  Formerly of Los Angeles and now of New York, critically-hailed Gingersol has completed their third full-length album, EASTERN. In support of their new release on Rubric Records, Gingersol is currently on the road both as opening band and backup band for singer/songwriter Mary Lou Lord. EASTERN was produced by band member Seth Rothschild, who plays guitar and keyboards in addition to contributing on vocals. He is joined by Steve Tagliere, vocalist, guitarist, key songwriter, and sole-remaining founding member of Gingersol. EASTERN follows on the heels of several well-received recordings, beginning with the 1995 EP titled Extended Play. The first full album was bandied about by several majors and ultimately shelved, which the band now considers a blessing. Nothing Stops Moving in 2000 attracted good reviews and spread the band beyond L.A. -- Rubric Records picked up the next album, Trainwreck Is Behind You. And in transition from west to east, the band began work on the new album, EASTERN. “It’s kind of funny,” says Tagliere. “The material on this album reflects a lot of pain. And now we have to go out and perform it all spring and summer. But we refer to our music as “happy-choly” (happy with a bit of melancholy.) The music is sometimes kind of sad, but it’s ultimately optimistic.” What the critics are saying: No Depression has noted: “Gingersol sounds for all the world as though they were yearning to ache, yet can’t deny their own impulses toward joy. Their melodies are so gorgeous that they continually triumph over inherent tendencies toward brooding and melancholy. As a result, there’s a compelling inbuilt tension and release within Gingersol’s music – an oblivious upbeat of happiness that keeps resurging, in spite of the darkness that worries underneath the surface." The Daily News in Los Angeles cited the band’s “powerful-yet-catchy sonic merger of storm and jangle," as well as,"Tagliere’s literate, evocative and elusive lyrics, which are often about coming to terms with maturity.” Veteran indie a&r pro and good music enthusiast Peter Jesperson calls them “tuneful, honest, melodic, unabashedly sentimental, ambitious without being arrogant.” Gingersol's new CD, EASTERN is available on-line through Rubric Records
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