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Album in stores January 13, 2009!!
**Varsity Fanclub on iTunes**

It is a widely accepted tenet in pop music that every generation needs its own young stars to scream for. So is it really surprising that a new group of fresh-faced young men have begun to make a footprint on the pop landscape? Even oldtimers New Kids on the Block have reunited more than a decade after ’N Sync and Backstreet Boys ruled the charts. Clearly the members of NKOTB recognized that few people (even those of us old enough to own Hangin’ Tough on vinyl), can resist the simple pleasure of five talented, upbeat guys singing and dancing in unison. It’s been true since the Jackson 5 stormed the charts in 1969 and it is still true today.

Even if you find yourself outside the natural demographic audience for Varsity Fanclub, just try to resist tapping your toes when listening to their self-titled debut album, which will be released by STONEHALL/Capitol Records.

Varsity Fanclub is an irresistible collection of urban-influenced rhythmic groove and R&B-styled pop balladry crafted by such leading songwriters and producers as Ryan Tedder (One Republic, Leona Lewis), Evan Bogart (Rihanna), and Diane Warren (Whitney Houston, Celine Dion). Tedder and Bogart co-wrote the melodic and unabashedly romantic “Future Love,” while master composer Warren contributed the heartbreaking ballad “What I Really Want to Say.” Hot newcomer Red One (Akon, Shakira, Michael Jackson) penned the pounding techno throwdown “Zero.”

The album is a mixture of R&B and hip-hop, but also pop and rock,” says Jayk Purdy, adding: “It’s about great beats and great melodies.”