eleventyseven generated a steady buzz with their smells-like-an-indie-despite-the-fact-they’re-on-an-actual-label debut CD “In the Land of Fake Believe.” With non-stop touring (250 shows a year) frantic, robot-infested live gigs, and heavy radio play for electro-punk-pop singles like “My Space” and “Nostalgiatopia,” the band managed to appeal simultaneously to their audience’s collective senses of humor, irony, and compassion. Not surprisingly, they found themselves with a fiercely loyal but difficult-to-pigeonhole demographic of fans.

“Our audience includes everyone from grandparents to teenyboppers, to senators to lunch ladies,” says eleventyseven lead singer and guitarist Matt Langston. “They have all come out to see eleventyseven at one time. Obviously our sound appeals a little more to teenagers, but we also try to make our music accessible to robots, droids, moms, dads, and the occasional bear trapper.”

Driven by the collective, creative synergy of Matt, Caleb Satterfield (bass), Jonathan Stephens (drums) and RockBot (keys, rude electronic noises), eleventyseven’s latest Flicker Records project, “Galactic Conquest,” pushes further into that same arena, adding a new dance pop subcurrent to the pop punk of their first effort.

“We finally just decided that we were going to make the record we wanted to make, and if no one liked it, at least we would could with ourselves,” Matt says. “It’s part of my lust for sound. I am constantly trying to craft certain sounds, moods and emotions directly into the music I make. We tried some new approaches on ‘Galactic Conquest.’ Like we used a combined total of 16 different synths on the record, sometimes all combined to make one sound.”

That adventurous sonic outlook is evident in songs like the hyper-danceable “Love In Your Arms” (written “as a huge pick-me-up for anyone having a bad day, month, or life”), the hauntingly melodic “It’s Beautiful,” (born out of Matt’s realization that he could “stop striving to be close to God, and just accept that I am close to Him”), and the chronically upbeat “Happiness” (a song about breaking up with “the most fickle girlfriend of all: Happiness”).

“Lyrically, ‘Galactic Conquest’ is a lot more focused than our first project,” Matt says. “Most of what I say on this record, are things that I wish someone had said to me when I was younger. Obviously, the themes match what I've been dealing with in my own life, which are overcoming depression, refusing to be viewed as a statistic, turning my focus outward onto others, instead of continuing to tear my own life apart from the inside.”

Produced by Ian Eskelin (Stellar Kart, Krystal Meyers, All Star United), “Galactic Conquest” provides a much-anticipated infusion of new material for all who number themselves among the exponentially-increasing alliance of eleventyseven enthusiasts.

“At first listen I hope eleventyseven newbies feel happy,” Matt says. “At second listen they wonder what the words mean. By third listen, they understand the words. By fourth listen, they call their friends and yell at them for letting them waste 12 dollars on a stupid rock band. By the fifth, listen I hope they have forgiven their friend. And by sixth listen I hope they really like us.”