{"id":1026,"date":"2015-03-09T22:21:14","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T22:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/?p=1026"},"modified":"2015-04-01T22:22:47","modified_gmt":"2015-04-01T22:22:47","slug":"the-damnwells-add-new-dates-to-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/the-damnwells-add-new-dates-to-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"The Damnwells add new dates to tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n

March \u00a09, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Damnwells Add New Dates to Tour<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Indie rock band The Damnwells, who are set to release a new, self-titled album on April 14, 2015 (via Rock Ridge Music), have just added some additional dates to their planned tour, including three dates in California and three dates in Texas in June.\u00a0 (See tour schedule below.)<\/p>\n

<\/strong>The Damnwells Tour Schedule:<\/strong><\/p>\n

5\/8 \u2013 New York, NY \/ Irving Plaza (ticket link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

5\/10 \u2013 Atlanta, GA \/ Shaky Knees Festival (ticket link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

5\/14 \u2013 St. Louis, MO \/ The Firebird (ticket link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

5\/15 \u2013 Chicago, IL \/ Double Door (ticket link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

5\/16 \u2013 St. Paul, MN \/ Turf Club (ticket link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

6\/4 \u2013 Austin, TX \/ Red 7 (ticket link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

6\/5 \u2013 Houston, TX \/ Fitzgerald\u2019s Downstairs (ticket link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

6\/6 \u2013 Dallas, TX \/ Gas Monkey (ticket link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

6\/10 \u2013 Seattle, WA \/ Tractor Tavern (ticket link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

6\/12 \u2013 San Francisco, CA \/ Brick and Mortar (ticket link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

6\/13 \u2013 West Hollywood, CA \/ Roxy (ticket link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

6\/14 \u2013 San Diego, CA \/ Voodoo Room at House of Blues (ticket link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

6\/26 \u2013 Washington, DC \/ Howard Theatre (ticket link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

6\/27 \u2013 Boston, MA \/ Brighton Music Hall (ticket link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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The Damnwells will be touring in support of their forthcoming album, which is the first album since 2006 to include the original band lineup.\u00a0 (The original members of The Damnwells are\u00a0Alex Dezen\u00a0[lead vocals, guitar, piano], David Chernis [lead guitar], Ted Hudson [bass], and Steven Terry [drums\/percussion].)\u00a0 The album boasts a breathless, unapologetic, sonic rapidfire of 11 new tracks.\u00a0 There\u2019s the quintessential Dezen harbingers (towel-snapping wit, unexpected bridges, surprise chorus changeups) and Chernis (\u201cthe Furnace\u201d) Jazzmaster\/Supro swaths. Terry barely flinches while knocking out the beat so hard you can\u2019t help but feel it. Hudson\u2019s P-bass reins everyone in. But smacked squarely alongside all this familiar is an undefined \u201caha,\u201d the kind that makes you want to turn it up way past 10.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe magic is the four of us,\u201d states Dezen.\u00a0 \u201cIt really is.\u00a0 The songs are just words and music. Without Ted, Steve and Dave, it\u2019s just not the same.\u201d Although, having spent the past few years crafting words and music for a handful of well-knowns (Justin Bieber, The Dixie Chicks, Dave Grohl, the Jayhawks\u2019 Gary Louris, Jason Derulo, Christina Perri, and Company of Thieves\u2019 Genevieve Schatz, to name a few), it\u2019s fair to say Dezen conjured up some pixie dust of his own.<\/p>\n

Whether it\u2019s the playful, horn-flecked jaunt of \u201cHeavy Heart\u201d or the sodden, anthemic ache of \u201cLost,\u201d the magic of this new batch of Damnwells tunes elbows Dezen and company into wondrously uncharted \u2014 and decidedly cinematic \u2014 territory, all the way. Think \u201cWreck You\u201d\u2019s Petty-tinged stomp under Downey-Jr.-esque bad boy lyrics. Or \u201cToo Old to Die Young\u201d\u2019s boy-as-\u201cGirl, Interrupted\u201d cloaked in \u201cBeing There\u201d-era Wilco flounce. Even \u201cShe Goes Down\u201d brushes ever so slightly up against Suzanne Vega (\u201cLuka\u201d) \u00e0 la \u201cTaxi Driver\u201d\u2019s Iris<\/p>\n

And the magic-touch goes on. \u201cMoney and Shiny Things,\u201d \u201cKentexas,\u201d \u201cThe Girl That\u2019s Not in Love with You,\u201d \u201cKill Me,\u201d \u201cThis Ship of Ours,\u201d \u201cNone of These Things.\u201d Fun, straight-ahead, clever but not too\u2026 songs you can see yourself in, no matter how far-fetched. More importantly, songs the Damnwells see themselves in, together. \u00a0\u201cI tend to write ballad-esque songs,\u201d says Dezen. \u201cThe guys give them a new perspective \u2014 they give them heat.\u201d And that\u2019s the difference: the Damnwellian dichotomy of sentiment and grit.<\/p>\n

In addition to releasing five studio albums (two as the duo of Dezen and Hudson), the Damnwells have shared the stage with the Fray, the Dixie Chicks, Old 97s, Cheap Trick, and Bob Dylan, among others. They were also the subject of a critically acclaimed documentary, \u201cGolden Days.\u201d<\/p>\n

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