Nicole says, “On this self-produced album, we wanted to target more lush and radiant textures, some classic rock riffs, some jazzier elements and some full-on punk snarl.” Eternal Arena is more than an intense, story-driven RPG game. Enter into the fray of battle with three-member squads ready for battle. Build your army from a roster of more than forty playable characters.
Last year’s The Drop Beneath marked Eternal Summers first full length created entirely outside Virginia and as Pitchfork noted: “The Drop Beneath is the most pristine sounding thing that Eternal Summers have ever recorded” and “indulges their more anthemic side, and the results are solid.” According to Paste Magazine, “Their brand of loose-hanging, guitar driven, hook-filled pop has tightened into a fist.”įor Gold and Stone, Eternal Summers returned to the site of last year’s well-received The Drop Beneath, Resonate Studio in Austin, TX and back into the very adept hands of engineer and mixer Louie Lino to create an album that ventures beyond the pop immediacy of their previous albums. Play Eternal Arena on PC and Mac to enter this magical world and fight in one of the most exciting role-playing game for the Android system. From the crafty minimalism on their debut Silver, to the dream punk sheen on 2012’s breakout Correct Behavior, to the guitar driven power on The Drop Beneath, the evolution of Eternal Summers marks a band that embraces both anthemic rock and bittersweet ballads- a band that is grounded in jangle pop but with an added depth that rewards on repeated listens. With several previous releases, there has already been a lot said about Eternal Summers music. In the words of All Music, “The kind that other bands will look to for inspiration 20 years later.”
This mod has been going for a very long time, has made it through 5 major revisions, 4 websites, 3 contributors, 2 names and one Crow to become a firm favourite with LAN goers the world over. It is usually played at LAN parties and by lone players against the built in bots. Gone are the days of the Roanoke based collective known as the Magic Twig Community that saw the handful of like-minded indie artists working together but what has grown in its place is a band that stands firmly on its own. Eternal Arena is a very popular mod that has withstood the test of time. Having formed in 2009, Eternal Summers has now been operating as the trio of Nicole Yun, Daniel Cundiff and Jonathan Woods longer then they did as a duo without Jonathan. On June 2, 2015, they will release their fourth full-length album Gold and Stone due out on their longtime label, Brooklyn based indie, Kanine Records. And if you haven’t heard of Eternal Summers, you’ll have a lot of catching up to do.
I just trust instinct to lead the way.” That is the philosophy of Nicole Yun of Roanoke, Virginia based noise pop, power rock trio Eternal Summers. “I’ve never thought too hard about what our albums should sound like before they are written. The band, who were named an “Artist You Need To Know” by Rolling Stone are hot on the heels of releasing 2015’s Gold And Stone, available now via Kanine Records.ġ/16 – Grand Rapids, MI Founders Brewing, Co. Roanoke, VA power trio Eternal Summers have announced a string of Winter tour dates.