Austinist Artist Profile: Sound Team @ Emo's, This Saturday

Austin's own Sound Team was one of the best acts we caught at ACL this year - despite the blistering temperature and sporadic dust tornadoes, they played an unceasingly energetic set that made us (nearly) forget about our impending heat strokes. Live, theirs is synth-happy dancerock constructed from the supple layering of their dual keyboard/guitars, toe-tappingly catchy drum beats, and Matt O.'s big, blaring vocals. Their studio work is something you'll have to experience for yourself -- check out the downloads below.

Back at CMJ in September, the guys were asked by Win Butler himself to play before The Arcade Fire - the same show where David Bowie stepped onstage - and by most accounts, dazzled the New York audience. They've recently signed with Capitol Records, and are expecting to release their full-length album sometime in the early spring of 2006.

Sound Team records out of their self-made analog studio, Big Orange, which was converted from an abandoned record-pressing plant here in Austin. Their newest EP, WORK, debuts this Saturday at their Emo's release party. Immediately afterwards, the boys head out for a three-week tour of the East Coast. Check 'em out now, before they're lost to us forever.

Also, for tomorrow's show, Sound Team and South 1st Street record purveyor End of an Ear are running a special contest:

Participants enter the giveaway at the store. Prizes are 4 pairs of tickets + a CD copy of the EP, WORK. One "grand" prize of a pair of tickets + a Sount Team t-shirt + a copy of the EP on 180-gram, orange vinyl. Any purchase in the store is accompanied by a ST button.

[Sound Team on MySpace]
[Sound Team Official Site]

Members:
Bill Baird (bass, vox)
Matt Oliver (vox, guitar, piano)
Jordan Johns (drums)
Sam Sanford (guitar)
Gabe Pearlman (organ)
Michael Baird (synthesizer, tapes).

Latest Record and Tracklisting:
WORK EP, this week from Big Orange Records
-The Fastest Man Alive
-It's Obvious What's Happening Here
-Orange Bird
-In the Dark No One Can Hear You Sweat
-Don't Turn Away

Downloads:
Don't Turn Away
It's Obvious What's Happening Here
The Fastest Man Alive

SXSW Descript:
"Six affable ne'er-do-wells with synthesizers and an Otari tape machine."

Tour Dates :
NOVEMBER 12 AUSTIN @ EMO'S*
NOVEMBER 13 DALLAS @ TREES*
NOVEMBER 14 NORMAN, OK @ OPOLIS*
NOVEMBER 16 MINNEAPOLIS @ 400 BAR*
NOVEMBER 17 CHICAGO @ EMPTY BOTTLE*
NOVEMBER 18 NEWPORT, KY @ SOUTHGATE HOUSE
NOVEMBER 19 CLEVELAND @ BEACHLAND
NOVEMBER 20 HOBOKEN @ MAXWELL'S
NOVEMBER 22 NEW YORK @ MERCURY LOUNGE
NOVEMBER 23 PHILADELPHIA @ NORTHSTAR*
NOVEMBER 26 CAMBRIDGE @ MIDDLE EAST
NOVEMBER 27 WASHINGTON, D.C. @ BLACK CAT
NOVEMBER 28 CHAPEL HILL @ LOCAL 506
NOVEMBER 29 NASHVILLE @ THE BASEMENT
NOVEMBER 30 ATLANTA @ EARL