Earlimart Releasing Mentor Tormentor

Los Angeles-based band Earlimart are set to release their fifth full-length, Mentor Tormentor, August 21st through their own imprint label, Majordomo Records.  Mentor Tormentor is the follow-up to the band’s critically-acclaimed 2004 full-length Treble & Tremble, which garnered considerable praise from Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, The  New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Interview Magazine, amongst many others, while the band went on to play sold-out shows across the U.S..

As with all previous Earlimart releases, Mentor Tormentor was recorded at the band’s studio The Ship in Eagle Rock, CA, produced by frontman Aaron Espinoza, and mixed by Dave Trumfio at Kingsize Soundlabs in Los Angeles.  Recording in their own studio gave Espinoza, Ariana Murray and Joel Graves the luxury to write, record and shape Mentor Tormentor at their own pace, working with drummers Scott McPherson and Russell Pollard.  >From countless songs and takes, the record really began to take form in late 2006. The final 15-track line-up of songs is the band’s strongest and most collaborative work to date.

Earlier this year, Earlimart performed at the famed Getty Museum in L.A. backed by The String Dream Team, turning the band into a nine-piece orchestral extravaganza.  The show was sold out within hours of the announcement. They also played at this year’s Noise Pop Festival and last week opened up LA’s newest venue, ExPlx, previewing material from the record.