog trio Sierra’s album Pslip.

The first release to come from the Savannah-based label is a vinyl release of Sierra’s debut album Pslip. The Kitchener prog trio will join Kylesa for a leg of the band’s European tour (Jan. 19 to Feb. 2). Pslip was produced by Cope and recently described by Caught in the Carousel as “so wrought with high-octane power, crunching riffs, catchy melodies, and good old-fashioned rock and roll that you’ll want to hear it over and over again.”

Retro Futurist is offering music lovers a six-month vinyl subscription series, which includes Sierra’s aforementioned release as well as original albums from Jagged Vision, Darkentries, Wet Socks as well as subscriber only collectibles including a Kylesa 7” (hand-printed and numbered), a Retro Futurist t-shirt by Santos as well as a mystery 7”. More information is available here:

http://www.retrofuturistrecords.com/product/6-month-subscription/.

Future Retro Futurist releases (available lp/digital):

Jagged Vision “Harvest Earth“ – Feb. 25, 2014

Darkentries “The Make Believe“ – March 25, 2014

Wet Socks – Title TBA – April 29, 2014

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(Source: Speakeasy PR & Marketing)

* For more info on Retro Futurist Records:

www.facebook.com/retrofuturistrecords

www.retrofuturist.bandcamp.com

* For more info on Sierra:

www.facebook.com/sierrariff