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Hostage Calm recording new album
Hostage Calm has entered the studio to record their new full-length Please Remain Calm with producer J. Robbins. The album is due out this fall on Run For Cover Records. The band had this to say about recording with the legendary Robbins: "We wanted to bring out the emotion, the longing, the desperation in this record. We wanted to reach for something. J. Robbins recorded some of our favorite compelling and evocative contemporary records. He came out to a show in DC, and we spoke for a bit. We immediately felt a great connection, and were drawn to his ethic and approach. We've been underway with J. for a week now and are so happy with the decision." Vocalist Cmar released this statement on the record: "I was waiting on a train that was never going to leave. 5 am in Baltimore Penn. The sullen train car sank into the tracks. Wrinkled newspapers finally gave in to the sleeping passengers' laps. The seats creaked as the anxious teens and twenty-somethings wrestled with what was...