ARTIST: Burden Brothers
TITLE: Mercy
LABEL: Kirtland Records
GENRE: Rock
BITRATE: 220kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 56min total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-10-31
RIP DATE: 2006-10-28

Track List

01. It's Time                       1:52
02. Shine                           3:27
03. Still                           4:13
04. Everybody Is Easy (We Sink/We   3:59
Swim)
05. She's Not Home                  3:43
06. Life Between                    3:29
07. Trick Of Logic                  4:13
08. Good Night From Chicago         3:57
09. I Am A Cancer                   4:57
10. Daughter Of Science             4:04
11. Mercy                           1:14
12. In My Sky                       3:43
13. On Our Own                      3:01
14. Oh, Cecilia                     4:26
15. Liberated                       6:07

Release Notes:

From the heart of Texas, (yes, Dallas), the BURDEN BROTHERS are a big rock band
that have been making an impact since the release of their debut CD, Buried in
Your Black Heart in 2004. The record was a touchstone, not only rampant radio
play with the tunes “Shadow” and “Beautiful Night,” but for well-received
touring agendas with the likes of Velvet Revolver, Papa Roach and Finger 11.

Formed by platinum selling Toadies vocalist, Vaden Todd Lewis and acclaimed
drummer Taz Bentley (Reverend Horton Heat, Izzy Stradlin) the band was not
thinking big when it first started. “We didn’t even put a band together until
after the first CD was recorded,” Bentley says. The line up now also includes
Zack Busby (bass), Casey Hess and Corey Rozzoni, both on guitar.

And what’s more, The Burden Brothers have a brand spanking full length. It is
called Mercy and it will be released on October 31 on Kirtland Records.

Mercy took a little over a year from pre-production to completion under the
guidance of veteran producer Joe Chiccarelli (The Shins, U2, Beck, Hole) who
recorded the band during early 2006 sessions in Los Angeles and Dallas.
Chiccarelli says of the group, “When I heard the Burden Brothers, I thought this
was a band with immense potential. I was instantly stuck by Vaden’s voice.”

But the sessions that were overseen by Chiccarelli weren’t the end of it. A
couple of months after he had finished the album’s original tracks, the prolific
band wrote some new songs that everyone agreed needed to see the light of day.
David Castell (Blue October, Edie Brickell) who they worked with on their
previous album was brought in to helm the new tracks. In addition to producing
the new songs, this also gave the band a chance to try some new ideas on the
previous tracks and really open things up.

The result is an album that shows a band that has grown in depth and diversity,
as well an outfit that’s not afraid to take chances. Vaden Todd Lewis says, “My
favorite records have always been the ones that took risks, that weren’t afraid
to try different approaches to a common theme. This is what we were going for
with Mercy. We strove to cover a lot of ground between the loud and angry punch
of “I Am A Cancer” and the somber and wistful feel of “Life Between”. This kind
of reach may surprise a few of our fans, but I think this is an album that they
can listen to for a long time.”

The songs and themes in the long player combine to create a story of, both, love
and loss, hope and despair. “A good chunk of the lyrics on Mercy were based on
stories told to me by someone very close to me—stories about giving up on
society and hitting the road. Forgetting everything you were brought up to
believe, then somehow finding out what you are at your core. This is a very
special record for me,” Lewis says.

The Burden Brothers’ Mercy, will feature the powerful single, “Everybody Is Easy
(we sink / we swim),” which impacts 10/3 and is already getting early spins on
KDGE (Dallas), KROX (Austin), WIIL (Chicago) and KISW (Seattle), among others
and will be supported by a quickly upcoming touring agenda of regional CD
release shows.