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XPN Welcomes Fountains of Wayne

Presented by World Cafe Live at World Cafe Live - Philadelphia

August 9, 2011

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Formed in New York in 1996, Fountains of Wayne took its name from an iconic garden store in nearby Wayne, NJ. Since their inception, the band has received steadily critical accolades; “Dean of American Rock Critics” Robert Christgau has called them “lyric poets” and “true art heroes.” The group’s line-up, which also includes guitarist Jody Porter and drummer Brian Young, has remained unchanged since they toured in support of their 1996 self-titled debut album. Their 2003 album, Welcome Interstate Managers, garnered them two Grammy nominations, including a Best Artist Nod.
Their long-awaited new album, Sky Full Of Holes, will be released in the US on August 2 via Yep Roc Records, their first release on the NC-based indie label. This is the acclaimed band’s first new release since 2007’s Traffic and Weather. Recorded in New York City, Sky Full of Holes features 13 new songs by Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger, ranging from high-energy power pop to intimate, acoustic driven ballads. Songs like “The Summer Place” and “Richie and Ruben” showcase the band’s renowned storytelling abilities and flair for creating memorable characters; elsewhere, they take a more impressionistic approach, as in the shimmering “Someone’s Gonna Break Your Heart” and the elegiac “Cemetery Guns”. In signature fashion, the album manages to be simultaneously witty and wistful, imaginative and personal.