Washington DC’s The Crystal Casino Band is releasing their new album Maryland House today, January 27th, 2023, and will officially celebrate the album's release with a headlining show at the 9:30 Club on Thursday, February 9th.  Maryland House marks the sixth overall full-length album from the rising indie rock quartet, who have amassed over 10 million streams on Spotify.

Washington, DC's The Crystal Casino Band is releasing their new album Maryland House today, January 27th, 2023.  To celebrate the album's release, TCCB will celebrate with a headlining show at the 9:30 Club on Thursday, February 9th.  Maryland House marks the sixth overall full-length album from the rising indie rock quartet, who have amassed over 10 million streams on Spotify.

Formed in 2015 as a group of friends at George Washington University, The Crystal Casino Band, originally named The Colonies, began their sonic journey heavily influenced by the likes of The Strokes and The Black Keys. Over the course of their college years and a few lineup changes, the band's sound transformed to combine their initial influences with the vibes of early 2010s-era indie that littered Tumblr dashboards and increasingly introspective and socially-conscious lyrics. With this turn to introspection and social awareness, the independent quartet grew uncomfortable with their original name's imperialist connotations and changed it to their current one in 2020.

Maryland House is the band's most complex and varietal album to date. It is a winding journey with unexpected turns that showcases their love for the DMV and pays homage to their lives as young adults throughout this thirteen-song album.  Maryland House is named for the band's favorite rest stop along I-95 and is an instantly recognizable landmark to everyone in the DMV.

This new album showcases the artistic growth TCCB has undergone since the release of their 2021 album, Not About You, and is unlike anything the four-piece – Pete Stevens (guitar, vocals), Joey Mamlin (drums), Jarrod Hendricks (guitar), Jordan Mullaney (bass) – has done before.  The band's vocal diversity on the album is some of the growth the band has undergone. Pete Stevens is not the only vocalist on this album, as each member now has a lead vocal track. Additionally, the album shows the band's growth and diversity of the instruments. New instruments include trumpet, ukulele, mandolin, and harmonica. We should all be on the lookout for these new instruments on stage at the 9:30 Club.

TCCB has invited the band Jeff Draco to open for them at the 9:30 Club.  Jeff Draco is another local DMV band comprised of local musicians who are former University of Maryland students.

As a DC-based outlet, it brings us tremendous pride to celebrate the achievements of the incredibly talented musicians from our community.  We look forward to celebrating the achievements of The Crystal Casino Band along with their latest album on February 9th, at the 9:30 Club.

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