Takeover Records has announced the signing of rovidence, Rhode Island's Monty. The band was chosen via more than 65,000 votes spread over 10 finalists in the label's Sign My Band Contest.

The quintet previously released The Red Shift independently, and two different sets of tracks can be found on their myspace and purevolume pages.

Last year's "Sign My Band" contest winners, Strike Fire Fall, have recently finished recording their debut LP, which will see a release in 2006 on Takeover Records.



DateVenueCityWith
October 28, 2005The Maxx New Milford, CT Doublethink, Release, Lannen, Red Revolution
November 4, 2005Madison Arts Barn Madison, CT  
November 7, 2005The Middle East Cambridge, MA Jeepers H Crackers, In The Face (CD Release), Mile 21
November 10, 2005The Space Hamden, CT Anne's Blade, Look West, Hate To Have To Go Back, The Skeptics
November 11, 2005The Venue Dover, DE Something To Fight For, Sincerely Monroe, more TBA
November 12, 2005Katrina Benefit Show TBA, Stafford, VA Something to Fight For, Catching Thieves, Ghost in the Gears, others
November 13, 2005123 Pleasant Street Morgantown, WV Something To Fight For, and more TBA
November 14, 2005American Legion Post .34 Lancaster, PA Twelve O One, Something To Fight For, and more TBA
November 15, 2005The Crowbar State College, PA  
November 16, 2005Full Moon Saloon Baltimore, MD Underscore, Something To Fight For, and more TBA
November 18, 2005Bloomfield Ave Cafe Montclair, NJ The Matches, Transition, Royden, The Years Gone By
November 19, 2005Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA The Matches
November 20, 2005The Continental New York, NY The Matches, Sunset West, Jet Lag Genuine
November 25, 2005The Living Room Providence, RI