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Artist: Hey Champ
Album: Cold Dust Girl
Label: 1st & 15th/Atlantic
Playtime: 19:08 min
Genre: Indie
URL:
Rip date: 2009-04-29
Street date: 2009-00-00
Size: 28.86 MB
Type: Promo
Quality: 198 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
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Rockford, Illinois... not exactly a hotbed of talent, although it has
produced rock legends Cheap Trick, and (allegedly) the older brother from the
TV hit "Blossom." Two boys, Saam, age 16 and Jonathan, 13, become heavily
influenced by both Blossom and Cheap Trick. Naturally, they form a band.
Eight years later the two reform in Chicago under the Hey Champ moniker. Much
smarter and poorer, they begin a musical journey that ended up on the
intersection of Gainsbourg Avenue and Jarre Lane. Needing some additional
help on the keys, Jonathan calls up his old Princeton chum Pete. The two met
as outsiders at one of those tea and crumpet parties where everyone wears
blazers and laughs through clenched teeth. His car packed with synthesizers
and a prayer, Pete left the creature comforts of the Northeast and drove
straight into the musical wilderness of the Midwest.
The trio soon becomes well known around Chicago for their pop savvy and
production expertise. During the summer of 2008, they received a phone call
from a Mr. Lupe Fiasco, who had seen a video for their song ôCold Dust Girlö
on the Internet. Within a month Hey Champ was on a nationwide tour opening
for Lupe and starting to record their first album under his FNF imprint. By
early 2009, ôCold Dust Girlö had been spun in clubs on every continent
(conceding Antarctica) and the band had gained stature in the rock and dance
communities by sharing the stage with international sensations like Justice,
Sebastian Tellier, The Sounds, Midnight Juggernauts, Kid Sister, Datarock,
and The Bloody Beetroots just to name a few. With a schedule including some
of the biggest festivals and tours of the year, international acclaim for
their hit ôCold Dust Girl,ö and a soon to be released debut album, Hey Champ
is poised to become...the third greatest thing to come out of Rockford.
- Track List ---------------------------------------------------------------- -
01. Cold Dust Girl ( 4:26)
02. Face Control ( 3:59)
03. Cold Dust Girl (80Kidz Remix) ( 5:37)
04. Cracktown (Hey Champ Remix) ( 5:06)
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