Altspeak

IT'S UP TO YOU



7/12/2008. Self-released

Produced by Erik Blood



(free)



13 tracks



(c) Altspeak



Reproduction & distribution without monetary gain are highly encouraged



"Buzzworthy! A Stellar Debut!" - WWeek (Portland)



"'It's Up To You' has some of the best tracks we've heard recently" - Ten Second Buzz (Portland)



"Will overwhelm all but the steeliest of hearts. Altspeak stand at the intersection of jangle and shimmer, all dressed up with nowhere to go (but up)" - LPM Voice Magazine (Matthew Marcus)



"A breakthrough hit. It’s up there with watershed albums such as Oasis’ Definitely Maybe, The Strokes’ Is This It, or Coldplay’s Parachutes."

- High Sounds Magazine (Andrew Fickes)



"Arena-sized guitar-driven songs, echoing vocals and airy strums_ With a sound this big, Altspeak won't stay under wraps for long." - KEXP.ORG



Song of the Day: Altspeak - 58 - KEXP 90.3FM Seattle (John Richards)



Best albums of 2008: Altspeak - It's Up To You (No. 17) - Velvet Paranoia



Altspeak are an American band from Seattle, formed in 2008 by Iggy Faus. The line-up includes Seattle Indie veterans Matt Brown (of Trespassers William), William Hallauer (of The Turn-ons), Andrew Gaskin (of The Little Penguins) and Coulter Leslie (of Coulter)



The band delivers a European influenced combination of Indie Rock, Shoegaze and Classic Songwriting and has been compared to acts like The Fratellis, The Hives, The Strokes, late Stereophonics and early Oasis & Coldplay.

It all started when Iggy, Matt & Will recorded a series of demos known as "A Serious Conversation" as a fun homemade project that later evovled into the current live line-up and the band's first studio album "It's Up To You".



Produced by Erik Blood (The Moondoggies, The Turn-ons, The Lights), "It's Up To You" is a collection of 13 distinct, melodic and carefully crafted guitar driven songs distinguished by their orchestral flourishes, swooping guitar lines and shades of Shoegaze.



The band released the full album on the Internet as a free legal download in July 2008. Since then "It's Up To You" has been downloaded by over 15,000 internet users worldwide.



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