Karl Smith (x-Sodastream) Releases First Single from New Project: Lee Memorial ~ BrooklynRocks: NYC Music Blog

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Karl Smith (x-Sodastream) Releases First Single from New Project: Lee Memorial

DOWNLOAD: Lee Memorial - "Long Days In Bed" (MP3)

Karl Smith (x-Sodastream) Release First Single from Lee MemorialAfter 10 years, five albums, four EPs, and seven international tours, Melbourne's Sodastream decided to call it a day in early 2007. (Did anyone catch Sodastream's show at Piano's in 2004?)

Vocalist/guitarist Karl Smith is back with a new project Lee Memorial which features Laura MacFarlane (Ninety Nine, Sleater-Kinney), Tom Lyngcoln (Nation Blue), Matt Bailey (Paradise Motel) and Madeline Spawton.

The band's debut CD is due out this Summer and, in addition to the download above, there are four more cuts from this forthcoming release streaming on the Lee Memorial's MySpace page.

Lee Memorial is currently playing a few shows around Australia. Here are the band's upcoming tour dates:

April 23, 2009, 8:00 PM, The Toff in Town, Melbourne, Victoria
May 9, 2009, 8:00 PM, Northcote Social Club, Melbourne, Victoria
May 21, 2009, 8:00 PM, The Troubadour, Brisbane, Queensland
May 22, 2009, 8:00 PM, The Old Bar, Victoria