Indie/Americana/garage band Leland Sundries, which made a splash this
year with its full-length debut ‘music for outcasts,’ has signed a
publishing deal with fellow Brooklynites Mother West Music. Leland
Sundries’ ‘music for outcasts’ (L'Echiquier/Decor/Weiner Records) earned
numerous spotlights as well as airplay from KEXP, WFUV, WFMU, and
beyond:
“A-… genius.”
- Robert Christgau, NOISEY, July 22, 2016. Full review:
https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/robert-christgau-expert-witness-leland-sundries
“Heaps of wit and melody… Beautiful rambling storytelling that flirts with pop and sounds a little like Silver Jews.”
- Peter Watts, UNCUT, April, 2016
“Scrappy yet ingenuous rock poetry.”
- MOJO, March, 2016
“Loss-Eaton and company avoid predictability… upturned middle finger
that resides at the center of their sound. Ultimately ‘Music for
Outcasts’ finds truth in its title… Those prone to coloring outside the
lines will have cause to give a decided nod of approval.”
- Lee Zimmerman, Relix, October/November issue
"One of the more exciting roots-based bands to be unleashed in quite a
while... This fellow knows his geography now. Both out in the rolling
hills and inside his own heart and soul... One minute Leland Sundries
has you weeping in your beer over the cowboy lament, 'Keys in The Boot,'
the next they’re rocking as righteously as The New York Dolls-inspired
'Bad Hair Day.' Throw in the radiant Power Pop of 'Apocalypse Love
Song,' and you’ll see there isn’t a genre they haven’t mastered. These
guys have only one rule about the music they play: it has to sound
authentic and cool. Which, a good damn portion of the time, it does."
- Peter Gerstenzang, American Songwriter, May 6, 2016
“Awesomeness.”
- Justin Cober-Lake, Pop Matters, June 2, 2016
“Fine character-building.”
- Eric Davidson, CMJ, April 18, 2016
"A killer record... The record has devoured my subconscious... creative
wordplay... Witty and left of center, juxtapose from the norm, some
fresh and fun genre-bending rock-n-roll...Loss-Eaton is a songwriter’s
songwriter, languid stories and never short on style... A tried and true
summer soundtrack for yours truly, simply a record you can’t grow not
fond of. Each track a small ride to a cool destination."
-Scott Zuppardo, No Depression, August 9, 2016
“Superb.”
- Sjimon Gompers, Impose, March 11, 2016
“We were instantly hooked. In fact, we're so impressed by the
Brooklyn-natives to the point where we can't begin to effusively begin
to heap enough praise.”
- Pure Volume, June 1, 2016
“Life affirming… Leland Sundries’ debut album and first European release
shows a ton of promise and is a very enjoyable listen. It will
certainly appeal to fans of bands like Velvet Underground and Jonathan
Richman as well as fans of bands like Whiskeytown and Starsailor.”
- Alan Ewart, Louder Than War (UK), February 16, 2016
“Leland Sundries match crackling garage rock with a near bubblegum love
of melody. The band's sound sits somewhere between Pavement and The
Archies, with a dose of Jonathan Richman's off kilter wit thrown in for
good measure.”
- Robin Murray, Clash Music (UK), January 19, 2016
Brooklyn-based Mother West has grown from a small indie label and
recording studio to a full-service boutique music catalog, offering
music licensing for film and television, publicity and promotions,
customized distribution, online sales, music production and artist
management. With an impressive roster under it's belt, Mother West
continues to work with an array of artists in various capacities,
including Motopony, Mother Feather, The Magnetic Fields, Aloud, The
Bones of J.R Jones, Peppina, Kris Gruen, Cold Blood Club and many
others.
Originally founded by musicians Charles Newman and Paul Casanova, Mother
West was named after the sign on the deli downstairs from their studio
and was created to release their debut record Noreally Thanks from their
band PLEASE in 1994. This led to a cut on the platinum selling Empire
Records Soundtrack on A&M Records and the company's first foray into
placing music into films. Since then, and under the helm of Newman,
the company continues to grow it's catalog and develop it's community of
artists.
2016 marks a new partnership with Los Angeles-based publisher Defend
Music, who will be representing the publishing interest of the Mother
West catalog in North America, with Kobalt Publishing representing the
catalog globally.
