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

Brass Bed "People Want To Be Happy"

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