“...THESE L.A. CRITICAL PRAISE FOR ROCKERS ARE THE “BLISTERING SPITTING IMAGE OF [PERFORMANCE]” BYRDS-BEATLES GARAGE ROCK…” “THE BAND’S SOUND “INDETERMINATELY BETWEEN “JANGLY, BUOYANT, “...AN SUCCESSFULLY MARRIES TOM PETTY’S ‘AMERICAN GIRL’ FOOT-TAPPING… ELECTRIFYINGLY ELEMENTS OF ‘70S AND AND THE STROKES ‘LAST NIGHT,’ BLENDING CLASSIC COHESIVE BLEND OF ‘80S ROCK AND ROLL CRAFTING A HING-ENERGY BLEND INFLUENCES WITH BRITISH INVASION WITH A MODERN FLAIR.” OF GARAGE ROCK ANDOLD- THEIR MODERN AND CALIFORNIA FASHIONED AMERICANA.” SWAGGER.” SURF MUSIC...” THE SHELTERS MUSIC VIDEO FOR THEIR TRACK “GOLD” PREMIERED ON W MAGAZINE, WHO PROCLAIMED, “THE FOURSOME CRAFTED A VISUAL COLLAGE OF CALIFORNIAN INSPIRATIONS THAT ISN’T SHORT ON THE LUXURY.” “HERE’S A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THE EDICT THAT EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN.WHEN THE MEMBERS OF THE LOS ANGELES FOUR-PIECE THE SHELTERS DISCOVERED THE SOUNDS OF THE RICKENBACKER 12-STRING, THE BYRDS AND TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS, IT BECAME THEIR MUSIC, NOT JUST THEIR DADS’. THE SHELTERS SET OFF FOR THE CLUBS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, PLAYING FOR THEIR PEERS IN A WORLD THAT WASN’T ALWAYS SO FRIENDLY TO ROCK ‘N’ ROLL. PETTY DID HEAR THE BAND THERE, AND ITS SELF-TITLED DEBUT BEARS HIS NAME AS CO-PRODUCER — BUT ASIDE FROM LOANING OUT A FEW GUITARS, HE LEFT THE SHELTERS PRETTY MUCH ALONE. THAT’S PROBABLY BECAUSE HE KNEW AN ALBUM THAT REVISITS OLDER STYLES WORKS ONLY IF IT OFFERS SOMETHING NEW, NOT SIMPLY NOSTALGIA.” “REBEL HEART” INCLUDED IN WORLD CAFE’S “OLD- SCHOOL, NEW-SCHOOL: WORLD CAFE’S 2016 JAMS.” CONTINUED CRITICAL PRAISE FOR “URGENT ANTHEMS LIKE “LEAD SINGLE ‘REBEL “THE LOS ANGELES FOURSOME DEBUT SINGLE ‘REBEL HEART’ GOT BOTH THE IS TOM PETTY APPROVED” HEART’ RECALL SIMULTANEOUSLY YOUNG RAVERS AND THEIR FAMILIAR AND FRESH RADIO CHAPERONING PARENTS TO SUNBURSTS AMIDST CRISP DANCE ALONG–A TRUE SIGN OF GUITARS, BATTERING-RAM DRUMS, A UNIFYING FESTIVAL ACT.” AND FINESSED VOCALS.” “…THIS LA BAND’S REVVED-UP POWER POP HAS A TIMELESS FEEL…THE SHELTERS “BYRDS-LIKE GUITARS… GO FOR BITE.” “…HOOKY, OLD-SCHOOL A ROLLICKING AND EARWORM WITH A LITTLE BIT FUN ROCKER.” OF STONES SWAGGER... ALL HAIL THE ELECTRIC GUITAR.” “THE DEBUT ALBUM FROM THE SHELTERS STARTS WITH A RIFF RIGHT OUT OF THE BEATLES OR BYRDS PLAYBOOK, SIGNALING “THE MUSIC IS A BLAST OF THE YOUNG LA BAND’S AFFINITY “THE ALBUM ENDED UP MISSIONARY BRIT INVASION-ISH, FOR JANGLY ’60S ROCK.” BLUESY SIMPLICITY WITH SOUNDING LIKE A DELIGHTFUL SPIN JAGGED INDIE-ROCK CORNERS, A THROUGH THE ROCK RADIO DIAL, COLLECTION OF FAST LITTLE ROCK BLENDING AIRY VOCAL HARMONIES GRINDERS THAT DON’T STRAY WITH A TIGHT-BUT-LOOSE RHYTHM VERY FAR FROM THE HARMONIC SECTION, AND LAYERS OF CRISPLY STRUMMED GUITARS.” “WITH A GRITTY, UNDERGROUND FOOTPRINT ESTABLISHED LONG SOUND THAT MAKES US NOSTALGIC AGO BY THE BEATLES.” FOR THE DIMLY LIT CLUBS OF YESTERYEAR, THE ‘REBEL HEART’ ARTISTS HAVE CAPTURED THE ESSENCE OF THE ‘70S ROCK ERA WITH AN UPDATED SPIN.” “THEY’RE FILLING YOUR EARS WITH WHAT SOUNDS LIKE THE BEATLES, “THE SHELTERS NAVIGATE WITH JOHNNY CASH AND THE BLACK KEYS PRIDE, PLUMBING THE DEPTHS OF WENT TO THE SOUTH AND MADE A THE BEST SOUNDS FROM CLASSIC BEAUTIFUL MUSIC LOVE CHILD AND ROCK AND BLENDING THEM WITH RAISED IT IN CALIFORNIA.” “...THE SHELTERS, ENTRANCING THEIR OWN UNIQUE SOUND.” THE STAGE BEFORE THE MAIN EVENT, THE ELEGANT MIX OF MELODIC BLUES AND FUZZED- OUT GARAGE ROCK THAT “THE SOUND WAS MODERN AND ILLUMINATED FROM THE INDIE CLASSIC AT THE SAME TIME AND GROUP MANAGED TO KICK OFF THERE WERE PLENTY OF GUITAR THE NIGHT WITH BRILLIANT JAMS INCLUDING A GIANT FINISH... ELOQUENCE... PROVIDING “THE SHELTERS’ ENERGY THIS WAS MAY FAVORITE SET OF THE JUST THE RIGHT KIND OF FREE- MAKES IT HARD TO SIT STILL NIGHT. AS THE SET ENDED, AN AWED FLOWING ROCK & ROLL SOUND, WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THEM, AND VOICE FROM THE CROWD COULD BE THE NIGHT ONLY GOT BETTER AS YOU’RE LIABLE TO WAKE UP WITH HEARD: ‘OMG, THE SHELTERS JUST THE MAIN EVENT WAS ONE OF THEIR EAR-WORM RIFFS TRASHED THAT STAGE.’” SET TO BEGIN.” STUCK IN YOUR HEAD.” For more information, please contact Carla Sacks, Cami Opere or Louis D’Adamio at Sacks & Co., 212.741.1000, [email protected], [email protected] or [email protected]..
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