Classic Rock Here And Now: PROGRESSIVE ROCK GROUP ‘DISTRICT 97’ RELEASING NEW ALBUM ‘STAY FOR THE ENDING’ ZOOM SPECIAL EVENT WITH MEMBERS DRUMMER JONATHAN SCHANG AND LEAD SINGER LESLIE HUNT!

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WITH JONATHAN SCHANG

DRUMMER...SONGWRITER...COMPOSER...

FOUNDING MEMBER

and LEAD SINGER/SONGWRITER

LESLIE HUNT

OF PROGRESSIVE ROCK'S

D I S T R I C T 9 7

NEW ALBUM

'STAY FOR THE ENDING'

AVAILABLE NOW ON PRESALE

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Spirit of Unicorn Music are delighted to announce a brand new album from District 97, Stay For The Ending, pre-orders for which have opened today.

Featuring 10 brand new tracks, the album is the culmination of everything this Chicago-based prog rock ensemble has worked towards during their last 15 years. Formed in Autumn 2006, the band draws influences from a diverse array of musical styles, from heavy metal to avant-garde jazz. This broad appreciation of musical genres has continued to inform the band’s latest work and sees them further develop their sound and songwriting to ambitious new levels: upping their game in the areas of composition, performance, arrangement, production and sonics.

A friend of the band, BILL BRUFORD (KING CRIMSON, YES, GONG, BRUFORD) agrees. In response to hearing the new album, he said, “Quality, expertise and passion – ‘Stay For The Ending’ is a massive piece, of which District ’97 should feel justly proud.”The Autumn sees the band undertake a number of live shows in the US and Europe, including playing The Bedford in Balham, South London on Sunday 10th September. SCHANG continues “I can’t wait for the music world at large to hear it both on record and on stage.”

PREORDER

THE NEW ALBUM

DISTRICT 97

entitled

STAY

FOR

THE ENDING

The album

can be

pre-ordered

from

Cherry Red

Records

https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/district-97-stay-for-the-ending-cd/

“Stay for the Ending by District 97 is a brilliant album by a profound American Progressive Rock Group. Leslie Hunt’s stunning vocals are haunting and enchanting, which magnify the essence of the group. The band’s intricate musical styles are mind-blowing, performing frequent changes in tempo reminiscent to some of the methods used by Brit legends Gentle Giant.”
Their musical styles are forthright and awe-inspiring!”
…By music journalist Ray Shasho
FOR MORE INFORMATION

ABOUT

DISTRICT 97

VISIT

https://district97.net/news

official website

https://www.facebook.com/District97/

Facebook

https://twitter.com/District97

twitter

https://www.youtube.com/user/D97Music

YouTube

https://www.instagram.com/district.97/?hl=en

Instagram

https://open.spotify.com/artist/3NAglwfZgBGcdvm7QUuhSC

Spotify

http://district97.bandcamp.com/

(Exclusive Music Available for Download)

bandcamp

DISTRICT 97 TOUR DATES

2023

08/18/2023– Martyrs’, Chicago, Illinois, USA

09/2/2023– 2 Days + 1 Festival, Veruno, Italy

09/07/2023 – Das Rind, Russelsheim, Germany

09/08/-09/09/2023– Steve Rothery Band Weekend, Poppodium Boerderij, Zoetemeer, Netherlands

09/10/2023 A SUNDAY IN SEPTEMBER 2023 FESTIVAL

London, UK

DISTRICT 97

DISCOGRAPHY

2010: Hybrid Child

2010: Live at CalProg (CD-R, Download)

2012: Trouble with Machines

2012: Live at WFPK FM (CD-R, Download)

2012: Live at Rites of Spring (Download)

2014: One More Red Night (Live with John Wetton)

2015: Inside Vaults

2019: Septennial Return to ROSfest

2019: screens

2020: Two of a Kind: A Tribute to Bill Bruford & Allan Holdsworth

2021: Screenplay (Live)

2022: Many New Things

2023: Stay for the Ending

JONATHAN SCHANG

and

LESLIE HUNT

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