Wormburner can now be heard on New York City’s 90.7 FM WFUV. The Fordham University station is playing our song ‘Peekskill’ on their evening indie rock show called The Alternate Side. Click here for a short teaser video of Wormburner playing ‘Peekskill’ live in Brooklyn this past summer.

Hats off to Bill Kelly at the incomparable 91.1 FM WFMU for boldly kicking off his “Teenage Wasteland” radio show today with our new song “The Interstate”.

The reviewers at zZounds Music News had this to say about our new record:

Armed with a tight-knit musicality and a broad lyrical range, NY quintet Wormburner takes an innovative approach to the well-worn genre of narrative-heavy rock. Frontman Steve Henry has a rare voice, reminiscent of John Darnielle, Hutch Harris, and other confessional, impassioned singers. However, rather than oversell the vocal, listeners can detect a hint of a smirk in the delivery – on tunes like “Peekskill”, the generally grim lyric comes off like dark humor from a friend you haven’t spoken to in a while.

Their most recent record, “Placed By The Gideons”, provides ample evidence of the songcraft at work. The album hits all the bases, with melodies that seem to appear only on repeat listens and a quietly stated cleverness reminiscent of Camper Van Beethoven (whose lead singer, David Lowery, produced Wormburner’s debut LP – small world!)

The good people at Wobblehouse.com have published an exclusive interview with Wormburner’s own Steve “Hank” Henry. This is the latest in a series of recent profiles that have included Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne and Brian Wilson collaborator Scott Bennett

Wormburner has been hand-picked to play Hipster Demolition Night II at Glasslands Gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on Thursday July 15th. This will be a great garage rock bill also featuring Muck and The Mires and Jay Banerjee & The Heartthrobs.

Stoner-rock mainstay Relix Magazine wrote a review of our Record Release Show at Bowery Ballroom. Here ’tis…

“…enter New York quintet Wormburner, playing the release show for Hoboken-recorded sophomore LP Placed by the Gideons. “Breaker Breaker” introduces Temptation Hank & Co. all dressed in black, and we’re talking punk-pop storytelling from the get go. Talk-singing like The Hold Steady’s Craig Finn, ‘Burner’s lyrics are Jersey-dreamy: “And we’ll ride this lonesome highway ‘til it ends, you be the one that heaven sent me. We’ll kill the headlights just in case, I know a stretch of road so empty, Breaker Breaker what’s your twenty?” The Gaslight Anthem, anyone?

Bassist goes drummer, guitarist goes keyboardist, singer goes bassist etc. in a number of instrument swaps through a solid gig that eventually finds Wormburner at next-to-last “The Interstate,” a story of princess Sally that renders these guys at their finest.

The date is set for our record release show. Wormburner will play at The Bowery Ballroom on Thursday June 17th to celebrate the official release of our second LP titled Placed By The Gideons. London Souls will share the bill with us.

Wormburner is playing a headlining slot at Pianos on Friday April 23rd. Pianos is located at 158 Ludlow Street on the Lower East Side. Our last New York City performance sold out ten days in advance of the show, so get your advance tickets for this Pianos show by clicking here.