HESITANT BALLAD

BIO: The Hesitant Ballad is an Italian band with more than 250,000 plays on MySpace, they toured the Netherlands and they have airplay in various European and Australian (Now Live from Radio between the others), and a great following of fans both on the web and live. The Band was founded in 2006 to give voice to the songwriting vein of Stefano Esposito, inspired by British and American influences. During the first period of the project Stefano was alone on stage, playing acoustic gigs with his guitar and his voice. Following the need to create a real band around the songs is loud and clear. It 's so that the project Hesitant Ballad becomes a real band now consisting of 4 elements. In the years from 2007 to 2010, the band is handled with live gigs and the pre-production for the album. After a lot of gigs in the Italian territory, the band tours the Netherlands in April 2010 where receives warm consenses and support. Meanwhile, they arrange, autoproduce and record SEASONS, a debut album of great impact and melodic sound, mastered in London by the legendary Dick Beetham, who collaborated with international big names among which are the Stereophonics and Jeff Beck. SEASONS is now available worldwide on iTunes and all the others digital portals of the world. LINEUP: Stefano Esposito - Vocals and Guitar Valerio "Fluido" Celentano - bass and backing vocals Angiolo Pierantoni - guitar and voice Tony Eboli - Drums "SEASONS", THE ALBUM: Produced by Stefano Esposito Arranged by Stefano Esposito and the Hesitant Ballad Recorded and mixed by Mario Grimaldi and Fabrizio Piccolo at Trail Music Lab in Naples Mastered by Dick Beetham (Stereophonics and Jeff Beck among others) at 360 Mastering Studio, London LINEUP OF "SEASONS": Voices: Stefano Esposito, Valerio "Fluido" Celentano

Guitars: Stefano Esposito Bass: Valerio "Fluido" Celentano Drums: Alessio Sica COLLABORATIONS ON SEASONS: Strings: Flegreo Quartet (the play together with Edoardo Bennato, a famous Italian songwriter) CONTACT: Cell phone: 39 340 22 41 674 email: hesitantballad@gmail.com Website: www.hesitantballad.com My[_____]: http://www.myspace.com/hesitantballad Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/HESITANTBALLAD/45959410238?v=wall ReverbNation: http://www.reverbnation.com/hesitantballad PRESS RELEASE OF THE PROMO (2007 to 2009): Here is a real MySpace phenomenon: The Hesitant Ballad. Although not yet known nationally, the Neapolitan group has managed to attract the attention of several independent newspapers, including foreign, who wasted no time in reviewing. That is the beginning of a boom? We hope so. Meanwhile, enjoy their songs "undecided between pop and rock" all in English. [Carotenuto, Nicola and Vincenzo Pernice - www.dream-magazine.it] [...] Acoustic guitar in the foreground, played very good, a few shots of soft drums here and there and a gentle caressing male voice, soothing and light. Here's what we are invited to listen: the work of a songwriter with melodic candor with which absorbed us, but with more rock in some experiments tracks (Australia and Brush eyes), not forgetting the lovely ballads unplugged nostalgic atmosphere and dilated, like Walk Away. My favorite song by me, however, is Seasons, which could very well be the soundtrack to a romantic movie or fiction adolescence, perhaps set in some wet lagoon suspended in time and space (... Dawson's Creek?). [...] [Gioia Molinari, genovatune.net] It 's the tenth time I'm listening to this promo of Hesitant BALLAD amazed .. because I had never heard a hard-Alternative Rock so mature and wellgroomed details. Stefano Esposito is the soul of the band, his voice carrying in atmospheres dreamy and nostalgic as Seasons, through the delicate ballad unplugged Walk Away and the enchanting and haunting Seal On My Soul. They're looking for a production, then do your thing! [Phyxius (phyxiuscrow [AT] libero.it) Beautiful Freaks -

www.beautifulfreaks.org] [On "Walk Away," track No. 2 Bulbart Indie Compilation] There are four ballads present cd in the first, by the hesitant Ballad (nomen omen) is one of those that could have been written by the masters of the mainstream American rock, embroidered with bows and electric mandolin, very characteristic passage at the end of the chorus. [...] [Giovanni Papa, RockLab.it] [...] The oxymoronic Hesitant Ballad has succeeded in putting together an album That Verges on "a kaleidoscopic game" and the end result is That One That shows Esposito cares about His music and is trying very hard to shape His songs with an interesting freedom of expression. [...] Hesitant Ballad is an interesting and absorbing project and it'll be cool to see how Stefano Esposito moves forward with it. [Toxic Pete, toxicpete.co.uk] [...] Taking You Back To That classic pop / rock sound, Where the music and vocals Outshined The Most and You Could hear the rawness of it all without even lifting your head to see who Was singing. [...] The melodic harmonies are quite beautiful and hit you Instantly. I think [...] there is plenty here for all kinds of people to enjoy. Stefano has a beautiful voice, one you do not mind sitting down and listening to. I hope he continues making music as I think the sounds will only get better and better! [Kizzy H., Infused Zine]