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12th Avenue: Self-Titled Album Release – APRIL 2011

Since their last Album release titled ‘SOBER’ in 2008 12th Avenue have hired a new bassist, Brian Lee; taken on a new management team, Hayden Music; toured out of South African borders for the first time to Namibia; been selected by the City of Cape Town as one of the official acts during the FIFA World Cup and have written a new Album which was released on 01 April 2011.

All songs written and performed by 12th Avenue

Produced by 12th Avenue

Recorded & Engineered by Brian Lee at Juxta Studios, Cape Town, South Africa.

Mixed by Brian Lee at Frog Recording Studio, Cape Town, South Africa

Mastered by Matthew James at Sound and Motion Studios, Cape Town, South Africa

Mark Haze (Lead Vocalist) gave his thoughts on the new Album: “We've never denied that we are the carriers of the flame, when it comes to delivering the old school hard rock that we all grew up with. So, it was decided to follow in the footsteps of some of the real true greats - The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Queen, etc - and attempt to drive most of the material live off the floor.

The reason for releasing a 6 song EP and not en entire album as explained by the band: “Many albums contain what we refer to in the industry as; Killers or Fillers - Fillers being a few tracks simply put in to "complete" an album. We don't believe in Fillers - this record has some of our best material - All Killers”

“We've decided to go for a completely different feel and approach on this record. As a live act, we've always managed to carry across a certain amount of power and presence that never really translated on our albums. We've also decided to produce the album as a team of 4 - choosing to find a way to go back to our roots as songwriters and deliver our most intoxicating material to date. None of this has been touched or influenced by any outside assistance - it came from within and was developed within.”