FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS VOL. 2 ORIGINAL TELEVISION SOUNDTRACKAVAILABLE ONLINE AND IN STORES NOW

Features Top Independent Artists and Includes Songs by Jakob Dylan, Band of Skulls, White Rabbits, John Doe, among others White Rabbits Video for Soundtrack Single Just Released

June 3, 2010 – Friday Night Lights Vol. 2 (FNLV2) original television soundtrack, which was just released in stores May 18 on Arrival Records/Scion Music Group (distributed by Fontana Distribution, a subsidiary of Universal Music Group), has been getting rave reviews from dailies and bloggers alike, including 411Mania who called the soundtrack “Excellent” and said, “The songs all have an unpolished grit that perfectly suits the dirt on the lens, shades of grey style in which the show is shot.”

Rockers White Rabbits, whose song “Percussion Gun” is the lead single from the soundtrack, have just released a compelling music video which includes scenes from the new season. Check the video out here: http://vimeo.com/11661831.

The selection of music on FNLV2 ranges from soulful to alt rock, and all of the songs included in the album have been or will be featured in the show. Reflecting the passion and emotion of the series, the soundtrack boasts a wide variety of artists and features some of the biggest breakout bands of the year, including White Rabbits, Band of Skulls, Augustana, Heartless Bastards, A.A. Bondy, Jakob Dylan, John Doe, The Avett Brothers, AM, Sufjan Stevens, Fink and W.G. Snuffy Walden, whose title score is included on the soundtrack for the first time.

Commenting on the response to the album thus far, Rick Rand, the soundtrack’s executive producer says: “We’re thrilled and excited that the public has enthusiastically embraced this album of stylistic music which evokes the spirit, reverie and emotion of an everyday Middle America football town.”

The eclectic FNLV2 features the following:
1. PERCUSSION GUN – WHITE RABBITS
2. SWAY – HEARTLESS BASTARDS
3. KILLED MYSELF WHEN I WAS YOUNG –A.A. BONDY
4. FIRE – AUGUSTANA
5. SOMETHING GOOD THIS WAY COMES – JAKOB DYLAN
6. I KNOW WHAT I AM – BAND OF SKULLS
7. THE MEANEST MAN IN THE WORLD – JOHN DOE
8. IF IT’S THE BEACHES – THE AVETT BROTEHRS
9. WHAT YOU HIDE – AM
10. COME THOU FOUNT OF EVERY BLESSING – SUFJAN STEVENS
11. THIS IS THE THING – FINK
12. FNL MAIN TITLE – W.G. SNUFFY WALDEN