Whale Heart Records

Announcing "Animals At Night"

BROOKLYN, NY –Pacific Theater is set to release their debut full-length album, "Animals at Night", on August 11th, 2009.

"Animals at Night" is the culmination of two years worth of song writing and performing. Recorded and mixed in Farnham, Quebec at Petite Église by Mark Lawson (Unicorns, Final Fantasy, Beirut), the record blends current indie rock sounds with new wave influences and ambient textures. Simultaneously, each song establishes new, energetic and wholly original sounds. "Animals at Night" is a work filled with emotional climaxes, tasteful nuances and great music.

Pacific Theater formed in the spring of 2007 when Dan Ryan and Adam Travis met as co-workers at New York City’s venerable Bowery Ballroom. The duo began playing music together and quickly added Ryan’s friend and former band mate in The Station Myth, Daniel Bellury. The trio played shows and began composing songs for their debut. Spring 2008 marked the addition of Gina Yates. Adam and Gina previously wrote music together after college at Northwestern University where Gina studied music. Being an accomplished songwriter and musician in her own right, she brought new layers to the music and completed the lineup.

Pacific Theater are currently playing shows on the East Coast, planning a U.S. tour in support of "Animals At Night" and writing new material for their sophomore release.

Insound Review

"I was initially struck by the fact that the production is surprisingly professional, crisp and clean, with a full tonal range. The music itself, though hating to reference in this way, could be likened initially to Bell X1, or The National possibly. They are definitely a Brooklyn band in mood though, following down that path of BK melancholy, with some very solid compositions and some amazing and quite diverse musicianship, especially considering that they are a band living in the same part of town as me that I haven't heard much from. I think the thing overlying all other aspects of this album though, is its potential for reaching a much larger audience, it is a well thought out, well constructed, and well produced collection of songs, with a graspable context. I’m quite excited to see where this band will make its next step." - By Richard Elias