CD UPC #: (digital only) Catalog #: STP 5009B List: $7.99		Released by Storm Tower Records Digital distribution by The Orchard

	Track Listing: 01. What Do You Want Me For? (demo) 02. Battle Hymn of the Romantic (demo) 03. Oh, My Mechanical Heart! (demo) 04. I Don't Either (demo) 05. Back to the Big Lie (demo) 06. Keep It From The Baby (demo) 07. Nothing Is Wrong (demo) 08. Monsters of the Gowanus (demo) 09. The Daily Oblivion (demo) 10. You Loved Me (demo) Download the full album (zip)		About the Album Brooklyn, NY indie-pop band overlord presents the 'secret' album, THE EXPURGATED VERSION, out August 28 on Storm Tower Records. The release is the shadow album to last year's IN SOVIET RUSSIA, MY HEART BREAKS YOU (below), overlord's first studio record after six lo-fi albums. While IN SOVIET RUSSIA... was tracked at studios where the New Pornographers and the Magnetic Fields recorded their latest releases, its original version was a complete lo-fi mock-up recorded by band songwriter George Pasles in a moldy basement. You can hear each spore in the "The Expurgated Version", an album used to win over the rest of the band track-by-track. The 'new' album will be posted for free on the overlord webpage from 8/14/12 to 8/27/12 as thanks for listener support for IN SOVIET RUSSIA, which spent last summer bouncing around the CMJ charts.

		CD UPC #: 616892131069 Catalog #: STP 5009 List: $12.99		Released by Storm Tower Records Digital distribution by The Orchard

	Track Listing: 01. What Do You Want Me For? 02. Battle Hymn of the Romantic 03. Oh, My Mechanical Heart! 04. I Don't Either 05. Back to the Big Lie 06. Keep It From The Baby 07. Nothing Is Wrong 08. Monsters of the Gowanus 09. The Daily Oblivion 10. You Loved Me Download the full album (zip) To obtain a physical copy, arrange for an interview, or pose other publicity queries, contact debate@overlordusa.com             (323) 841-4332 CMJ Charts::Peak Positions: TOP ADDS: #16,TOP 200: #147 Additional Charts/Adds/Spins Upcoming Schedule: 01/07/11   Cake Shop, Manhattan 02/17/11   Rock Shop, Brooklyn 03/21/11   Breakthru Radio, NYC 04/02/11   Fontana's, Manhattan 04/07/11   Rock Shop, Brooklyn 04/16/11   Cake Shop, Manhattan                 Record Store Day! 05/14/11   DC9, Washington DC 10/08/11   Rock Shop, Brooklyn 12/08/11   World Cafe Live, Phila 01/05/12   Union Hall, Brooklyn 02/03/12   Cake Shop, Manhattan 04/28/12   Cake Shop, Manhattan 08/09/12   Union Hall, Brooklyn                 Past Schedule		About the Album Brooklyn, NY indie-pop band overlord is proud to present a new album, IN SOVIET RUSSIA, MY HEART BREAKS YOU. The misleadingly-named group draws inspiration from '60s British Invasion, '70s Bubblegum, '80s New Wave, and '90s self-involvement. In the past, songwriter George Pasles recorded overlord albums on his own, recruiting members of A Sunny Day in Glasgow, Longwave, and Ui for live shows. Now, for the first time, the studio and live bands are the same: vocalist/guitarist George Pasles, bassist Sarah Brockett (Palomar), synthesizer player Tris McCall (My Teenage Stride), and drummer Matt Houser (The Human Hearts). While writing this album, overlord has played with the Dodos, Frightened Rabbit, the Wrens, Shilpa Ray, and, inexplicably, Robert Plant's son. We are your overlord, indeed. Interviews: Dagger Zine    Breakthru Radio    Kata Rokkar   Cowbell Magazine Reviews and podcasts featuring IN SOVIET RUSSIA... and THE EXPURGATED VERSION Sugar Sours    The Big Takeover    The Burning Ear    Gimmie Tinnitus    Music Under Fire    The Dadada    Hits In the Car    The 405    30 Milkshakes    Dagger Zine    Stop Ok Go Rock and Roll Gas Station      The Wheel's Still In Spin   Popmatters    Insomnia Radio All Over    Did You Hear the New?    Stars Are Shining Bright    Best New Tracks    Indie Shuffle    Lito Music    Bloodbuzzed    Flypage    Cultsore    Fayetteville Flyer Plus Que Toi Et Moi    The Ruckus    WLUR    The Mad Mackerel    write.click.cook.listen Alta Fidelidad    ZikNation    Storychord       Caffeine And Science    The New Lo-Fi Faronheit    Owl and Bear    Yo-Yo Duck   Museum at Pergatory  Rykjvk   Popfiction Music That Isn't Bad   Ratatata Session   We All Want Someone To Shout For Those Who Dig  What's the Ruckus?   Consequence of Sound    Silence & Syntax Brooklyn Based   Raving Insomniac   The Weekender    Music DNA    The Cover Lovers Indie Your Face!    It's So Easy to Sing    Coverville   Cover Freak   Cover Me Brooklyn Vegan   If It Be Your Will   Burning World    Snob's Music    So the Wind Indiependent Music Press for TICKER SYMBOLS, the previous overlord album The Big Takeover: "This is one of my favorite records of the year. Filled with gorgeous guitar-based power-pop, this band with a misleading heavy metal moniker (shouldn't they be writing about minotaurs and motorcycles?) pulls off beautiful pastoral psychedelia, Shins-like crooning, or jaunty indie pop. There's an effortless melodic grace... I can't recommend it highly enough." (Theo Cateforis) Philadelphia City Paper: "This brooding, 1980s-style synth pop -- which nods to kindred spirits Morrissey and Stephin Merritt -- celebrates dark clouds, not silver linings. Dour, yes, but the hooks get under your skin." (Brian Howard) Additional Press Images for Print
			Review Resources: www.overlordusa.com Additional videos Live photo (jpg) Cover image (jpg)     Roses For Stalin (detail)     by Boris Vladimirski, 1948 For higher resolution band images,     contact LudicrousFonts@aol.com	Press Release Archive: Album One-Sheet 04/01/11 (pdf) overlord at The Rock Shop 02/17/11 (pdf) overlord at Cake Shop 01/07/11 (pdf)