After a roller coaster year, Brooklyn indie rock wunderkinds Hysterics have
finally released their self-titled debut. Back in 2006, the high school aged
quartet reaped the benefits of some pretty influential fans. Indeed,
coverage on popular mp3 blog Music For Robots, in the pages of The New York
Times, and on MTV -- who profiled the youngsters in an on-air "You Hear It
First" segment -- led to a deal with V2 Records. But shortly after the band
finished recording the tracks that would become Hysterics, the label
collapsed, and the album lost its home. Months later, the band would decide
to go it their own, resolving to release the record digitally via their own
imprint, Big Scary Polar Bear. And this week the resiliency pays off.
Littered with 60's-inspired pop, and carefully disheveled guitar rock, the
album should please fans of The Shins, The Zombies, and a host of other 60s
stalwarts. The album is currently streaming in its entirety on AOL Spinner.

Listen to Hysterics on AOL Spinner:
http://spinner.aol.com/artists/new-releases-full-cds?defaultTab=8

Next week, the band will embark on their virgin voyage to Austin, Texas for
this year's South By Southwest festival. There, Hysterics will be joining
Fat Cat acoustic warbler Frightened Rabbit, space cadets Delorean, Chicago
indie set Office, Day For Night, and Peel at the eMusic showcase on
Wednesday, March 12th at Maggie Mae's. Before that, however, the band will
celebrate the release of Hysterics at Bowery Poetry Club on March 8th.

Hysterics Tour Dates:

03-08 New York, NY @ Bowery Poetry Club
03-12 Austin, TX @ Maggie Mae's [eMusic Showcase]

Hysterics Track List:

01 Potato Famine
02 Mostly Untitled
03 What Swallows a Rainbow
04 Uptight Staircase
05 Radical Chic
06 Charlie's Infatuation with Magical Moss
07 Debris
08 I Dunno Man
09 I Played Her Pet Sounds / She Showed Me Diff'rent Strokes
10 You Tell Yourself It's Easy
11 Ascend Again
12 Xerxes

Go Here to Buy Hysterics:

Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0013F29Z0?ie=UTF8&tag=instrumanalys-20&lin
kCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0013F29Z0

eMusic: http://www.emusic.com/artist/MP3-Download/11770559.html

Rhapsody: http://www.rhapsody.com/hysterics/hysterics

iTunes:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=208097957
A/V:

Download and Share "Mostly Untitled" From Hysterics [Big Scary Polar Bear]
http://dev.theorchard.com/jaclyn/mp3/hysterics_mostlyuntitled.mp3

Download and Share "Radical Chic" From Hysterics [Big Scary Polar Bear]
http://dev.theorchard.com/jaclyn/mp3/hysterics_radicalchic.mp3

MTV You Hear It First

http://www.mtv.com/news/yhif/hysterics/

For More Information:

http://www.hystericsband.com/home.htm
http://www.myspace.com/hysterics






cool, right? our show at the bowery poetry club tomorrow is all ages so we'd love to see you guys there. thanks for supporting us to as far as we are now. hopefully it's just the beginning.
and who knows, maybe we'll even see you down in texas!

love
hysterics