In May, we spoke to Tampa Bay post-hardcore five-piece LIMBS about all the hometown love it gets ‘round these parts.
Well, here’s to spreading it all over the world.
Yesterday, Albany-based Equal Vision Records announced that it had signed the group to a deal. That’s big news for LIMBS, which joins a roster that currently includes Saves The Day, Say Anything, A Lot Like Birds, Eisley and more (Equal Vision was also home to bands like Coheed and Cambria, H20 and Circa Survive).
“We’d spoken to multiple labels over the past few years and Equal Vision was the first out of all of them that really just seemed to get us,” frontman Chris Costanza told CL in an email. “I remember a phone call with them in the early stages of talking and we all got off the phone and were like, ‘Wow. They get it.’”
“We’ve been treated like family since day one,” he added. The label has been enamored from the get go, too.
“I was instantly intrigued upon hearing the first songs we received from LIMBS,” Francesca Caldara, who handles artist development and marketing for Equal Vision, told CL. “After getting to know the guys, we have all become increasingly inspired by their incredible work ethic and are honored they’ve chosen Equal Vision as a partner to assist in developing their career.”
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Photos: Limbs at the The Bends in St. Pete — August 25, 2016
A press release says LIMBS will be touring this fall, and that winter recording plans are already set. In the meantime, local fans can make plans to see the band at Transitions Art Gallery on October 27. Get more information on the show via local.cltampa.com and watch the band’s new video for “Poison” — directed by Tampa Bay’s own Javi Fick — below.
This article appears in Sep 21-28, 2017.
