TEAM RNS PRESENTS

TITLE: Come Again

LABEL: Roadrunner Recoreds

RIPPER: Team RNS

237kbps avg - Hard Rock
0hr 45min total- 80.8mb

RELEASE DATE: 2004-05-11
RIP DATE: 2004-04-24

01 Falling To Pieces              3:21

03 So Far So Good                 3:21
04 The Going Rate (My Fix)        3:46
05 Keep A Good Man Down           3:40

10 Found Another Way              3:08
11 All Comes Out In The Wash      3:42
12 The Lies That I Believe        6:01

Ian Thornley - vocals, guitar
Tavis Stanley - guitar
Ken Tizzard - bass
Sekou Lumumba - drums

Once you start writing a song, just get
out of the way and let it write itself,"
says singer and guitarist, Ian Thornley.
"That's the only way to do it."

By "getting out of the way," what
Thornley means is not cluttering every
song with unnecessary flash and
flourishes, so that what comes through
most clearly is the melody - something
simple, direct and deeply emotional.

"On this record, melody is king."

But the songwriter makes sure King
Melody is kept company by such courtiers
as heavy guitar riffs, ass-kicking drums
and emotionally intense vocals on his
upcoming opus, entitled Come Again.
"It's what rock music should sound
like - simple and to the point, but of
a really high caliber," says drummer
Sekou Lumumba. "When we play for other
people, seeing that response - just
seeing them with their mouths open -
feels so good. I can't wait for people
to hear this record."

For Thornley, this new project is the
culmination of more than a decade's
worth of playing and writing. After
moving to Boston to study guitar in the
early '90s, the young Canadian began
jamming with a group of American
musicians who eventually coalesced into
the band Big Wreck. "I became the singer
by default," he says, chuckling. "I was
writing the stuff, and couldn't find
anyone to sing it whose voice I could
stand listening to." Big Wreck
recorded two albums for Atlantic
Records, and experienced widespread
success with the 1998 track "The Oaf (My
Luck Is Wasted)." But as much as
Thornley enjoyed the instrumental
complexities Big Wreck's songs afforded
him, over time he found himself drawn to a
more direct mode of expression.

"With Big Wreck, we did a lot of
experimenting, taking it outside and
bringing it back in," he says. "With
this band, it's just song, song, song. I
just want to stack the record with as
many great songs as I can."

He adds, "A lot of it has heavy parts -
and I mean heavy. But it's all in the
context of a song, a sweet melody. To
me, that's the most important thing."
The range of material is impressive,
stretching from the
can't-get-it-out-of-your-head nature of
the first single, "So Far So Good," to
the heavy riffs of "Falling To Pieces,"
to the slow and beautiful "Lies That I
Believe," "a real epic rocker," in
Thornley's words. The solid musicianship
and undeniable hooks throughout the
material make each track an 'epic
rocker' in its own right.

As for the lyrics, Thornley draws heavily
on his personal life, although only a
few are, in his words, gut-wrenchers -
"you know, about feeling all the
pressures of life, little things like
that." He smiles mischeviously. "There's
definitely a singer/songwriter vibe
going on, except I am screaming it at
you. Some of it is screaming because
I've got to get it out, and others
because I just like to scream."

"There's a lot of screaming on the

He began work on this new project as Big
Wreck began winding down in 2002, and
once signed to Roadrunner Records, set
about turning his songwriting project
into an actual band. He literally ran
into Lumumba, a much-in-demand session
drummer who was living at the studio
Thornley was using. "I had a writing
room, and Sekou was jamming in the next
room," he says. "That's how we met," says
Lumumba. "He had some stuff he needed
some drums for, I put them down in a
miraculously short time." Next onboard
was the much sought after bassist, Ken
"The Worm" Tizzard and the final puzzle
piece fell in place with the arrival of
Tavis Stanley. After working with
several guitarists, Thornley decided on
this aggressive young bar-band vet.

While Thornley is excited about the
release of Come Again, he's even more
stoked at the prospect of getting out
on the road. "Bruce Springsteen was my
first concert - my dad took me - and I
was like, 'That's what I want to do,'" he

"I love getting onstage and blowing
people's minds. Because when you have,
like, 5,000 people who are all your
buddies... That's a real buzz."