Posted on: July 16, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Track Listing
1. A Mistake
2. If You Say So
3. Another Day
4. Not Looking Down
5. Stop Screaming
6. The Ocean
7. This Conversation Ends
8. Meant To Lose
9. Best For Me
10. Sleep Tight

Hailing from San Francisco, Nothington are Jay (vox/guitar), Chris (vox, guitar), Tony (vox/bass), and Gabe (drums). No strangers to the grind, members of Nothington have previously played in such beloved SF Bay Area bands as Tsunami Bomb, Enemy You, and Try Failing. They toured heavily in support of their first album,”All In”, and made stops on the Vans Warped Tour as well as toured with the likes of Off With Their Heads and Fake Problems. As many of the songs on Roads, Bridges and Ruins retell, Nothington have been homesick for the better part of the past two years since their inception.

BYO is set to release “Roads, Bridges, and Ruins,” the band’s second full-length album, on October 6, 2009. Having returned again to Scott Llamas at Pop Smear Studios to record, the four-piece entered into the studio this past May with one thing in mind – to do it bigger and better, and if not, to give up. As with any struggling young band, the realities and challenges of life on the road, unpaid bills, and shaky relationships was becoming increasingly troublesome. Luckily for us, what the band did do was dig deeper and create something that would reflect their changing lives through an evolving sound. “Roads, Bridges, and Ruins” features ten brand new songs written during the course of the last two years since their first record, “All In” (BYO Records, 2007) was released. The 10 songs on the new album are twangy, country-influenced melodies with dueling vocals that mix Jay’s whiskey soaked growl and Chris’ brash punk melody (and a whole heap of soul). Fans of Nothington will be pleasantly surprised to find that many of their songs are sped up with a harder edge.

Nothington will be out on the road in late summer, early fall, with a confirmed stop at the upcoming The Fest in Gainesville, FL.

In the meantime, Nothington will be playing a handful of West Coast shows in the following weeks:

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