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October Sky To Release New Album

• 11th Aug 2011

Canadian rockers October Sky will release their brand new album Hell Isn’t My Home in October.

The band comes from Montreal, Quebec, and consists of Karl Raymond (vocals & guitars), Alex Racine (drums), Yanik Rouleau (keyboards), and Andrew Walker (bass). Their musical output includes two albums, two music videos, a cross-Canadian tour, and a host of sold-out live performances.

The new album features ten tracks, alternating between frenzied rock and ambient alternative. This autumn will also see the band release Hit The Ground as a single from the album, an anthemic radio friendly rock tune that should see the band appear on the radar of new music shows.

Already released in Canada, the album earned three awards for best provincial rock song, rock CD, and rock music video. Two music videos soon followed, one of which was in rotation on MUCH Loud and in the Top 5 on Musique Plus, leading to their debut national TV appearance in Canada when they performed live on CTV’s Telethon of Stars plus an interview on Musique Plus.

October Sky’s career then went into overdrive in North America. A national tour which touched down in 15 Canadian cities from Montreal to Vancouver followed. The band’s blistering live sound has seen them invited on the road to support well-established artists Alexisonfire, Mobile, Bad Religion, and Michel Pagliaro. As national winners of the Global Battle of the Bands, October Sky represented Canada in London, England in April 2010 at The Scala.

October Sky have been in rotation on over a dozen Canadian radio stations over the last few years. In addition to regular airplay, their music has been featured on more than 20 commercial stations and they have been interviewed on programs across the US as well as throughout their home nation.

You can see the band live on the following dates

September 17 – 02 Academy, Birmingham
September 18 – Bull & Gate, London
October 5 – Night & Day, Manchester
October 14 – Nambucca, London
October 27 – London AAA
November 1 – Dry Bar, Manchester

Further information on the band can be found on their website at link