Great American Painting

THE DISTRICTS – Philadelphia’s Indie Rockers Released 5th LP ‘GREAT AMERICAN PAINTING’

Posted on by JL

13 March 2022

Band: THE DISTRICTS
Who: Indie rockers from Philadelphia, PA
Active: 2009-present / 5 LPs (including new one)

New album: GREAT AMERICAN PAINTING
Out: 4 February 2022
Order info: here

Rob Gore (frontman): “The thing I value most in music is when an album
expresses some sort of pain or frustration, or hope that I also feel. I hope
this album makes people feel like something within themselves is reflected
in the wider world, and I hope that makes them feel less alone.”


(photo by Turn Up The Volume)

CLASH Magazine says:” ‘Great American Painting’ is a record that is strongest for its instrumentation, featuring The Districts’ typical cross-streams of guitars that amply lamenting vocals, intriguing listeners by making reference to social issues within America. The Districts paint a Great American Painting that taps its toes in the pool of social justice without feeling overbearing or holding the holier-than-thou attitude we’ve come to know of some rock bands’ reinventions.” Full review here. Score: 7/10.

Turn Up The Volume: I love this band. They proved over and over again that they can write sonic anthems with big sentiments and big guitar-driven orchestration, and they do
it again here. With a more refined sound now – think Band Of Horses – they’ve constructed several tunes where riffs, hooks and licks fall into place like pieces of a puzzle. Touchdown!

Key tracks: No Blood / Do It Over / White Devil / Outlaw Love / On Pur Parting, My Beloved

Singles: Do It Over / Outlaw Love

– DO IT OVER –

– OUTLAW LOVE –

Stream/buy the album here…


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Philly Rockers THE DISTRICTS Share Another Piece From Upcoming 5th Album

Posted on by JL

New striking strokes

6 January 2022


(photo by Turn Up The Volume)

Band: THE DISTRICTS
Who: Indie rockers from Philadelphia, PA
Active: 2009-present / 5 LPs (including new one)

New album: GREAT AMERICAN PAINTING
Out: 4 February 2022
Order info: here

Rob Gore (frontman): “The thing I value most in music is when an album
expresses some sort of pain or frustration, or hope that I also feel. I hope
this album makes people feel like something within themselves is reflected
in the wider world, and I hope that makes them feel less alone.”

New single: OUTLAW LOVE
Third piece from the upcoming full length

Electrifying and fetching.

Listen/watch here…

THE DISTRICTS: Facebook

Coming In 2022 – 5th LP By Vehement Philly Rockers THE DISTRICTS

Posted on by JL

22 December 2021

Band: THE DISTRICTS
Who: Indie rockers from Philadelphia, PA
Active: 2009-present / 5 LPs (including new one)


(Pic by Turn Up The Volume)

New album: GREAT AMERICAN PAINTING
Out: 4 February 2022
Order info: here

Info: “The Districts return with their biggest, boldest and most naturally pop album.
It’s upbeat and has a real XTC mid period edge. It’s a bundle of fun and a real surprise.
This record is a new era. The desire to create something larger than yourself, that will
infiltrate people’s hearts like well oiled machines, to paint pictures that will shake them and create a resounding push forward towards something more. In our pandemic isolation, what we wanted was to play a loud collage of music, unconfined by preconceived notions of what it should be, and to transcend ourselves in a room full of breathing, screaming, vibrating human beings – to let the darkness out in a cathartic squeal of noise, eclipsing it with light. We wanted to feel it all at once with you and to escape this fucked up world and find our way into a better one together.

Singles/clips: Do It Over / I Want To Feel It All

– I WANT TO FEEL IT ALL –

– DO IT OVER –

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This is the astounding song (from 2015 album A Flourish And A Spoil)
that made me fall in love with this vehement band…

THE DISTRICTS: Facebook