IN response to increasing fan demand, Scots rockers, The
Amorettes, today announce the re-issue of their acclaimed debut album, Haulin’
Ass.
Recorded at the very start of the band’s career, and only
ever available at live shows, Haulin’ Ass displays all the raw
aggression, and youthful exuberance of a band with everything to prove, and
nothing to lose.
"We initially had no initial intention at all of
re-issuing Haulin' Ass,” says guitarist/vocalist, Gill Montgomery,
who is also the band’s primary songwriter. “However, during the last
couple of years there have been so many requests from people asking where they
can get hold of a copy. And nowadays, they are going for silly money on Ebay,
which is flattering in a way, but we just feel now is the right time to make it
available to people again, and at a reasonable price.”
Originally limited to just 1000 copies, the energetic debut
was acclaimed by music fans and critics alike. Geoff Barton reviewed the album
in Classic Rock Magazine, describing it as containing “Three-minute stun
gun bursts of Hellion Fury”, and going on to proclaim that “The Amorettes are
gonna make the biggest girl band noise since The Nolans appeared on the front
cover of Sounds with Motorhead!”
The re-issue of Haulin’ Ass comes as a Digipack,
packaged with additional sleeve notes and two bonus tracks. Strictly limited to
only 2,000 copies, each one will be numbered and signed The Amorettes. The
task of Re-Mastering was handed to Nick Brine, best known for his work with
Springsteen, Ash, Coldplay, The Darkness, Snow Patrol, Thunder, as well as
having engineered The Amorettes most recent album, White Hot
Heat. Gill’s original artwork has been re-created by Chris Childs, bass player
with UK Rock band, Thunder, and the man who has designed the layout of The
Amorettes last 2 albums.
Bonus tracks, "The Monday Song" and
"Boobytraps", are both early songs, the former pre-dating The
Amorettes completely. “Both these songs were a solid staple in our
live set for the first few months of our career”, explains Gill. “Sadly,
they didn’t quite make it onto the album, but we are very pleased to be able to
add them as an extra blast from the past as part of the re-issue.”
“The additional sleeve notes are our own personal
recollections and reflections of what recording the album was like.”, continues
Gill. “It seems like forever and a day ago now, but looking back upon the
early days of The Amorettes has been great fun. We decided to
re-issue Haulin’ Ass rather than re-record it, as we didn't want to
mess with the original raw feel that had been captured. Listening back to the
album the tracks are great the way they are (don't get me wrong they are
ridiculously fast as we decided against playing to a click), however we feel
everyone involved did an incredible job with it, capturing our youthful punch
and vigor.
It’s great to have so much interest in something that was
entirely a homemade venture. It is rough, raw but a very proud part of our past
that we are looking forward to sharing with a brand new audience.”
In line with the complete DIY approach surrounding Haulin’
Ass, The Amorettes will also release a brand new video for the track Whoot
Woo. Filmed by the band, and edited by Gill Montgomery, this is as DIY as it is
possible to get. We’re sure you’ll get the sentiment behind the video, and the
recording.
Haulin’ Ass will only be available from The
Amorettes own webstore, as well as via iTunes and all main digital
download stores. You can pre-order the album from Friday 26 May 2017,
with the album officially released on Friday 16 June.
Purchase the album here: http://bit.ly/2ra3179
Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/zPNAsZNmbDI
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