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This Frontier Needs Heroes is the Alternative Folk duo of brother and sister Brad and Jessica Lauretti from Brooklyn, NY.

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Hometown	Brooklyn, NY
Genres	Americana / Alt Country, Folk
Band Members	Brad Lauretti; Jessica Lauretti
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Upcoming Shows	None

Contact Information:	Booking This Frontier Needs Heroes thisfrontierneedsheroes@gmail.com 646-322-5060
# Years Experience Performing Live:	3
# Live Perfomances Past Six-months:	20
Market Draw:	NYC: 31-50
Venue History:	The Mercury Lounge - New York, NY Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA The Knitting Factory - New York, NY Cafe Oto - London, UK La Terreza Suena - Madrid, ES
Opener Experience:	Tallest Man on Earth; The Handsome Family; Kath Bloom; Gruff Rhys
Performing Rights Society:	SESAC
Discography:	The Future LP—2011; This Frontier Needs Heroes LP—2009

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Listening to This Frontier Needs Heroes is like having Brad and Jessica play in your backyard while the sun comes up. With their powerful delivery and delicate harmonies; their songs are full of personal stories of love and longing for a better world.

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All Songs Considered by Second Stage: This Frontier Needs Heroes
This Frontier Needs Heroes is another band that calls the young, indie epicenter, Brooklyn, NY, home. But after hearing the folk group's self-titled debut, you'd think the band was straight out of the old West. This Frontier Needs Heroes is a brother-and-sister duo, Brad and Jessica Lauretti. Having opened for bands like The Tallest Man On Earth, The Handsome Family, and Chairlift, This Frontier Needs Heroes plays what they dub "family folk." Their music ranges from simply arranged, heartbreaking ballads ("I Can't Do It All By Myself") to raucous foot-tappers, complete with rambling electric guitar solos and handclaps ("No More War"). Though it's the former that dominates the album, both call to mind vast and often desolate American landscapes. Their back porch sound is peppered with scratching violins, bass, and flute and ocarina flourishes, which add to the band's whole Western vibe.

This Frontier Needs Heroes "The Future" CD Review by
This Frontier Needs Heroes’ sophomore release The Future (released May 10th) is my first exposure to the Brooklyn neo-folk duo and this new disc is a striking and mournful walk down the lonely backroads of Americana. This new disc follows the band’s 2009 self-titled debut and, this time around, the band decided to leave the studio for a more intimate approach and recorded in an old school house in Wassaic, NY, with engineer Justin Pizzoferrato (MV & EE, Dinosaur Jr., Thurston Moore). While I’ve never paid much attention to CD art, The Future’s 3D cover art and accompanying 3D glasses were immediately eye-catching. This Frontier Needs Heroes is comprised of brother-sister Brad and Jessica Lauretti and the duo wrap textured vocal harmonies with a minimalist guitar work and various hazy electronica to create a mood around their rich narrative lyrics. Brad Lauretti sings lead vocals with a road-weary “Johnny Cash” style delivery and Jessica’s backing vocals, which span a wide range, help set the mood of each of the songs. Her vocals touch on a number of genres that range from ethereal backing vocals on “Space Baby” to co-lead vocals on the traditional alt-country “Don't You Treat Me Like A Dog”. As strange as it may sound, parts of this disc are almost akin to Neil Young crossed with one of the atmospheric 4AD bands. The lyrics range from somewhat cynical tales of love and loss to absurdist ramblings as Brad spins stories about the Old West, Ernest Hemmingway and past relationships. Musically, the band extends their core neo-folk sound with tracks that range from the shimmering 4AD-sounding “Space Baby” to the blissful 60’s pop of "Key West" to the fuzzed psychedelia of "No Need to Sleep".

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