Gringo Star's critically acclaimed debut album All Y'all was self-released in 2008 and subsequently distributed in Europe by Cargo Records. It was produced by Grammy Award-winner Ben H. Allen. The album was rated one of the top albums of the decade and received many favorable reviews.
The band signed to Brooklyn-based record label Gigantic Music for Count Yer Lucky Stars, released on October 25, 2011. It was also produced by Allen and engineered by James Salter. It, too, received high marksThe album made many lists for one of the best albums of the year. The song "Shadow" from Count Yer Lucky Stars was featured on NPR's All Songs Considered in its 2011 Fall Music Preview.The band was featured in a 2011 award-winning documentary, Hurry up and Wait.
The band released the album Floating Out To See that they recorded, mixed, and produced themselves, at Studio 234 Atlanta, released Oct 22, 2013, on their own label, My Anxious...
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Gringo Star's critically acclaimed debut album All Y'all was self-released in 2008 and subsequently distributed in Europe by Cargo Records. It was produced by Grammy Award-winner Ben H. Allen. The album was rated one of the top albums of the decade and received many favorable reviews.
The band signed to Brooklyn-based record label Gigantic Music for Count Yer Lucky Stars, released on October 25, 2011. It was also produced by Allen and engineered by James Salter. It, too, received high marksThe album made many lists for one of the best albums of the year. The song "Shadow" from Count Yer Lucky Stars was featured on NPR's All Songs Considered in its 2011 Fall Music Preview.The band was featured in a 2011 award-winning documentary, Hurry up and Wait.
The band released the album Floating Out To See that they recorded, mixed, and produced themselves, at Studio 234 Atlanta, released Oct 22, 2013, on their own label, My Anxious Mouth Records. This album, too, garnered positive attention, with some music writers picking it as one of the 10 best albums of the year and one saying that it was a "testament of what can be done if you take a risk or simply use your imagination." Their song "Find a Love" from Floating Out to See was featured as the "Song of the Day" by KEXP. Gringo Star has been profiled in Spin and several times has recorded at Daytrotter and Paste Magazine.
In 2014, Gringo Star released a 7 inch vinyl record issued by Dizzybird Records out of Grand Rapids, Michigan, featuring "Long Time Gone" and "World of Spin," the latter premiered by Paste Magazine on September 18, 2014.
Gringo Star announced in March 2015 the band had completed its fourth full-length album, yet to be named and released. It previewed a single from the album, "Undone," on May 22, 2015 on Pop Matters.[43] The band toured in April and May 2015 in support of Brian Bell's (Weezer) band, The Relationship, subsequently co-headlining with Dreamers in May and June 2015. The band is often on tour and one can keep up with the frequent travels through its webpage. It will be featured at Harvestfest in Ocala, Florida in November 2015.
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