Electric Touch (band)


Electric Touch is a rock band, consisting of Shane Lawlor on lead vocals/guitar/piano, Louis Messina Jr. on drums, Christopher Leigh on lead guitar/vocals, Portland Musser on bass, and Isaac Strycker on keys/vocals.[1] have performed with popular acts Heart, Weezer, Evanescence, Foo Fighters, The Cars, Rival Sons, Hot Chelle Rae, The Bravery, Peelander-Z, Paramore, The Airborne Toxic Event,[2] Bon Jovi, and Our Lady Peace, among others.[3]


The band is composed of four Americans and one British singer, Lawlor, who came to Texas from Nottingham and met up with Leigh and his twin Messina Jr, both natives of Houston. The three recorded a demo, soon signed to the Houston indie label Justice Records and their self-titled album was released on August 31, 2008. The band later released the single "Sounds From the Underground", debuting at #1 on FMQB's Commercial Specialty SubModern Chart.[4] In 2009 Electric Touch signed with Island Records and went to New York to write their second studio album, which was recorded in L.A. with Howard Benson.


In 2011 they performed at Coachella,[5] Lollapalooza (20th Anniversary), Austin City Limits Festival, SXSW, Buzzfest, Edgefest and Vans Warped Tour, and performed as opening act for Evanescence, Unwritten Law Heart at ACL Live at the Moody Theater and on The Beautiful Freaks Tour with Hot Chelle Rae.[6] Their performances at Coachella and Lollapalooza garnered a recommendation from Wall Street Journal music critic Jim Fusilli [7]


"NEVER LOOK BACK" was released March 20, 2012 on Island Records. Recorded by Howard Benson and Mixed by Chris Lord-Alge & Mike Plotnikoff.


References
  1. http://www.myspace.com/electrictouchmusic
  2. http://www.prefixmag.com/photos/fratellis-airborne-toxic-event-roseland/
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-26. Retrieved 2010-05-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. http://www.last.fm/user/ElectricTouch/journal/2009/01/09/2dvyaq_sounds_from_the_underground_-_debuts_%25231
  5. https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703916004576270681308238992
  6. https://smagmagazine.wordpress.com/2012/04/07/electric-touch-la-zona-rosa-beautiful-freaks-tour-2012-austin-tx/
  7. https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703916004576270681308238992
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