Empire State Express has some cunning schemes hatching for the coming year as we put muscle behind our new EP. Plans include TV airtime, festival appearances and showcases with a few of our favorite Chicago bands. To get in on the action, keep tabs on our progress, or just experience the warm, enlightened glow that comes with adding ESE to your Twitter feed, check out the Contact page for all the ways you can stay in touch.

Also, if you’re especially taken by something you see or hear on the site, we’ve added sharing quick-links toward the top right of each page for your convenience, you web-savvy mavens you.

You may have noticed that over the last couple of weeks we’ve done a number on this little internet portal we call home. Once again, we’re very impressed by what our good friend Chris (aka uneekGrafix) has concocted for us–the LSR album packaging, ESE logo and most of our past promo photos are his handiwork as well. If you have a few minutes, we highly recommend a stroll through the uneekGrafix site, especially if you’re keen on graphic design and photography.

Apart from the cosmetic stuff, we also rebuilt the site from the ground up to make it easier for you to keep track of our mischief, and allow for some nifty features down the line. More on that last part over the next couple of weeks as we fine tune this little contraption. In the meantime, drop us a line and let us know what you think.

You may have noticed the swish new gallery view now included on this website. We would love to include some of your own live pics as well…of yourself, the band, your dog, or whatever you happened to capture for posterity at one of our shows. Email us your gems and keep it reasonably non-incriminating (of yourself anyway).

Empire State Express’s new EP, Land Speed Record, is now available for purchase on iTunes, Amazon and eMusic. Check out these sites for details or just open this post and click on the links. If you like what you hear, please be sure to tell your friends, gift your family, link to your blog and, most importantly, play it loud! Independent music like ours lives and dies by the good word of rock aficionados such as you, so we deeply appreciate any good vibes you can throw our way. Enjoy!