In 2008, Bangarang began to release they're first ever full length album, "Puzzlebits for Personal Assembly"*. Ambitious but not pretentious, the band decided to release the album online, over time via their website, completely free of charge. Not only that, but joining the band are a host of music-playing friends - strings, horns, choir members, beat junkies and theremin players - allowing the music to be taken far beyond the realm of standard power-pop. Bangarang's songs are a shifting, changing diorama of sound worlds seeming just on the cusp of falling apart, but always managing to be gracefully held together. Kinda like life, right?

In addition to pushing their own musical boundaries, Bangarang has sought out and teamed up with their favorite visual artists to bring you unique and beautiful images for each of the album's songs. Wanting to help get the word out about their talented friends, the group moved to promote the artists the only way they knew how, by sticking their work to their tunes - thus the Puzzlebits gallery was born. Currently, the gallery features work by Idil Erdogdu, Savannah Karr, and Kris Mukai.

After a short hiatus, new tracks are slated to be released once again, and will be featured on here - as well as Myspace, Facebook, Amie Street, Popcuts, PureVolume, and the band's official website. You can download them for free or choose to pay the band a few bucks - but they probably won't keep it, they'll donate it. As of 2009, all profit made via Bangarang music is being donated to a variety of humanitarian aid and missions organizations around the globe. So, for every song you download you're helping deliver shoes, foods, and medicine to people who really need them. You're helping keep people off drugs and kick addictions to alcohol and pornography. You're basically spreading real love. Which, at the very core, is what Bangarang is truly all about.

Bangarang is a proud supporter of TOMS Shoes and Chipotle restaurants. To find out more about how these companies are helping people every day, visit them on the web at tomsshoes.com or chipotle.com

* "Puzzlebits for Personal Assembly" is being mixed and produced by Mark Pirro, founding member of Tripping Daisy and The Polyphonic Spree, as well as Dave Willingham (Lift To Experience, Spoon, John Vanderslice).

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PRESS

"[Bangarang] boasts better songwriting skills and a more accessible sound that seems to blend the best of indie rock and alternative rock...a joyful showcase of erratic, spastic arrangements, complete with horns of all kinds."- Redefine Magazine

"Bangarang are an impressive band...their moments of excess work out extraordinarily well, with plenty of juicy noise to sink your teeth into." - Splendid

"Bangarang are an interesting case study of a group in transition. They've outgrown the drive for definitive locality...The terseness and restraint gives me the same spinal shiver as when I first heard The Dears." - Uncritical.blogspot.com

"Oops... need to make a correction from my previous post...music sounds VERY cool. WOW!... keep it up! - John, a new fan via Myspace.

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WEB
Bangarang Web Empire: bangarang.us
On Myspace: myspace.com/bangarang
On Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=18523699200
On ILike: ilike.com/artist/Bangarang
TOMS Shoes: tomsshoes.com
Chipotle restaurants: chipotle.com

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ARTWORK:
"Allergic To You" by Idil Erdoðdu - existr.deviantart.com
"Shark Fishing" by Savannah Karr
"Don't Pawn My Life..." by Kris Mukai - 752.spadenet.net

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