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We’re proud to announce that our 34th Family Records release, Wakey!Wakey!’s “Almost Everything I Wish I’d Said The Last Time I Saw You…” hit #1 on Soundscan’s Heatseeker’s chart, making it the best-selling new artist in the US of A. We’re proud, ecstatic and most of all grateful for everyone’s help and involvement in making this happen. Tour Dates and a free MP3 from last week’s Bowery Ballroom below!

Wakey!Wakey! Tour Dates

05.20 Bowery Ballroom, NYC (NY) *+
06.02 DC9, Washington (DC) *
06.03 The Soapbox, Wilmington (NC) *
06.04 Local 506, Chapel Hill (NC) ^
06.05 Vinyl, Atlanta (GA) *
06.07 West Columbia, SC at New Brookland Tavern
06.08 The Southern, Charlottesville (VA) *
06.15 House of Blues (Cambridge Room), Cleveland (OH)*
06.16 Schubas, Chicago (IL) *
06.17 Off Broadway, St. Louis (MO) *
06.18 The Mad Hatter, Cincinnati (OH) *
06.19 iLounge, Pontiac (MI) *
06.24 North Star, Philadelphia (PA) *
07.12 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studio
07.13 – Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern
07.14 – San Francisco, CA @ Hotel Utah
07.15 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Bootleg Theatre

* w/ The Spring Standards
+ w/ Rosi Golan
^ w/ Harper Blynn

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We’re excited to announce that our friends at High Road Touring have put together a great June tour for Wakey!Wakey! and we’re bringing them to a bunch of town along the East Coast and some in the Midwest. Keep your eyes peeled for more dates, including California in July.

Wakey!Wakey! will continue their popular livestreams with performances on Facebook for another three weeks, now at 9.30PM EST right after One Tree Hill. This week we’ll have Matt Singer and James Lafferty as our special guests so come to to us! Upcoming guests include Jenny Owen Youngs and Rosi Golan. Come talk to us!

Wakey!Wakey! Tour Dates
05/20 Bowery Ballroom, NYC (NY) *+
6/02 DC9, Washington (DC) *
06/03 The Soapbox, Wilmington (NC) *
06/04 Local 506, Chapel Hill (NC) ^
06/05 Vinyl, Atlanta (GA) *
06/08 The Southern, Charlottesville (VA) *
06/15 House of Blues (Cambridge Room), Cleveland (OH)*
06/16 Schubas, Chicago (IL) *
06/17 Off Broadway, St. Louis (MO) *
06/18 The Mad Hatter, Cincinnati (OH) *
06/19 iLounge, Pontiac (MI) *
06/24 North Star, Philadelphia (PA) *

* w/ The Spring Standards
+ w/ Rosi Golan
^ w/ Harper Blynn

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This weekend our friends from Super Alright and ourselves had 48 hours to come up an entire music video, and we did it! We had some really special actors join us, including a familiar face for you One Tree Hill fans, an amazing crew, a great producer, and we’ll debuting the result of all of these people’s efforts later tonight. Until then, check out some photos taken on the set to get an idea.

Actors: Erin Fritch, James Lafferty, Ivan Sandomire, Aubrey Dollar, and Andrew and Carissa Gallo.
Produced By Super!Alright!
DP: Peter Simonite

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The amazing Carolyn Wachnicki designed all the Wakey!Wakey! artwork and packaging, and adjusted the poster to highlight our upcoming Bowery Ballroom show in NYC with our friends the Spring Standards and Rosi Golan. Tickets and info here.

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We are so proud and excited to share with you this gorgeous music video for Wakey!Wakey!’s song “Light Outside”, directed by the amazing team of Andrew and Carissa Gallo of VsTheBrain. The lovely Leigh Belz just premiered it over at Teen Vogue. Let us know what you think in the comments!

Wakey!Wakey! – Light Outside from VsTheBrain on Vimeo.

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Two weeks ago NahRight debuted Paul Cantor’s Hip Hop remix of Wakey!Wakey!’s “Twenty-Two” featuring Theo Martins. Last week AOL Music debuted Andrew Maury’s RAC indie-dance remix of “Twenty-Two”. Now you can download both songs for FREE on TheFamilyRecords.com! Spread the word, tweet this out, send it to friends and spread the love! And if you haven’t yet, make sure to pick up the album “Almost Everything I Wish I’d Said The Last Time I Saw You…”! Stream and buy that here.

Wakey!Wakey! – Twenty-Two Remix EP
A // Twenty-Two (RAC Maury Remix) (download)
B // Twenty-Two (Paul Cantor Remix) (download)
C // Twenty-Two (Original) (download)
Download all three as a single zip file here.

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We’re excited to share this with the world finally! Prefix Magazine just debuted Wakey!Wakey!’s new video collaboration with the GD Cobras! As part of their “Cobra Den Invitationals” the band covered one of their and our favorite songs. Let us know what you think in the comments!

In their words: “Yeasayer’s “Ambling Alp” was stuck in our heads all winter and we got to wondering how violins could replace synths. Enter Brooklyn’s beautiful Wakey!Wakey! and the beginning of a series. Next up, Dirty Projectors on a Solange track, and then cast Lawrence Lessig in an Aldous Huxley short.”

Related:
- Tee GDCobras original pitch.
- W!W!’s response video
- Yeasayer’s Ambling Alp video.
- Behind the Scenes 1, 2, and 3

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We are THRILLED to be going down to Austin TX for our fifth SxSW in a row, and even more exciting, our first year ever with an official Family Records presence. We have our own day party, in partnership with The Orchard, at the Dizzy Rooster, right on the main strip of 6th Street. Casey Shea, Pearl and the Beard, and Wakey!Wakey! are all coming down for a few other shows as well!

Family Records/The Orchard Day Party
Friday March 21st @ The Dizzy Rooster (directions)
Pearl and the Beard (Noon), Wakey!Wakey! (1pm), Casey Shea (2pm)

Casey Shea
Fri 3/19 @ The Dizzy Rooster, 2pm (Family Records/Orchard)

Pearl and the Beard
Fri 3/19 @ The Dizzy Rooster, Noon (Family Records/Orchard)
Fri 3/19 @ Kung Fu Saloon, 3.45pm
Sat 3/20 @ TBD, Noon

Wakey!Wakey!
Thu 3/18 @ FADO Irish Pub, 6pm (Sitcom Serf Presents: I ♥ Brooklyn + Austin)
Fri 3/19 @ The Dizzy Rooster, 1pm (Family Records/Orchard)
Fri 3/19 @ Kung Fu Saloon, 3.45pm
Sat 3/20 @ Iron Gate Lounge, 11pm
Sun 3/21 @ Obscure Mag Day Party, 2.30pm

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We’re so excited to present to you this teaser for our “Light Outside” music video. You’ll get the real thing soon! This video was created in partnership with our amazing friends VsTheBrain down in Virginia. Let us know what you think!

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Last night’s Spirit Independent Film Awards featured Wakey!Wakey!’s “Square Peg Round Hole” during their broadcast alongside songs by Phoenix and our friends Princeton. It’s a wonderful festival that celebrates the independent film makers out there in a way no one else really does and we’re proud to be involved! Also Eddie Izzard was hosting, and who’s really cooler than Eddie Izzard? We also made it onto Emile Hersh’s Spirit playlist! For a full playlist of the songs played on air during the Spirits, check out the player below.

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