This has been an interesting year for Lakewood's Brandtson. After the departure of bassist John Sayre and addition of Furnace St.'s Adam Boose, they released their latest album, 'Hello, Control' to rave reviews. It even caught the eye of Fox's hit show "The OC", which featured the song "Earthquakes and Sharks" in one of their episodes.

Currently, Brandston are competing on MTV2's "Dew Circuit Breakout", which pits them against Philadelphia's Zolof The Rock & Roll Destroyer in a battle-of-the-bands type show. The program begins airing on MTV2 November 27th (Cox Channel 37). You can vote for the band on the show's website at dewcircuit.mtv2.com, and you can do it multiple times. "You can do it over and over and over... It all helps! Thanks so much to all of you who've been faithfully clicking your lives away on our behalf. You're wonderful!!!" says guitarist Matt Traxler.

Brandtson was originally formed in 1996 by Myk Porter as a side project to his other band, sixfeetdeep. Originally from Elyria, they relocated to Lakewood and have been there ever since. 'Hello, Control' is a decadent mix of indie rock, pop, and since the addition of Adam Boose who provides electronic manipulation, electro. On previous releases the band had only dabbled in electronic sounds.

Check out Brandtson's website at www.brandtson.com for tour updates, releases, and their hilarious infomercial for 'Hello, Control'