The FELICE BROTHERS
Celebration, Florida (23 May 2011)

The Felice Brothers released their fourth album 'Celebration, Florida' through Loose Music in 2011. Recorded in the gymnasium and theatre of an old school in Beacon, NY, 'Celebration, Florida' is the follow-up to 2009's much-lauded 'Yonder is the Clock'.

'Celebration, Florida' Press Release here.

A band of two brothers and three longtime friends, The Felice Brothers are highly revered for their live show, having been described by The Daily Telegraph as being “probably the most enthralling band currently to be seen anywhere in the world right now”.

FREE DOWNLOAD OF CUS'S CATSKILL GYM

Adding their take to a long list of classic boxing songs (think Simon and Garfunkel’s ‘The Boxer,’ Warren Zevon’s ‘Boom Boom Mancini,’ or Bob Dylan’s ‘Who Killed Davey Moore,’) The Felice Brothers underline their darkened aesthetic on their track ‘Cus’s Catskill Gym.‘ The song, according to Scotland on Sunday, “Delights in contorting different sounds in a conventional structure, escaping the traditional folk band stylings” Told from the perspective of Kevin Rooney, protégé to Mike Tyson’s manager Cus D’Amato, Cus’s Catskill Gym carries much like an actual fight would, with momentous riffs and electronic thuds echoing throughout the story of Mike Tyson’s career.

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LIVE DATES 2012

16 Aug - BRIGHTON, The Haunt (festival warm-up show)
17 Aug - GREENMAN FESTIVAL
18 Aug - JELLY FESTIVAL
19 Aug - BEACONS FESTIVAL

06 Dec LONDON, Shepherds Bush Empire

LIVE PRESS

"This cult band looks poised to go mainstream" ★★★★
THE GUARDIAN

"The Felice Brothers deserve far wider recognition over here" ★★★★ 
LONDON EVENING STANDARD

"a rousing triumph of earnest debauchery at its finest"
ARTROCKER

ALBUM PRESS

"inventive, playful and utterly engrossing, "Celebration, Florida" has much to revel in" Americana Album of The Month
★★★★ UNCUT

★★★★ MOJO

★★★★ Q

★★★★ THE GUARDIAN

★★★★  FINANCIAL TIMES

★★★★½  THE SUN

★★★★ DAILY EXPRESS

★★★★ SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY

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UNCUT AMERICANA ALBUMS OF THE YEAR #18

AMERICANA UK ALBUMS OF THE YEAR #8

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Album Notes

CD Cat. No.: VJCD193
LP Cat. No.: VJLP193
DL Cat. No.: VJDD193
Released: 23rd May 2011

Track listing:
1. Fire at the Pageant
2. Container Ship
3. Honda Civic
4. Oliver Stone
5. Ponzi
6. Back in the Dancehalls
7. Dallas
8. Cus's Catskill Gym
9. Refrain
10. Best I Ever Had
11. River Jordan