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PRESTO BALLET: New Album To Receive U.S. Release

July 14, 2008

PRESTO BALLET, the project led by METAL CHURCH guitarist Kurdt Vanderhoof, will release its second album, "The Lost Art of Time Travel", in the U.S. through ProgRock Records. The follow-up to 2005's "Peace among the Ruins" will include the following tracks: "The Mind Machine", "Thieves", "I'm Not Blind", "One Tragedy at a Time", "You Are Here", "Easy Tomorrow" and "That You're Alive".

Commented Vanderhoof: "Thrilled to be working with ProgRock Records, not only because they do a fantastic job but, they have a love for the music, and that, to me, is the most important thing."

ProgRock Records president Shawn Gordon stated: "I really enjoyed the band's first release, and then saw they would be playing at CalProg in 2008 and on further research saw a new album was done, so I took a chance and got a hold of Kurdt, we hit it off right away and a deal was struck almost immediately, I’m looking forward to this one."

PRESTO BALLET features Vanderhoof alongside Scott Albright (lead vocals, acoustic guitar),Bill Raymond (drums and percussion),Ryan McPherson (Hammond organ, piano, synths, lead and backing vocals) and Izzy Rehaume (bass, backing vocals).

PRESTO BALLET's music was previously described as "a mixture of first-class melodic and progressive rock with some heavy moments." All of the tracks on "Peace among the Ruins" were recorded using an analog tape machine, which was another nod to the sounds of the Seventies. Vanderhoof explained, "Digital recording techniques are annoying! For rock music it's absolutely fatal when you always rely on samples, sequencers and drum machines. It destroys the live feel of the music. WithPRESTO BALLET, it was our aim to return to a more 'natural' feel while keeping as melodic and musical as possible."

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