It’s with unbelievable excitement and pride that we share with you a BRAND NEW TRACK by the amazing NYC band CELL.
Cell were a New York-based rock band that formed in 1990 and released two full-length LPs and several singles and EPs on the DGC subsidiary of Geffen Records, along with a single on the Ecstatic Peace label. Their two full-lengths, Slo-Blo and Living Room, are legit classics of the era, but the label gave up on them and the band split up, leaving behind a small catalog but a massive legacy.
What began as a plan to play just two reunion shows – our DromFest and a second show on September 3 at the Mercury Lounge – added an interesting wrinkle, as members of the band began discussing making a new recording of “Free People,” a lost song that was being worked on during the band’s final tour in the early 1990s. Sadly, the band broke up before the song could ever be recorded.
As a way of helping promote their upcoming shows, the band members began discussing the possibility of recording this song, and within weeks it became a reality. We were beyond ecstatic when the band told us about it, and asked us if we could release it on Dromedary.
Of COURSE we can release it on Dromedary.
And with that, we’re proud to unveil to you the soulful melodies and bluesy noise of “Free People.”
As for what’s next from the band, well, this is it. This song, and the two upcoming live performances – Sunday, September 1 at DromFest, and September 3 at the Mercury Lounge in NYC.