- Soular
Infobox musical artist
Name= Soular
Img_capt=Soular (left to right): Marsh Shamburger, Jared Ashcraft, Ian Byrd and Brian Lee
Background = group_or_band
Origin=Albuquerque, NM
Genre= Alternative/Indie Rock
Years_active= 2002-present
Label= Astonish Entertainment
Associated_acts=
URL= [http://www.soular.us soular.us]
Current_members= Marsh
Jared Ashcraft
Ian Byrd
Brian Lee Soular are an American rock band based out ofAlbuquerque ,New Mexico . Their genre of music is related toalternative rock and Brit Pop. Soular rose to prominence in the Albuquerque area in 2003 by winning a New Mexico band competition sponsored by the state's largest alternative rock radio station at the time, 103.3 KTZO, The Zone. Their self-titled debut album featured the single "Why" which quickly went into heavy rotation on the station, attracting much interest from fans and several record labels. In 2004, the band released their second album, "Time & Space", which climbed the CMJ college music charts throughout 2005.In 2006, Soular released their EP "Waiting For Tomorrow", which, like its predecessor, garnered much attention in the college music scene both in the US and the UK and, once again, from several record labels. In mid-2006 Soular were signed to
Astonish Records .Soular recently completed their first full-length CD, "Love Crash Heal", which was released on April 10, 2007.
Soular has also released their first music video for the song " [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMH8ZbocZhU So, This is the Way it Feels] ".
Members
The band consists of the following members:
* Marsh Shamburger — vocals, guitar, keyboards
* Jared Ashcraft — bass
* Ian Byrd — drums
* Brian Lee — guitar, ThereminFormer Members
*Del Puckett — guitar (2001-2005) [J.A. Montalbano, [http://www.abqtrib.com/news/2007/may/16/albuquerque-band-soular-reveals-some-lessons-road/ "Albuquerque band Soular reveals some lessons from the road"] , Albuquerque Tribune, Wednesday, May 16, 2007.]
Discography
*Love Crash Heal (2007)
*Waiting for Tomorrow (EP) (2006)
*Time & Space (EP) (2004)
*Soular (EP)(2003)elected Songs
*Hush (2007)
*American Dream (2006)
*Coming Around (2005)
*Faking A Gun (2007)
*Love Crash Heal (2007)
*Over You (2005)
*Sympathy (2005)
*Time & Space (2005)
*Why (2003)References
External links
* [http://www.soular.us/ Official site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/soular Soular at MySpace Music]
* [http://www.astonish.com Record Label]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=bMH8ZbocZhU Music Video]
* [http://www.sparklepromotions.com/soular Soular's UK Promotional Company]
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