Since the release of their debut album Rescue, The Commuters have been receiving positive coverage throughout the global blogosphere and airwaves, including a couple fo recent major features.
Zeeshan Zaidi was interviewed yesterday, April 25, on “The Drive Thru with Wes Malik” on City89FM — one of Pakistan’s largest radio station networks, broadcast live in 4 cities including the country’s 3 largest cities (Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad). Here is a link to the full interview: http://cityfm89.com/newspost/the-commuters-on-the-drive-thru-with-wes-malik (Wes Malik can be found on Twitter at @WesMalik and @CityFM89)
In addition, today The Commuters are featured on the blog of Alan Cross — one of Canada’s top DJs and Music Critics. Here’s a link to the feature: http://www.alancross.ca/a-journal-of-musical-things/2012/4/26/the-commuters-not-your-ordinary-band.html (Alan can be found on Twitter at @AlanCross)
The Commuters’ debut album, “Rescue” was released today by Communal Records on all major music services — including iTunes, Amazon and Spotify.
In addition, for a limited time, the album is available as a free download on The Commuters website at: http://www.thecommuters.com/music — or just click “MUSIC” above!
The Commuters’ debut album “Rescue” — out on April 17 — is being featured by both AOL Music and MSN Music this week!
The AOL album listening party is available here:
http://music.aol.com/new-releases-full-cds/spinner#/21
The MSN album listening party is available here:
http://music.msn.com/music/listeningbooth/
Other artists included in this week’s AOL and MSN album listening parties include: Janis Joplin, Jack Johnson, Jason Mraz and Our Lady Peace.
The title track from The Commuters’ upcoming album, “Rescue,” is the song of the day today on PureVolume.com — one of the industry’s most important music blogs!
Here is a link to the feature, where you can download the song for free.
Here is PureVolume.com’s review of the single and upcoming album: “The Commuters make the kind of thoughtful rock music that resonates with all the right emotions and takes serious cues from heartfelt confessionals. Their new single, “Rescue,” is a prime example, utilizing soaring guitar work and deeply felt vocals to create a piece of music that’s as vulnerable as it is blunt.”
According to Wikipedia.com, “The fame of groups such as Paramore, Boys Like Girls, Fall Out Boy, Hawthorne Heights, My American Heart, Daphne Loves Derby, Taking Back Sunday, My Chemical Romance, Forever The Sickest Kids, Panic! At the Disco, Brand New, Gangzta Paradize, and The Scene Aesthetic have been credited to exposure on PureVolume.”
Said Zeeshan Zaidi, The Commuters’ frontman: “We’re very excited and honored to be on PureVolume.com — a site that has helped launch the careers of many amazing artists! Thanks to the PureVolume team for this great feature.”
The Commuters were featured today on the home page of Guitar World, the leading magazine and largest websites for guitarists. The feature includes a download of The Commuters’ single “As I Make My Way” from the upcoming album, Rescue.
You can view the feature here: http://www.guitarworld.com/commuters-giving-away-free-download-i-make-my-way
The Commuters announced the release date of their debut album Rescue: Tuesday, April 17, 2012. On that day it will be available for purchase and streaming on all major digital music services (iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, Rhapsody/Napster), as well as on The Commuters’ website: www.thecommuters.com
Here is the album track list:
01. As I Make My Way
02. Lines On Your Hands
03. Rescue
04. Hope To Be
05. Take a Step Back
06. Great Escape
07. Kneeling
08. We Are Breathing
09. Fallen From Grace
10. Bombs Away
11. You’ll Stay Right Here
The Commuters are back in 2012! Gearing up for their April album release, their first show back will be on Thursday, February 23 at 10PM at Lit Lounge in New York City. Here’s a link to the gig’s Facebook event page. Following that, a few weeks later they will be playing Lit Lounge again on Saturday, March 10, at 9PM. See everybody there!
The Independent Music Showcase recently named The Commuters and their debut “As I Make My Way – EP” as one of the “Best of 2011.” Thanks to blogger John Darlington for the recognition! You can check out the show here.
The Commuters are this week’s featured artist on Channel One News! Channel One News is broadcast into 8,000 middle and high schools and viewed in more than 250,000 classrooms, reaching nearly 25 percent of U.S. teens. Channel One provides 12 minutes of news content per day, 5 days a week throughout the school year, and the news is provided by CBS News. The Commuters’ songs are featured throughout this week’s broadcasts and there is a full “Hear It Now” page on the Channel One website featuring The Commuters. Here is a link to the feature: http://www.channelone.com/music/the-commuters
