The Brilliant Mistakes specialize in radiantly melodic roots rock brimming with classic pop songcraft, vintage sounds and lush harmonies that drive away the clouds of despair, while evoking such envelope-pushing kindred spirits as Wilco, My Morning Jacket and Spoon.

The Brilliant Mistakes

The Brilliant Mistakes, the New York City-based band lauded for "restlessy catchy hooks, a clever turn of phrase and frothy, piano-driven pop with heart, soul and smarts" (The Boston Globe) are back with Distant Drumming, their new album released on the band's own Aunt Mimi's Records. Produced by bassist Lincoln Schleifer (Levon Helm, Buddy Miller, Donald Fagen) the album was recorded at Lincoln's Log Cabin in The Bronx, features guest musicians Mike Viola (The Candy Butchers, Walk Hard) and Larry Campbell (Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Ron Sexsmith) and was mastered by Fred Kevorkian (Ryan Adams, The White Stripes) in Hell's Kitchen in Manhattan.

Songwriter-bassist Erik Philbrook describes Distant Drumming as an album that is about "learning how to evolve with soul, wit, grit and grace," a testament to the band's slow-burn strategy after ten years together, three albums and countless gigs across the country, often joined by a rotating cast of guitarists, string and horn players.

This time out the band sought to create a more organic album, delving deeper in the studio, experimenting with dynamics, arrangements, atmosphere and instrumentation to create music not only rich in meaning and emotion, but one that mixes blasts of majestic rock with meditative and moody acoustic pop. The result is a radiantly melodic rock album, brimming with classic songcraft, vintage pop sounds and lush harmonies by a band that has long flown beneath the radar of the mainstream but are kindred spirits with such contemporary Americana envelope-pushers as Wilco, My Morning Jacket and Spoon.

The Mistakes were formed when songwriters Alan Walker and Philbrook met in book publishing in New York City in the mid-90's. After receiving great acclaim for their mix of literate, earthy Americana and classic power pop on their first two albums, 1999's All Hands & The Cook and 2003's Dumb Luck, garnering national radio airplay and landing high-profile music festival appearances, the band has amassed a growing and dedicated fan base that stretches across the U.S., Europe, Japan and Australia.

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