MTV2 CROWNS THE MYRIAD THE “2007 DEW CIRCUIT BREAKOUT” WINNERS
Seattle Band Joins Former MTV2 Dew Circuit Breakout Alumni Hellogoodbye, Yellowcard and Taking Back Sunday
New York, NY, (December 18, 2007) – Seattle band, The Myriad, were crowned “Dew Circuit Breakout ‘07” winners this Saturday, December 15th joining an impress list of alumni who have taken home the crown including Hellogoodbye, Yellowcard, Taking Back Sunday and Hawthorne Heights.
Hosted by MTV2 VJ Jim Shearer, each of the Dew Circuit Breakout finalists – The Myriad, Them Terribles and The Material – battled it out at the MTV Times Square studios on Saturday, December 15th in front of a live audience as well as a panel of music industry insiders including Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz, Cobra Starship’s Gabe Saporta and Ultragrrrl of Stolen Transmission. Fans voted for their favorite band on dewcircuitbreakout.mtv2.com and results were announced on air during the live finale.
As the winning band, The Myriad will enjoy are a video produced from their live finale appearance which will then get exposure on MTV2’s Unleashed and Discover & Download. In addition, all three finalist bands will have a song available for download on the Rock Band video game.
About The Myriad (Seattle, WA):
Drawing rave reviews from fans and critics worldwide, The Myriad’s music covers a diversely artistic panorama. Atmospheric, melodic strains fill lyrics of heartache, doubt, and guts, while epic soundtracks span thundering anthems and sincere confessions with a mighty thump! The band has toured extensively, playing with bands such as Lovedrug, mewithoutYou, Mutemath, As Tall As Lions, etc, and has quickly earned a sing-along relationship with fans everywhere… a connection founded more on captivating performances than on-stage antics. Creative melodies evocative of at times kent, at others Bjork, are delivered with the grand musical scope of The Verve, Radiohead and Mew. The Myriad’s first full length record, “You Can’t Trust a Ladder” was featured as a Staff Favorite on iTunes (alongside the White Stripes and the Foo Fighters) when it was released in June 2005. The band’s forthcoming record “With Arrows, With Poise” will be released March 2008.
For complete details on “MTV2’s Dew Circuit Breakout” including band information and exclusive videos, log on to http://dewcircuitbreakout.mtv2.com.
MTV2 Dew Circuit Breakout is an MTV2 Production, in association with Mountain Dew.
Mountain Dew is a product of Purchase, N.Y.-based Pepsi-Cola North America (http://www.pepsi.com), the refreshment beverage unit of PepsiCo Inc. in the United States and Canada.
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