Research Turtles

Research Turtles returned to Dockside Studio in September of 2011 with Nashville producer, Justin Tocket, and  4 x Grammy award winning engineer, David Farrell to record their latest album, Mankiller - Part 2 of 2.  The new EP features two new band members -  drummer, Chad Townsend, and keyboardist, Wesley Royer, both natives of Lake Charles, LA.   Mankiller - Part 2 of 2 and the entire Research Turtles discography can be downloaded for free at researchturtles.com starting on October 18th (for a limited time only).  Baby Step, the new solo album by Jud Norman (singer/bassist of RT), will also be available for free download. 

Baby Step is a the second solo album released by Jud Norman, singer / bassist of Research Turtles.  The album is a collection of Norman's home demos recorded sporadically between 2009 and 2012.  Baby Step will be released concurrently with the new Research Turtles album, "Mankiller - Part 2 of 2."  Both Baby Step and Mankiller - Part 2 of 2 will be available for free download at researchturtles.com (for a limited time only) starting October 18th.  

Research Turtles returned to Dockside Studio in January of 2011 to record Mankiller, the bands’ highly anticipated second album.  The Turtles spent all of 2010 writing and recording new material for the upcoming album which will be released separately as a two part series.  Part 1 of 2, dubbed “MK1” by Turtle fans, will be released on May 31st of 2011.  “Part 2 of 2” is set to come out in October of 2012. 

Selected MK1 reviews:

“Heavy, catchy, radio-friendly alt-rock for the masses.” - New Reviews (UK)

“4.5 out of 5 stars.” - The Small Takeover

“A stellar EP… it sounds like power pop manna to me.” - Powerpopaholic

“An almost perfect southern-power-pop-rock album.” - Radio Spin

“A southern rock anthem… this is fine work by the Research Turtles.” - The Times of SWLA

Research Turtles' self-titled debut album was recorded at the legendary Dockside Studios in Maurice, Louisiana and produced by Justin Tocket (Marc Broussard, Sons of William). The album unites the band’s southern roots with their diverse influences, creating a sound that’s part clean, sweetly polyphonic pop and part aggressive retro-rock. As Bob Segarnini of Sirius Satellite Radio recognized,

From the Everly Brothers, through the British Invasion, into the New Wave, the punk era Ramones, and the Neil Young / Nirvana / Foo Fighters grunge guitars, these guys, like all great artists, are a product of their love of music, honoring the past, and being able to bring something new to the table.

From the soaring vocals of the opening track, “Let’s Get Carried Away,” to the harder-edged “Cement Floor,” to the low, steady swing of “Into a Hole,” Research Turtles’ debut shows that they’re a band that knows where they come from but don’t give a damn.