NEW YORK, NY (December 12, 2011) – New Jersey rock band The Parlor Mob only just released their Roadrunner Records sophomore album Dogs on October 11, 2011 but iTunes “Rewind†has named it 2011’s Rock Album Of The Year. “Rewind†is iTunes editorial selections for the best music of 2011 and puts The Parlor Mob in the same company as Bon Iver, Adele, Lil Wayne, Foo Fighters and many more amongst their different categories. Each genre was broken down for music into Album Of The Year, Song Of The Year, and Breakthrough Artist Of The Year.
The Parlor Mob’s first single, “Into The Sun†was featured as iTunes’ single of the week October 11, 2011 – October 17, 2011. Additionally, the sports community has embraced “Into The Sun†as well with the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins using the song as a centerpiece of an imaging campaign that has been airing on the local Fox Sports Network this season promoting hockey. Monday Night Football on ESPN, Fox Sports, College Football and Thursday Night Kickoff on NFL Network, and NFL on Fox Sport and ESPN are all playing The Parlor Mob songs “Into The Sun†and “Fall Back.â€
Produced, engineered and mixed by Matt Radosevich (30 Seconds To Mars, The Hives, Taking Back Sunday) Dogs is the follow up to their acclaimed debut album And You Were A Crow which iTunes hailed as “… the behemoth sounds of bands like White Stripes…Black Mountain slowly rising from the indie rock realm, showing emo-rockers and pop-punkers how to turn their amps to eleven…A top notch debut.â€
The Parlor Mob, a name the band took from the notorious 19th century gang, is comprised of Mark Melicia (vocals), David Rosen (guitar), Paul Ritchie (guitar), Anthony Chick (bass), and Sam Bey (drums).
REMAINING 2011 TOUR DATES:
12/13/2011 The Basement / CD101 Low Dough Show Columbus, OH
12/14/2011 The Bottom Lounge Chicago, IL
12/15/2011 Horseshoe Tavern Toronto, ONT
12/16/2011 The Pike Room At The Crofoot / 89X Presents Pontiac, MI
12/17/2011 Loft presented by Fusion Shows and 94.1 Lansing, MI
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