{"id":12200,"date":"2019-10-31T07:24:26","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T07:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=12200"},"modified":"2019-10-31T07:24:29","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T07:24:29","slug":"district-97-announce-the-release-of-new-studio-album-screens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2019\/10\/31\/district-97-announce-the-release-of-new-studio-album-screens\/","title":{"rendered":"District 97 Announce the Release of New Studio Album Screens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DISTRICT 97<\/strong>\u00a0is undoubtedly the most musically adventurous rock band in the world to feature an American Idol Top 10 Female Finalist. For over a decade, this quintet from Chicago has melded an adventurous instrumental prowess with the look, sound, and stage presence of Leslie Hunt.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>Bill Bruford on\u00a0<em>Screens<\/em><\/strong>:\u00a0<em>\u201cIt\u2019s almost intimidatingly skilful; tremendous refinement on previous work \u2013 you\u2019re doing what you do only better. Great recording sound.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>Mike Portnoy:<\/strong><em>\u201cDistrict 97 continue to prove to be one of the most unique bands in modern Prog!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Through world tours and a stream of studio and live releases, the band has garnered a worldwide fan base; collaborating with the late John Wetton and drawing praise from numerous rock luminaries along the way.\u00a0<br><em>\u201cScreens retains the essential elements of the District 97 sound, while also incorporating fresh, exciting influences\u201d<\/em>the band says.\u00a0<em>\u201cThe synergy of the new lineup is well beyond what we could have expected. We&#8217;re so excited for everyone to embark on this next chapter of District 97.\u201d<\/em><br>District 97 will celebrate the\u00a0<em>Screens<\/em>\u00a0CD Release in Chicago at Martyrs&#8217; on Wednesday, 11\/13. Tickets available at\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.martyrslive.com\/wed-nov-13-8pm-12\">http:\/\/www.martyrslive.com\/wed-nov-13-8pm-12<\/a>.\u00a0<br>Look for Spring 2020 dates with Prog\/Fusion masters Brand X to be announced soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>A video for one of the new compositions \u201cSheep\u201d can be seen here:<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Zut3IONmZXE\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/Zut3IONmZXE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><em>Screens<\/em>\u00a0and its accompanying live show are their most ambitious effort to date.<br>This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.<br>The album can be bought\/streamed digitally here:\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/district97.net\/news\/screens-now-available\">http:\/\/district97.net\/news\/screens-now-available<\/a><br><strong>The CD is OUT NOW and available here:<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/D97004CD\">https:\/\/geni.us\/D97004CD<\/a><br><strong>For more information:<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.district97.net\/shows\">http:\/\/www.district97.net\/shows<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DISTRICT 97\u00a0is undoubtedly the most musically adventurous rock band in the world to feature an&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23,2],"tags":[789,125,51],"class_list":["post-12200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-news","category-news","tag-district-97","tag-prog","tag-progressive-rock"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12200"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12202,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12200\/revisions\/12202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}