Shane Hines Cd Release + Eric Stepanian Cd Release + Todd Martin November 10, 2010

Blending aggressive arrangements with hook-filled melodies, SHANE HINES AND THE TRANCE have found a way to get inside listeners’ heads. Laced with elements of British rock, The Glory Journal is an album that surprises, sometimes shocks, and moves you to new places.

Songs like "Way Up" and "We Can Never Be" have you singing every word and clenching your fist while wondering how the band got so close to your own little world. Impassioned wrath with metaphorical and lyrical nakedness are unveiled with What a Beautiful Day. You're enveloped in exquisite torment that gives way with searing honesty, and a brave insistence of freedom from the past. All the while your head will bob, and you'll crave the driving sound that's enmeshed with a voice that is as compelling as it is addicting.

Shane Hines (lead vocals, lead guitar, song writer) and Brian "Mr. Thumbs" Keating (bass, vocals) met while touring with other bands, gelled and have masterfully created The Glory Journal, which was recorded entirely through online donations from fans and supporters. The Glory Journal is already gaining momentum . "Way Up" was a finalist in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest and online blogs such as The Daily Vault and Top 40-Charts have been saluting the SHANE HINES AND THE TRANCE’s successful excursion.

With a resume that reads like any of your favorite major label breakout bands, including key placements on MTV shows such as "The Hills" and "The Real World,” D.C. area-based SHANE HINES AND THE TRANCE are moving at a pace that will undoubtedly land them on your iPod before your best friend can call to tell you they heard of the band first.
____

ERIC STEPANIAN offers songs that are accessible enough to be instantly appealing, but original enough to be genuinely unique. A deft blend of catchy melodies, instrumental virtuosity, and tasty harmonies-all combined with thoughtful and expressive lyrics-is displayed on the 2005 AUTUMN SHE LEAVES and 2008's WAIT OUT THE RAIN (THE LP).

In October 2008, ESPN featured Stepanian's "Criminal" on Baseball Tonight's "Web Gems Defensive Plays of the Year".

In addition to playing sellout shows, Stepanian has opened for Maroon 5, Jason Mraz, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, and Rusted Root.

In March 2010, Eric recorded his debut solo album in Kingston, NY with Grammy Award Winning Producer Malcolm Burn (Bob Dylan, Emmy Lou Harris, John Mellencamp, Daniel Lanois). Eric and Malcolm worked feverishly throughout the month enlisting the talent of Ethan Eubanks (Teddy Thompson, Crash Test Dummies) on drums, Craig Ross (Shawn Colvin, Patty Griffin) on guitars and Jon Graboff (Ryan Adams, Norah Jones) on pedal steel. In addition to singing backing vocals, Malcolm plays a variety of instruments on the record, including bass, piano, organ, harmonica and guitar.

http://www.shanehines.com/fr_home.cfm
http://www.myspace.com/stepanian
http://www.myspace.com/toddmartinmusic

Official Website: http://www.jamminjava.com