Whispertown 2000 'Swim' album

Acony Records is proud to announce that The Whispertown 2000 have confirmed dates throughout the spring in support of Maria Taylor. The tour will kick off in Gainesville, FL, on April 4th, and come to a close on May 3rd in Los Angeles, CA. Prior to these dates, the band will also be performing at several SXSW showcases and parties in Austin, TX, and will headline a few dates on their own.

This tour will be in support of the band's debut release, Swim, which hit stores late last year. This record was the first release off of Gillian Welch and David Rawling's label, Acony Records. Comprised of four members: Morgan Nagler (lead vocals, guitar), Tod Adrian Wisenbaker (drums, guitar), Casey Wisenbaker (bass) and Vanesa Corbala (vocals), the band mixes creative folk sounds along with hypnotic melodies - creating a truly unique sound. Filter best described their songs, noting that "Swim is everything that's great about Nagler and her group -- arch simplicity, angst-free acoustic poetics, home-spun urban sweetness, melodies that start spinning in the head and never stop." Spin was quick to name the band a "buzzcatcher" and praised them for their "acute lyrics and heartsick vocals."

Jenny Lewis has been a long-time friend and supporter of the group. When asked what her thoughts were of the band, she said, "Morgan Nagler is my favorite songwriter. Period." The Whispertown 2000 has opened for Jenny Lewis, Rilo Kiley, She & Him and Bright Eyes in the past. They plan to continue touring throughout 2009.

press quotes
"Swim is the kind of record you wish people made more often" **** Uncut

"[they] create a nursery-rhyme world equal parts wide-eyed wonder and darkness, rendered timeless by ragtime reels and skeletal acoustic accompaniment." - **** Q

"...the foursome started summoning the kind of heart-wrenching alt.country that eroticises the "open plains" and leaves you hankering for gingham,
golden sunsets" - NME

Whispertown 2000 tour dates
The Whispertown 2000 SXSW appearances (Austin, TX):

3.18 Little Radio SXSW Party @ Red Eyed Fly 1:20 pm
3.18 Cannibal Cheerleader SXSW Party @ Peacock Lounge 4:45 pm
3.19 End of the Road Festival SXSW Party @ Lambert's 2:30 pm
3.21 SXSW Hotel Café Showcase @ Ale House 11:00 pm

Headline tourdates:

3.22 Ft. Worth, TX Lola's
3.26 St. Louis, MO The Firebird
3.27 Nashville, TN The Basement
3.28 Louisville, KY Nachbar
3.29 Charlotte, NC Snug Harbor

Dates with Maria Taylor:

4.04 Gainesville, FL Common Grounds
4.05 Orlando, FL The Social
4.06 Jacksonville, FL Jack Rabbits
4.07 Birmingham, AL Bottle Tree
4.08 Atlanta, GA The Earl
4.09 Carrboro, NC Local 506
4.10 Washington, DC Rock N Roll Hotel
4.11 Philadelphia, PA Barbary
4.12 Brooklyn, NY Bell House
4.13 Hoboken, NJ Maxwell's
4.14 Boston, MA Great Scott
4.16 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place
4.17 Toronto, ON El Mocambo
4.18 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
4.19 Ann Arbor, MI Blind Pig
4.20 Chicago, IL Schuba's
4.21 Madison, WI High Noon
4.22 Minneapolis, MN 400 Bar
4.24 Omaha, NE Waiting Room
4.25 Denver, CO Hi Dive
4.26 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
4.28 Seattle, WA Vera Project
4.29 Portland, OR Doug Fir
5.01 San Francisco, CA Café Du Nord
5.02 Visalia, CA Cellar Door
5.03 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour

Whispertown 2000 biography
Acony Records is proud to announce the debut of the Los Angeles-based band The Whispertown 2000. Composed of Morgan Nagler (lead vocals, guitar), Tod Adrian Wisenbaker (guitar), Casey Wisenbaker (bass) and Vanesa Corbala (vocals), The Whispertown 2000 is the first band to be signed to Gillian Welch and David Rawlings’ Acony Records. Entitled Swim, the record will be released on October 21st. It was recorded by Thom Monahan (Devendra Banhart, Vetiver) and mixed by Shawn Everett and Rawlings.

Nagler always kept to herself, only playing her songs for friends at their houses, until she met guitarist Tod Adrian Wisenbaker, who grew up playing in punk, folk, and hardcore bands in Ventura, California. They began playing shows around Los Angeles, and over the next few years they rounded out the lineup with Wisenbaker’s brother on bass, and singer Corbala, who was born in Tijuana and grew up singing traditional Mexican music. These additions allowed the band to experiment with the instrumentation between Corbala and the Wisenbaker brothers trading off on drums, bass, guitar, harp, and vocals. The Whispertown 2000’s vibrant live shows have scored them opening slots with Jenny Lewis, Rilo Kiley, Maria Taylor, She & Him, and Bright Eyes.

Nagler's classic songwriting is put in a more fractured and modern context by Wisenbaker’s avant-blues guitar, his brother’s robust bass playing and Corbala’s new-traditional harmonies and creative magic. The songs on the record range from quirky folk-pop on “103” to the sweet/sad hypnotic harmonies of “Pushing Oars” to California-country style “Lock and Key” to ballads like “Atlantis”, which features a four woman choir made up of Nagler, Corbala, Welch, and Jenny Lewis.

When Lewis, a long-time friend and supporter of The Whispertown 2000, was asked for a quote about the band she simply said: “Morgan Nagler is my favorite songwriter. Period.”

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