Manhattan AT Dawn CD Release

Manhattan At Dawn Inject Nu-Jazz into Rock with Debut Album

May 1, 2003

Boonton, New Jersey’s Manhattan At Dawn will release their impressive 17-track debut, Hook, Line, and Sink. Her. on Wednesday, May 3 during their show at The Bloomfield Ave. Café in Montclair. While only select songs have been made available on the Internet, they have already caused a rawkus. The Aquarian Weekly had this to day about the band: “Very cool lead vocal work. Musically, these guys were off the hook, with some really catchy riffs and some powerful drumming.”

Below is more information on Manhattan At Dawn. For review copies, please contact Joelle Caputa at Joelle@audiocrushpr.com.

Signs that Manhattan At Dawn is not your average band:

Vocalist Frank Rosania firmly states, “I don’t like the microphone.”

Evidence: Having played guitar in many local New Jersey favorites, Frank Rosania began a solo project in late 2005. He started recording at drummer Steve DeMaio’s Drop It Like It’s Hot studios and recruited longtime friend and bass player Timmy Lamb to help lay down tracks. It soon became evident that the chemistry between them was undeniable-this solo project had evolved into a three-piece band. Due to the overwhelming amount of intricate guitar parts Rosania had written, and the fact that he hated not being able to move around on stage as much as he would have liked, Manhattan At Dawn added a fourth member, guitarist Nick Brescia - to free him up and add some extra noise.

Manhattan At Dawn creates music with dramatic nu-jazz rock stylings- a melting pot of sounds which range from early 60s rock to disco and funk.

Evidence: Each member of Manhattan At Dawn has experience from previous bands that they contribute to the mix .The result is an organic sound that makes the band stand out from the pack without even trying. By combining the elements that are missing in rock ‘n roll today-- jazzy progressions, blues leads, and rhythmic patterns--along with 80s and heavy punk rock influences, Manhattan At Dawn intends on bringing “the feel” back to rock. In the first six months songs were added to the band’s MYspace page (www.myspace.com/manhattanatdawn), it received over 19,000 plays and ranked among the top NJ bands on the site.

The members all work together writing, playing, producing and recording other artists in order to learn more about each other musically.

Evidence: “We could have easily been another 15-minute stardom act,” states the band. Instead, Manhattan At Dawn works with other artists, currently female musicians, writing pop songs for them. The band used an unorthodox recording style for its debut album, Hook, Line and Sink Her, due out in late Spring 2006. All the songs are self-produced and were created by tracking. The recording process took nine months, as the band worked once a week on the music and then took a week off to study what they did during pre-production. In total, the 17-track album was recorded in about eight weeks worth of time. Determined to make it on their own terms and relying on their keen business sense, the members of Manhattan At Dawn have created their own label to release the album on. Stay tuned to www.manhattanatdawn.com for more.