Slow Burning Car: Assumption Melodic/Progressive Rock Craig Hartranft www.dangerdog.com 5-4-13 If anything California’s Slow Burning Car are some imaginative fellows, bringing their third album of eclectic melodic rock, Assumption. Eclectic is an appropriate description for the tunes here, or maybe, varied. However, the album isn’t quite as cohesive and compelling at the previous Vol. 2 – The Scattering. SBC still blends various styles for their melodic rock but, with exception of two songs, that prog rock element, found in the previous work, is elusive. It comes with Blake and The Scorpio Complex, two of the best songs here. Then, except for a few other songs, the album is simply a mixed affair of creativity disguised as quirkiness. The best...

Slow Burning Car would like to thank the following collegiate stations for adding tracks from Assumption into their rotation: Aggie Radio (Logan,UT), WLFR (Galloway, NJ), WMCO (New Concord, OH), WPSC (Wayne, NJ), WSIN (New Haven, CT), WUMF (Farmington, ME), AM 1700 (Ypsilani, MI), Bearcast (Cinicinati, OH), CHMR (St.Johns, NF), CHUO (Ottawa, ON), CJSR (Edmonton, AB), CKXU (Lethbridge, AB), KALX (Berkeley, CA), KANM (Creighton, TX), KBBI (Homer,AK), KCSS (Turlock, CA), KCSU (Ft.Collins, CO), KDUP (Portland, OR), KDWG (Dillon, MT), KEOL (la Grande, OR), KEUL (Girdwood, AK), KFAI (Minneapolis, MN), KGAR (Lemoore, CA), KHSU (Arcata, CA), KLCZ (Lewiston, ID), KLPI (Ruston, LA), KMNR (Rolla, MO), KMSC (Moorhead, MN), KMSU (Mankato, MN), KMUD (Redway, CA), KNDS (Fargo, ND), KOPN (Columbia, MO),...

Assumption is now charting on the following college radio stations #5 ADD @ Bearcast (Cincinnati, OH), #3 ADD at WLFR (Galloway, NJ), Chart #3 at WMCO (New Concord, OH), Chart #27 at WUMF (Farmington, ME) and #1 ADD at WGDR (Plainfield, VT). Thanks to all the Djs supporting our current release

Slow Burning Car will be performing at the world famous Orange County Fair (88 Fair Dr., Costa Mesa, CA, 92626) at The Hangar Stage on Wednesday, July 24th, 2013 at 2:30pm. To purchase tickets/passes, log onto www.ocfair.com or call 714-708-1518

Slow Burning Car – Assumption (Self) Assumption – the latest full-length release by Slow Burning Car pulls together elements from a variety of sectors loosely described as Modern Rock. Audiences may recognize familiar vibes from one or more points popular in Rock history woven differently into most tracks on this album. The pregnant question then points toward how effectively does Slow Burning Car define itself amid a series of semi-reliable hooks known to serve as crowd-pleasers? Join the audio jury and help to decide this question independently. The lyrical content on the album represents a menagerie of leap-frogging options, providing that something for everyone buffet of delights. Slow Burning Car may be a good choice for most suburban live music venues...