For the first time in our lives, we recently saw live music come to a total standstill. Chicago four-piece Releaser, however, isn’t letting 2020 slow them down.

Releaser met and assembled with the common objective to deliver you the highest quality songwriting and live performances that their decades of collective grind and know-how could muster. The music is astute and effective. The lyrical content is honest – something too many artists have abandoned in favor of sounding important. The vocals and melodies are the reason you check out new music. These guys will have you singing in your head at work like a pro.

Stephen, Andre, Duane and Jeremy saw in each other the pieces that had been missing in previous projects. With a different atmosphere of talent and trust, a new culture revealed itself: like-minded and hardworking, where the only band leader is the song.

After debuting their EP, Retox, and sharing the bill with national acts like Local H, Lucky Boys Confusion, The Spill Canvas, Punchline, Red Sun Rising, The Black Moods, Them Evils, Selfish Things, Radkey and AM Taxi, Releaser has begun churning out new material for a sophomore drop. 

One week away from hitting I-55 south for seven showcases at SXSW, 2020 was gearing up to be a hectic one. We all know what happened next. But this isn’t these guys’ first rodeo in confronting adversity.

Releaser met the challenge by continuing to demo for their upcoming full-length. The band also recorded and shot a video for Richard Marx’s Should’ve Known Better, out and streaming on July 3rd, 2020.



The Attraction was:

Eli Grey - Vocals, Guitar
Ben Soleim - Bass, Vocals
Dan Wyskochil - Lead Guitar
Bradford Snow - Piano, Synth, Keytar, Vocals
Dale Salentiny - Drums

A blend of 90's alternative, 80's synth, 80's metal, and modern rock gave The Attraction a completely unique and fresh sound that was uncommon in yesterday's and today's bland rock market.

With years of experience between them, including multiple headlining slots at House of Blues Chicago and Metro (as well as sharing the stage with the Plain White T's, Anberlin, The Ataris, The Academy Is..., Lucky Boys Confusion, Inept, Spitalfield, Company of Thieves, The Damned Things, Bad City, The 1997, and many more), The Attraction were one of Chicago's best local bands in In the mid to late 2000's. 

The Attraction's single "The Bleeding" was played in regular rotation on Q101 and was included on Q101's Local 101 Volume 3 CD.

SINGER.
SONGWRITER.
SURVIVOR.
GODDESS.
WARRIOR.

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