Listen To Brass Bed's "A Bullet For You" EP Streaming Now On Paste!

"With a relaxed opening of reverb-drenched guitar, pleading vocals, and a hooky chorus, the title track slowly rises until finally breaking into an all out release, each instrument trying to outdo the other in emotional intensity. In the end though, it all comes back to Christiaan Mader’s earnest coda, “I’d rather take a bullet for you.”" Listen now at Paste.

Vice Premieres Brass Bed's New Track "Everytime You Make Me Off!"

"We sure do love Brass Bed. Remember when we premiered their take on "He's Large" not too long ago? Well now we're rolling out the warm feelings all over again with this premiere of "Everytime You Make Me" off of theirA Bullet for You seven-inch." Listen now on Vice!

Brass Bed Release Two Olivia Tremor Control Covers on Daytrotter In Tribute To Bill Doss.

"The sudden death of The Olivia Tremor Control's Bill Doss last week was a huge blow to the music world. It reminded us of this two-song set of songs that the Hawkeye State's very own Poison Control Center and Louisiana's Brass Bed recorded with us a year ago. They've sat on the shelf since they were taped and as a tribute to the great songwriter, we're presenting them here for the first time as further proof of the fragility of bodies, but the longevity of the songs that are left behind. Following are two essays - one written by Poison Control Center lead singer Patrick Tape Fleming and the other by Brass Bed lead singer Christiaan Mader - about what Doss meant to them as artists." Listen over on Daytrotter here.

Spin Premieres Brass Bed's New Track "A Bullet for You!"

"A Bullet for You," the title track from Brass Bed's new three-song 7", is their best yet: a smoke-wreathed piece of pleading, romantic rock that explodes into a gnashing guitar solo redolent of post-Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Wilco. "I've been thinking I could quit this," Christiaan Mader begins, his voice pinched and expressive. Listen now over on Spin.

Pop'stache Catches Up With Brass Bed's Album "Melt White!"

"If you close your eyes when listening to Brass Bed, you can’t tell if you’ve pulled out an underappreciated dusty vinyl record from your parents’ basement or if you just downloaded a new mixtape of indie rock. Melt White has moments that, as daring and dangerous a claim it is, sound like The Beatles and The Kinks." Read the full review over on Pop'stache!

American Songwriter Premieres Brass Bed's Harry Nilsson Cover

As a songwriter, Nilsson’s gift for harmony and melody haunts my dreams,” says Brass Bed’s Christiaan Mader. “‘Don’t Forget Me’ is one of those deceptively simple yet emotionally evocative songs that I’d give my eye to have written. Nilsson was master and combining pain and humor in his ballads, and this is no exception. The lyrics are at once tragic and wry, and delivered perfectly on Pussy Cats with his broken, but powerful voice.” Read on and watch the video here.

Christiaan Mader of Brass Bed Imagines Alex Chilton and Ray Davies Together

"The humidity suffocates Alex as he clutches his chest and gapes at Ray. When he opens his mouth to speak, a coughing fit erupts from his chest, spewing his cigarette from his mouth on to the cracked and broken sidewalk. Alex watches in horror as it hits the ground, rolling toward an anthill erupting in a crack between two concrete slabs. He slowly turns his head up, eyes expecting laughter but meeting a wry smile on the wounded idol standing on the porch a mere twenty yards away." Read the complete story on Vice here.

Brass Bed's Cover Of "One" w/ Allison Bohl Premieres On MOKB

"The cover comes after being asked to perform for a Harry Nilsson tribute night, Brass Bed and long-time collaborator Allison Bohl, decided to record their take on Harry’s classics that now taken the form of a four-song EP featuring, in addition to One, He Needs Me, He’s Large, and Don’t Forget Me. Brass Bed’s version utilizes the piano that is all-so familiar in the original, but layers it over lush atmospheric distortion that takes it to an even darker place than Nilsson’s version." Listen to "One" now on MOKB.

Brass Bed's Cover Of "He's Large" Premiered on Vice

"Check out Brass Bed's collaboration with Allison Bohl on this cover of "He's Large." If you know anything about life, and good things, you'll remember that this song was featured in the movie Popeye. Not gonna lie, I had that soundtrack on vinyl and would sing this song at the top of my lungs until I exhausted myself and/or became distracted by other things." Listen to the track over on Vice here.

Brass Bed Stop By Daytrotter And Get Busy Recording

"Brass Bed music veers into the poppiest sides of neo psychedelic music, that of the Athens, Georgia scene of the late 90s and early 2000s. In fact, the plan on this day had been to team up with PCC and tape a handful of Olivia Tremor Control Center songs, but the idea didn't get far enough off the ground - great in theory and impossible in execution. Some of the oddness and spaciness of Olivia Tremor would have felt strange coming from Brass Bed as they tend to explore the sweetest aches of their hearts and not those bewildering and darker corridors of them." Listen to Brass Bed's Daytrotter Session now.

Brass Bed Discusses Their Collaboration With Feufollet And More On Buzz Magazine

"And it seemed novel, like something that nobody had really done yet, which is this idea of being a pop rock band or psychedelic pop – whatever the fuck you wanna call it – and try to take Cajun music, and make it not Cajun music. And so the reverse of that was, what would happen if you took what we do and have a Cajun band do it? And that was the basic nexus of it. It was kind of people just sitting around and having pipe dreams about what they wanna do with the music that they’re making, and the other ways that you could possibly do it." Read the entire interview on Buzz Magazine right here.

