Morning State hits the road, re-records debut

The members of Morning State will be hitting the road in February to play a handful of shows before locking themselves in the studio to re-record their debut album.

It seems the Atlanta rockers are finally back on track after an unpredictable year of highs and lows in 2007. The band signed to a new label last fall and recorded its debut album. Next, the band headed to New York City’s CMJ Music Marathon to perform with the likes of the Black Kids and Peter and Bjorn (of Peter Bjorn and John) and was warmly received by attending fans and critics alike.

(SPOILER ALERT: those were the highs.) Shortly after the guys returned home, they found out their record label had collapsed. The album seemed doomed to languish in musical purgatory while the band went back and forth with the now-defunct label's management, trying to buy the master rights for the recordings but unable to agree on a price.

The guys finally opted to cut all ties with the label. Instead of buying the original recordings, they decided to re-record the album early this year at Downtown Athens Recording Studio in Athens, Ga., for release via Indie Outlaw.

In the meantime, Morning State will play a small number of shows across the southern U.S., beginning February 27 in Lexington, Ky., and wrapping up at this year’s South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas. The confirmed tour dates are listed below.

Dates:

February
27 - Lexington, Ky. @ The Dame
28 - Chattanooga, Tenn. @ JJ’s Bohemia
29 - Atlanta, Ga. @ Drunken Unicorn

March
1 - Athens, Ga. @ Tasty World
7 - Charlotte, N.C. @ Visulite Theatre
12 - Austin, Texas @ SXSW
13 - Austin, Texas @ SXSW
14 - Austin, Texas @ SXSW
15 - Austin, Texas @ SXSW

Related links:
MorningState.com
Morning State on MySpace
Paste Band of the Week: Morning State

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