The Exit
Rock & Roll Hotel, Friday, October 12
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Since writing and recording New Beat, an album that Kerrang! Magazine called “a heady fusion of Foo Fighters, The Clash and the classic songwriting suss of ‘80s legends The Police,” the Exit has been moving past its influences, developing an original sound that has grown organically through the past three years of touring.

The Exit completed recording its second full-length, Home For an Island, produced by Ron Saint-Germain (Tool, Sonic Youth, Bad Brains, 311), showcasing its maturity, poise, and intelligence. The title of their sophomore release is taken from singer Jeff Darosa's lament of his nomadic wanderings back and forth between Brooklyn to Manhattan. "I left my home for an island, where rebels fly in on airplanes," sings DaRosa on the title track.

Similarly, as if the two singers were playing lyrical ping pong, Ben Brewer's song "Back to the Rebels" outlines modern plutocratic urban life. "It seems like when we get something special, they buy it up and sell it back to the rebels. I don't like it anymore than the next man, I just do what I can."

Following the recording sessions, the road-hungry trio immediately hopped in their van for a full US tour with English rock lords Muse, debuting most of the songs from their upcoming album. With Marsha Vlasic (Elvis Costello, Le Tigre, The Strokes) signed on for booking, expect to see The Exit redefine the term “road-warrior” as they perform up, down and around the globe.