Brass Bed Talks to CMJ About Collaborating With Feufollet On Their New Split EP

"I think as a songwriter the big influence for me is sort of looking at the beautiful simplicity of the song and saying “Look how much you can get across with two parts of the song, two melodies.” Putting on a different skin for a minute makes you grow and learn new colors to work with. Brass Bed, at the end of the day, is a power pop/psychedelic band, but we do like to try and keep ourselves diversified in our musical interest, and clearly this was something that was a little bit further than anything that we’ve ever tried. " Read the full interview with Brass Bed and listen to some tracks off their new split The Color Sessions on CMJ.

Brass Bed live at Ardent Studios

Brass Bed recorded an interview and mini-session at Ardent Studios!

The Vinyl District Memphis sat down at Ardent Studios with Brass Bed to record a wonderful little interview and two song set. Downloading the set is highly recommended!

Brass Bed head out on tour!

To kick off their tour, please do download Brass Bed's "Miniature Day Parade", turn it up loud, clear the aisles and host your own mini-parade where ever you may be.

"I... was kept put with their clear influences from The Kinks and Television. Take those and them put into an indie-pop-and-country-twang-lick blender and you've got Brass Bed." RCRD LBL

"Brass Bed, a quartet that sounded like Spoon's younger Four Loko addicted cousins." The Oregonian

"Last night, in the walk-in closet that is Mi Casa Cantina on East Sixth, the band delivered from beginning to end. There were the all out, everything in your face moments, where organ, guitars and drums unleashed in unison. There were more subtle touches, too. Mader held his own on lead vocals. The bouncy, piano driven moments would have made Wilco fans smile. Those moments never last too long though, before the band’s grittier side fought back." Austin Statesman

"The songs on "Melt White" are figures that let us believe in something that's characteristic of what we'd imagine that fountain of youth that Ponce de Leon was searching for down in Florida sometime almost five centuries ago might have held. We seem to hear the bright yellow sunlight ripping through the blinds to awaken these people and yet, there's that dark-tinge to any of those happy moments - just as there would have been had de Leon found what he was looking for." -Daytrotter

"Brass Bed showcase a muscular song-craft that delivers a square gut-punch to indie-rock pedestrianism. MELT WHITE, whose title sounds more like an image-poem than a rock & roll album, fuses shimmering balladry, jangly psychedelia, and orchestral pop into a curious set that suffers no fillers." - Oxford American

"Brass Bed carried on with a set of loud, loose and catchy rock 'n' roll songs full of squalling guitar breaks, driving bass and Mader's lilting vocals, which floated easily through the thicket of sound." Spinner

"Playing organic indie-pop that's grabby, earthy and intelligent, Brass Bed spices its psychedelic sounds with country nods like pedal steel, resulting in a compellingly distinctive assembly of instrumentation that dutifully serves each song." - Creative Loafing

Upcoming performances:
03.23.11 - Hot Springs, AR @ Valley Of The Vapors Festival
03.24.11 - Kansas City, MO @ Record Bar
03.25.11 - Des Moines, IA @ Drake Univeristy
03.26.11 - Omaha, NE @ O'Leaver's Pub
03.27.11 - Sioux Falls, SD @ Phoenix Lounge
03.28.11 - Aberdeen, SD @ Red Rooster
03.29.11 - Minneapolis, MN @ Honey
03.30.11 - Rock Island, IL @ Daytrotter
03.31.11 - Dubuque, IA @ the Lift

04.01.11 - Iowa City, IA @ Mission Creek Festival
04.02.11 - Iowa City, IA @ Mission Creek Festival
04.03.11 - Madison, WI @ The Frequency
04.04.11 - Chicago, IL @ Pancho's
04.05.11 - Bloomington, IN @ the Bishop
04.06.11 - Champaign, IL @ Mike 'n Molly's- Boneyard Arts Festival
04.07.11 - St. Louis, MO @ Firebird
04.08.11 - Memphis, TN @ Young Ave Deli
04.29.11 - Lafayette, LA @ Festival International
04.29.11 - Lafayette, LA @ Artmosphere

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Catch this stellar review of Brass Bed’s “Melt White”

"Melt White is a feel good pop album with a heavy dose of personality, produced by the Lafayette-based band, Brass Bed. The band is comprised of: Jonny Campos (guitar, pedal steel, bass, vocals), Peter DeHart (drums, touches, vocals), Christiaan Mader (guitar, bass, vocals), and Andrew Toups (keys). They signed to Park The Van records last year (think Dr. Dog) and have developed a sound that pays tribute to the pop sensibility of the Beach Boys, the timeless—and quirky—nature of Elvis Costello, and their own blend of youthful energy that is good enough to be taken seriously.

Melt White ropes listeners in with songs like the emphatic “Miniature Day Parade” and the lullaby-esque “God Saves The Thieves.” The record boasts dreamy vocals backed by choirboy “ooohhhing” and “aaahhing”; the instrumentation ventures to folk-friendly territory with “Maybe It’s Not Me,” but stays largely in the realm of get-up-and-go percussion with tons of guitar chatter and jazzy keys to keep the record going. “Bums On The Radio” is one of my favorite songs on the album because it showcases all of Brass Bed’s influences and capabilities—milky vocals and a graceful tempo roll into very upbeat 60s instrumentation and quite a bit of fun; frenetic as it sounds, it still works and segues nicely into “Pop Mission” (which reminds me just a little bit of The Soft Pack). The band does a great job of leading listeners through what feels like a very organic album." From the Blue Indian