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The Preakness
12+ albums
indie rockindie00sgeorgia2000s
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Phone: 404-226-2179 e-mail: preakout@gmail.com web: www.twoshedsmusic.com myspace: www.myspace.com/thepreakness facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Preakness/94019306179 Quick view: Atlanta three piece formed in spring of 2006. We play the rock music. Members: Matt Glagola – drums Tracy Clark – bass/vocals Brandon Arnold – guitar/vocals RIYL: GBV, Versus, Guv’ner Yo La Tengo, Butterglory, Sebadoh, Pavement, Go Betweens, Eric’s Trip, Sonic Youth, Smog Biography: The Preakness is the shortest of the three races in horse racing's Triple Crown, and places a premium on brevity and economies of effort. The race itself usually clocks in at about the length of a pop song...Atlanta trio The Preakness has much in common with its racing namesake. Its trademark jangly tunes typically span the length of the fabled race, with no wasted notes. The 13 songs on its debut LP, A Class Act in a Bad Situation began as simple sketches, etched out over miles of audio tape, originally recorded in a dark basement on a second hand 4-track. Songwriter Brandon Arnold toiled over years crafting these pop gems, never quite able to let go of the aesthetic he cut his teeth on...the hook-laden simplicity of the low-fi 90's. In the winter of 2006, the Preakness moved from the basement to the practice space as Brandon found common musical ground with bassist/vocalist Tracy Clark, and drummer Tim Genius. The trio spent the next two years re-sculpting the primitivism of those early demos. T
