DOWNLOAD: "You Can't Bring Me Down (Discomix)" (via Rolling Stone)
STREAM: "Congo Rebel" (via FADER)

San Francisco's Extra Classic -- the all analog, dub-inspired project of Adrianne Verhoeven and Alex deLanda) -- has been busy readying their debut LP for Manimal Vinyl, Your Light Like White Lightning, Your Light Like A Laser Beam, out September 27th on cd, digital, and gatefold vinyl. The band is currently being featured by Rolling Stone, with one of the album stand-outs "You Can't Bring Me Down." That track is the latest single from the forthcoming record, literally, with the band releasing the "You Can't Bring Me Down" vinyl 7" on their own Nopal Records imprint. It contains the original album cut as well as the exclusive B-side "Orbit," which is a dubbed out version of the A-side. Additionally, Extra Classic will be doing a brief run of West Coast tour dates with Moonface (featuring Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade/Sunset Rubdown) this October, with the dates listed below. All songs on the album are recorded on 8-track tape along with vintage recording equipment from the 60’s and 70’s.
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Extra Classic West Coast Tour with Moonface (feat. Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade & Sunset Rubdown)
Oct.18 @ The Independent - San Francisco, CA
Oct. 19 @ The Satellite - Los Angeles, CA
Oct. 20 @ The Casbah - San Diego, CA
Oct. 21 @ Club Congress - Tuscon, AZ
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Click Here or Above to Stream the "You Can't Bring Me Down" 7"
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More info on Extra Classic:
Adrianne Verhoeven played keys and sang in The Anniversary from 1997-2003.  Following this, she worked on honing her singing and songwriting skills while collaborating and playing with various musicians and music projects.  In 2007, Adrianne released her own album under the name “Dri”, titled Smoke Rings (Range Life Records, 2007).  While playing and touring throughout the U.S. in support of “Smoke Rings”, Adrianne and Alex have played with bands such as Modest Mouse, The Handsome Furs, Conor Oberst, and The Fruit Bats.

Alex deLanda is a songwriter/producer based out of San Francisco, whose projects have included recording and producing The Donkeys' album, Living on the Other Side (Dead Oceans, 2008).  Alex played bass and engineered the acclaimed album from The Papercuts, Can’t Go Back (Gnomonsong Records, 2007); he has also played bass and assistant engineered for Casiotone For The Painfully Alone.  He maintains an analog recording studio in San Francisco where he has most recently recorded and produced the forthcoming Extra Classic full length.

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Extra Classic
Your Light Like White Lightning, Your Light Like A Laser Beam
Out 9/27/11 on Manimal Vinyl cd, digital, gatefold vinyl
Tracklist:
Congo Rebel
Metal Tiger
You Can't Bring Me Down
Creation
Electric Stars
Give Them the Same
Demon Hit
Angel Eyes
Lesser Pan
Give Me Your Love

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