Innocent Words Records recently signed the Chicago quartet, the Great Crusades. The band, who formed in 1998, will be releasing their next album, Four Thirty, on August 22nd in North America. The label describes the forthcoming release:

The band's goal for Four Thirty was to create the warmest reflection of their ability while harnessing their raucous energy. The outcome reveals boisterous, yet well-balanced vocals and colorful harmonies coupled with guitar playing reminiscent of rock and roll's storied past. And while all this is happening, the driving drums and bass hold the band on a course somewhere between the shoulder of the road and its median, but by no means strictly along the dotted line.

Four Thirty is the band's first effort since 2004's Welcome to the Hiawatha Inn.