Columbia Records Signs Copeland

Columbia Records Signs Copeland

Emerging Indie Band's New Album, Eat, Sleep, Repeat, Enters Billboard Top 200 at #90

NEW YORK, Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Columbia Records has signed Copeland, the emerging indie pop-rock band whose latest album, Eat, Sleep, Repeat, has just entered the Billboard Top 200 best-selling albums chart at #90.

Released on October 31, with first week's sales of more than 11,000 pieces, Eat, Sleep, Repeat is Copeland's highest charting album to-date. In Motion, the group's last full-length album, peaked at #115 on the Billboard Top 200 shortly after its release in March 2005.

Originally formed in Florida in 2000, Copeland's core lineup is: Aaron Marsh (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Bryan Laurenson (guitar, piano), James Likeness (bass, vocals), and Jonathan Bucklew (drums). The group relocated to Atlanta, Georgia, in 2002 and signed with The Militia Group, a Southern California independent record company distributed through RED Distribution. Released in 2003, Copeland's first full-length album, Beneath Medicine Tree, found resonance and poetry in medical themes and metaphors, quickly establishing the group as an important new voice in American pop musical culture. The group's next album, 2005's In Motion, reached #4 on Billboard's Heatseekers new artist chart and #8 on the Top Independent Albums chart.

Over the past six years, Copeland has developed an ever-growing and avidly attentive fanbase. The group's profile on myspace (http://www.myspace.com/copeland) has received more than 1,350,000 views to- date while Copeland tracks have accrued nearly 3.5 million myspace plays.

Copeland is currently on tour on a bill with The Appleseed Cast featuring Acute and Owen and may be seen at the following venues:

Copeland Tour Dates

Nov 14 2006 Gothic Theater Englewood, CO
Nov 15 2006 Avalon Theater Salt Lake City, UT
Nov 16 2006 The Venue Boise, ID
Nov 17 2006 El Corazon Seattle, WA
Nov 18 2006 Hawthorne Theatre Portland, OR
Nov 20 2006 Slim's San Francisco, CA
Nov 21 2006 The Glass House Pomona, CA
Nov 22 2006 El Rey Theatre Los Angeles, CA
Nov 25 2006 Soma San Diego, CA
Nov 26 2006 The Clubhouse Tempe, AZ
Nov 28 2006 White Rabbit San Antonio, TX
Nov 29 2006 The Door Dallas, TX
Dec 1 2006 Theatre of Living Arts Philadelphia, PA
Dec 2 2006 Mr. Small's Pittsburgh, PA
Dec 3 2006 Irving Plaza New York, NY
Dec 4 2006 Axis Boston, MA
Dec 6 2006 9:30 Club Washington, DC
Dec 7 2006 Masquerade Atlanta, GA
Dec 8 2006 House of Blues Orlando, FL
Dec 9 2006 Revolution Fort Lauderdale, FL

http://www.thecopelandsite.com/http://www.myspace.com/copelandhttp://www.themilitiagroup.com/http://www.columbiarecords.com/

Source: Columbia Records

CONTACT: Benny Tarantini, New York, +1-212-833-5858,
Benny.Tarantini@sonybmg.com, or Sandee Gardner, Los Angeles, +1-310-449-2902,
Sandee.Gardner@sonybmg.com, both of Columbia Records

Web site: http://www.columbiarecords.com/
http://www.thecopelandsite.com/
http://www.myspace.com/copeland
http://www.themilitiagroup.com/

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