The press has been very kind to us, and we are truly grateful. Thanks to everyone who helped make this so special. Listen to Woody Guthrie, read his writings and celebrate his life -it changed my life and i hope it affects you the same way.


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National Seashore - National Seashore (2007)
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National Seashore - Love Is The Only God I'll Ever Believe In (2007)
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PRESS
* Published by Allmusic - blog.allmusic.com
CMJ Crush Band: National Seashore
October 15th, 2007 | 3:29 pm est | by Matt Collar
Essentially the rootsy brainchild of singer-songwriter John Biz, the Brooklyn-based National Seashore is a melodic and folk-inflected group conceptualized around reinterpretations of the legendary songs of Woody Guthrie. With a sound that's a little bit Wilco — who navigated these exact same waters with Billy Bragg on the Mermaid Avenue albums — a tad New Pornographers, and even a dash of early R.E.M., National Seashore may just get you to hear Guthrie's songs again (or for the first time).
The group is scheduled to play at the Tank on Tuesday, Oct. 16.


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National Seashore
National Seashore hail from Brooklyn and are fronted by singer-songwriter John Biz, a talented young man with varying musical interests. I'm getting the feeling that Biz has a challenging time sitting still; which is good for you, I mean, us, as music fans. He's got several musical persona and founded a label on top of it all to put all this great music out. The label is called Industrial Park Records and it's filled with great music to listen to and buy. Biz can rock with the best of them and he can also lead some pretty cool sittin' around the campfire sessions as well. For his National Seashore project, he was inspired by his love for Woody Guthrie and took some cures from the Billy Bragg/Wilco collaboration. National Seashore was born out of that passion and serves as a collective to interpret the lyrics of Guthrie. And it's a beautiful knockout. I'm still trying to connect the dots, however, Biz also has something to do with the band called Higgins, who probably could be like Fall Out Boy but prefer riffing off XTC and Badfinger. Ah, but this is really about National Seashore, I guess.


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CMJ Report: Tuesday Night in the Tank" CMJ Report: Tuesday Night in the Tank
October 17th, 2007 | 11:02 am
Industrial Park Records, the East Williamsburg-based label run by John Biz, a workhorse of a man who not only spent the entire showcase last night at the Tank — where the risers and folding chairs made the small bar seem more like rehearsal space than anything else –- introducing and promoting the artists, thanking everyone who's been supportive of them, but also performing two sets himself. He's certainly no one-trick pony. Besides Biz, who first appeared onstage as part of the Woodie Guthrie tribute band National Seashore and then with the punk-influenced John Biz & the Rolling Stallones, trippy duo Norris and a Bob-Dylan-esque set by Joey Weiss (aka Super Monster) both provided solid examples of what the label can do.


* Published by Subinev.com
October 11, 2007
CMJ07 Recommendations for Tuesday, October 16:
Industrial Park Records label Showcase @ The Tank


* Published by Wunderkammern27.com
Steal global, buy local
Said it before, but I was reminded tonight during the Industrial Park Records CMJ showcase at the Tank: steal global, buy local.
That is: download/appropriate/pilfer whatever music you need by any means necessary, so long as you support local musicians when you can by going to their gigs, buying their tour CDs, a tee-shirt, or whatever. The locality, a slippery term in this age, is whatever neighborhood/karass/clique/scene you choose to define.