2008)
Still signed to State of Mind Records in the US, and expanding their distribution potential by signing to Smallman Records in Canada, Broadway Calls released their debut full length, titled 'Oregon' and produced by Willie Samuels of Green Day’s production team at Pittsburg's Nu-Tone studios. Broadway Calls was released on July 10, 2007. The band then went on another full US tour and played shows with bands such as Crime In Stereo, I Am The Avalanche, The Smoking Popes, The Draft, Avail, This Is Hell, Set It Straight, Ruiner, Dead Hearts, Counting the Days, Future Primitive, and Final Fight.
Within a year of their debut album's release, the band had been signed by Adeline Records, whose owners include Billie Joe Armstrong, lead singer of Green Day. The band's self titled debut album was then re-released on March 18, 2008.
At the start of 2008, the band went on tour, playing with Ruiner. The tour started on the West Coast and ended up at Tennessee. Half way through the tour, Robbert Baird left the band to help support his new baby daughter. This tour was followed by a tour in February 2008 over the western half of the U.S with bands like West 44 and Shook Ones.
In early March 2008, the band went to Redding to shoot their first music video for their album's first single, "Call It Off". The band performed subsequent shows during March 2008 with bands including Dead To Me, Teenage Bottlerocket, West 44, Over Stars and Gutters, Off With Their Heads, our first SXSW, and Bad Religion.
During April 2008, the band performed at Bamboozle Left, the annual two-day music festival held in California on April 5 with bands such as Jimmy Eat World, Alkaline Trio and Hot Water Music.
Shortly after the re-release of the album, in May 2008 the band played its first gig in England at the Give It A Name Festival 2008, on the Second Stage on Saturday 10 May 2008 at Earl's Court in London. They were the first band to perform that day and did so in front of 5,000 people. This was followed by performing the day after in Sheffield. Following this festival, the band went on a UK tour in support of Cobra Starship and All Time Low.
June 2008 started with three shows on the west coast of the U.S. with Alkaline Trio and then Warped Tour 2008 on the Hurley Stage. During the middle of the Warped Tour, the band released a split 7-inch with Teenage Bottlerocket on Adeline Records on July 15, 2008. This release was available in five different colour schemes.
During a break following Warped Tour, the band shot a music video for the second single from their debut album, "Back To Oregon". The band returned to performing, coming back in September 2008 to play some shows with the Canadian band The Flatliners. Following those performances, the band began on a tour in October 2008 with the Polar Bear Club, and other bands such as Crime In Stereo, The Swellers, and Smartbomb. The band finished out the year by playing their final show in L.A, opening for The Gaslight Anthem and Alkaline Trio.
(Above Information under "Self-titled" section as per Blog by TY (Band member) on band's official Myspace - )
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