Sounds Under Radio

In rock music, great power can be found in contrast---in opposites. It's a musical truth that the members of Sounds Under Radio know well. That contrast—between light and dark, guarded and vulnerable, specific and vague—this is what the songs on the band's debut album, Cinematica, are built upon.
Against a tidal wave of drums, bass and shag rug thick guitars, lyricist and frontman Lang Freeman laments a self-destructiveness threatening to unravel his life and the lives of those around him, and when he does, he rides that sonic wave to great effect as the band blisters through the various genres dotting today's mainstream rock landscape. On their first full length release Sounds Under Radio is stepping out of the shadows, and bringing their knack for dynamics and a penchant for building stadium sized rock landscapes to an even bigger stage. this is Austin Tx style Brit rock.
"I don't know who these Sounds Under Radio folk are trying to fool, but that is a big-time rock 'n' roll band masquerading as some unsigned indie-emo whatsits," is how Entertainment Weekly put it when the band's "Portrait of a Summer Thief" scored a spot on last year's Spiderman 3 soundtrack, the only track from a then-unsigned band to do so.
It was just last fall when Sounds Under Radio inked a deal with Epic Records after being heavily pursued by a slew of major and indie labels. However, after only a short few months with Epic, business relations soured as the band found themselves caught in the middle of company politics, inter label turmoil and a stubborn business model that refused to change as promised.
"When we finally decided to sign with Epic, the agreed plan was for the band to spend most of our time on the road touring, building on our previous successes, and doing things the organic way by meeting more people, creating stronger relationships with our fans, and winning new audiences over with our live show," commented lead singer Lang Freeman. "However at every corner in the Epic offices roadblocks were being built and wrenches were being thrown into this plan. It became obvious to us that they weren't honestly interested in developing new artists as they had originally promised. It seems Epic Records President Charlie Walk isn't prepared to face the future of the record industry and step up to its new order of challenges… Fortunately for us though, their many missteps allowed us to escape with everything we needed to release the record on our own, the way we had originally planned before the label ever got involved."
Cinematica, which was recorded before signing with Epic will be released independently on the band's own label on October 14th. The band's first single from the album will be "Portrait of A Summer Thief," bringing them and their new record back full circle. Ultimately, Cinematica is an album of pictures; a mixture of light and dark, both equally important to creating and understanding the whole. Sounds Under Radio have found their niche in taking incredibly personal moments, surrounding them in beautiful chaos and creating a mirror in which everyone who listens can see a little bit of themselves.