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JULY 25, 2021 ONE MONTH FROM LAUNCH
We continue to gain altitude since LIFTOFF, and we've been pretty happy with the results! So many of you have reached out and commented about the music, bought the CDs, and listened to the tunes, I think we're off to a great start.
We got two awesome bits of news this week. Tom Hanley from WRAT-FM was cool enough to play "Psychic Girlfriend" on the station's "Jersey Rock" local music show. If you missed our announcement on "the socials" you can still listen here!
I continue to find it really cool how the music is making its way around the world. UK music blog "I Don't Hear a Single" gave us a great review of LIFTOFF that still has us grinning days later: "Jersey Shore keyboardist Dan O'Leary gathered some of his Cover band friends to form Crosstalk Club to perform his original songs and the results are splendid." You can read the entire review here.
Some new announcements, a glimpse into the future, and some other stuff...all very soon.
JULY 11, 2021 'LIFTOFF' LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL, REPORTS
So it's been about two weeks since the launch of LIFTOFF, and the "mission" has been going pretty well so far! Orbit is stable and we're gaining altitude.
I wanted to take a minute to shoutout people who have been giving great reviews of the tunes and adding them to playlists. If you can, visit these folks and see what other cool stuff they offer!
AI LOVE MUSIC blog has a great writeup and kudos for "Psychic Girlfriend," along with our bio and Spotify links to our album.
I got to do a really nice interview with THE SOUNDS WON'T STOP blog about the origins of the band, a little backstory, and some plans for the future.
On the radio! We're now in rotation on QCIndie (great indie/alt), Eagle's Nest Radio (big mix), and Lonely Oak Radio (who have played a LOT of Liftoff tracks).
We got a few Spotify playlist adds, notably Emotional Feedback, a cool collection of new artists and some classics, and The REALLY Hot Tracks eclectic mix by Amy Braun.
We also got some great shoutouts from Tinnitist, Stoakes Media, We All Want Someone to Shout For, United SongBirds, The X-ALE Athens Legacy Entertainment, Music on the Moon, and Rock Fueguino. You can see them on our Press page.
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JUNE 25, 2021 WE HAVE ACHIEVED 'LIFTOFF'!
WE MADE IT!!
It's hard to believe that we've finally gotten to this point, but LIFTOFF is finally out in the world. The CDs are ready (ahh, that "new CD" smell). The BandCamp and Soundcloud pages are updated. ALL streaming platforms are now carrying the album. We've gotten on Spotify playlists. We have some very very nice press coverage...more on that soon.
There aren't words to describe how exciting it is to see people reacting to the album. The path here was a pretty long and bumpy one, but we got through it. Now we take what we learned and make it bigger and better! More music that WON'T take forever to complete. More shows. More merch.
But before any of that, we need to show some gratitude. Band members Darryl "Jake" Jacobsen, drummer/mixer Steve Ferarro, guitarist Joey Mayerski did an amazing job on putting these tracks together. Additional guitars from Mike Zaffarese on "Psychic Girlfiend" and and sax from Wilbert Condez on "Plastic Island" were a huge help. To family and friends who kept us going.
And to all of YOU who have followed this journey for years, came to shows (who remembers the set at the Two River Theater?), and gave support all this time. This is why we've forgone the teaser-singles strategy and released it all at once...you waited long enough. Hell, I think we all have.
More updates soon.
JUNE 22, 2021 "PRE" DAY FOR LIFTOFF
It's PRE-Day! What's PRE-Day, you ask?
Reason 1
Spotify listeners can now pre-save the new album, and get an MP3 copy of all the tracks. Ten pre-savers get a free signed CD copy too.
The Spotify pre-save is here, https://show.co/ZGrrjZh
Reason 2
MP3 listeners can now pre-order LIFTOFF on Bandcamp and get one MP3 right away.
JUNE 16, 2021 LIFTOFF DATE IS SET
We’re really excited to announce our debut album LIFTOFF will officially be out June 25! We’ve got a special video out next week with some giveaways to celebrate. More to come!
JUNE 1, 2021 MUCH TO DO
Things have been a little busy in Crosstalk Club-land these last few weeks. We've been talking with bloggers, playlisters, and anyone else we can think of to get ready for the launch of LIFTOFF. Between making sure the CDs are coming (they are!), the streaming services have the music (they do!), and making sure all that legal copyright/ownership/publishing stuff is in place. Another update soon, with more details. Stay tuned.
APRIL 1, 2021 A LONG TIME AGO...
Crosstalk Club has been on social media for a few years now, but since this is the first entry on our new website, let's take a second and give you the Cliff's Notes version of our backstory, and our final steps towards our debut album.
This band started several years ago, with keyboardist Dan O'Leary, a longtime veteran of the New Jersey Shore bar-band scene, wanted to start a new original band. Calling on a few of his band veteran friends, they started making plans for an album, and eventually to start playing live.
But life, as it does, sometimes gets in the way. The original recording studio went dark, so Dan learned to record parts at home. The next studio took the recording budget, held the mixes for two years (and counting), so drummer Steve stepped up and did the mixes. Dan ended up in the hospital twice for his heart, once for cancer. Then, in 2020, we all know how the pandemic shut everyone down, including music. Fortunately for the band, their fans came to their early shows, watched the videos that the band released last year, and sent their support.
Now, we're just about to reach the destination. Thanks to all our fans as we start the final countdown to LIFTOFF!