Southern Backtones Complete Highly Anticipated Album at SugarHill

(HOUSTON, TEXAS) – January 3rd, 2006 – Indie/Rock band The Southern Backtones, are creating a buzz with the completion of their long awaited self-titled album.
 
Produced by renowned producer Dan Workman and engineered/mixed by SugarHill’s Senior Engineer Steve Christensen, The Southern Backtones tracked and mixed 13 songs at SugarHill Recording Studios throughout 2005, in studios A,B and C.  The songs were tracked to 2” analog tape and were then transferred to Protools and mixed through a Neotek Elite console.
 
Workman has already anointed the effort in a recent interview,   “Hands down, this is the most satisfying musical project that I have ever done.”
The album is currently being mastered by Jeff Lipton (Flaming Lips, The Magnetic Fields, Meat Puppets) at Peerless Mastering.
 
The year 2005 has been quite a whirlwind for the band; receiving plenty of industry praise for their 2005 EP release, a nomination by Houston’s alternative rock station The Buzz/94.5FM for Best Indie/Rock band, in addition to gaining attention on college radio airwaves throughout the U.S. and Canada.

The Southern Backtones also featured two songs: Everything and Forever in the indie film “Drop Dead Sexy” soundtrack, starring Jason Lee and Crispin Glover.
 
Release dates for the album are still unconfirmed, however they will be supporting the new album with a release party and select live shows in Houston and surrounding areas.