AND THE WAR CAME, SHAKEY GRAVES’ NEW ALBUM,
IS OUT TODAY ON DUALTONE RECORDS
Shakey Graves Performs On “Conan” October 14
First Single “Dearly Departed (Featuring EsméPatterson)”
Has More Than Two Million Streams On Spotify
Shakey Graves Performs At The LA Bluegrass Situation This Saturday, October 11
Sold-Out Headline Dates Include October 26 Show At NYC’s Bowery Ballroom
And The War Came, the follow-up to Shakey Graves’ acclaimed 2011 debut album, Roll the Bones, is out today on Dualtone Records. It is available in digital, CD and vinyl formats. The Austin-based artist, who was profiled in The New York Times last Sunday, will make his national television debut with a performance on “Conan” next Tuesday, October 14.
"Dearly Departed (featuring Esmé Patterson),” the first single fromAnd The War Came,already has two million streams on Spotify. The track is getting airplay at key tastemaker Triple A Rock stations across the country, including:KEXP/Seattle, KGSR/Austin,KUTX/Austin,KBCO/Denver,KINK/PortlandWXPN/Philadelphia, WFUV/NewYork, WUMB/Boston, WYEP/Pittsburgh,KDHX/St.Louis, WTMD/Baltimore, KCRW/Los Angeles and KCSN/Los Angeles.Shakey Graves co-wrote the track with Esmé Patterson, who also co-wrote and appears on "Big Time Nashville Star" and "Call It Heaven."
"We actually wrote ‘Dearly Departed’ on Halloween as a tongue-in-cheek, haunted house sex joke, and then we played it that night and people went bonkers," recalls Shakey Graves. “Esmé and I write so similarly it kind of freaked us out.”
Shakey Graves will perform at the LA Bluegrass Situation 2014 in Los Angeles this Saturday, October 11, and kick off a North American headline tour on October 15 at Terminal West in Atlanta. His October 26 show at New York City’s Bowery Ballroom is sold-out as are dates in such markets as Washington, DC, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle and Denver. Tickets just went on sale for a newly added November 10 show at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles. Joe Sundell will open on the October headline dates, Rayland Baxter will support in November and Sean Rowe will open in December. See below for itinerary and visit http://shakeygraves.com for additional details.
”[And the War Came] jumps between mournful, largely solo ballads and heavier and more aggressive multi-instrument fare,” saidThe New York Times. Garden and Gun hailed itas “one of the year’s most astonishing records” while NPR Music’s Ann Powers praised his recent performance at the Americana Music Festival, noting, “Shakey Graves, playing a hollow-body electric guitar with just a drummer and his own suitcase percussion kit, pushed the edge of Jeff-Buckley-influenced art rock during his packed showcase.” Noisey named Shakey Graves as one of the highlights of Pickathon 2014, observing, “he’s a fierce one-man band with rolling tempos that ride the rails of a speeding and slowing four on the floor.”
Produced by Chris Boosahda and Alejandro Rose-Garcia (a.k.a. Shakey Graves), And The War Came follows the artist’s 2011 self-released debut album, Roll the Bones, which brought him national acclaim and, three years later, still ranks near the top of Bandcamp’s digital best-seller charts. While his first album was a solo affair, with ShakeyGraves accompanying himself onguitar and a handmade kickdrum fashioned from an old suitcase, And The War Came is a collaborative work.Boosahda brought all of his gear to the artist’s house and converted the space into a big, open studio. While the signature Shakey Graves set-up provided the starting point, other musicians were invited in, including Esmé Patterson.
"The first album was me wanting to burn down my life, cut my hair off, and run screaming into the woods," says Shakey Graves. “This album is about the trials and tribulations of becoming domesticated, letting people into your world and letting go of selfishness-the story of becoming a pair, losing that, and reconciling with the loss and gain of love.”
And The War Came - Available Here:
http://smarturl.it/shakeygraves
http://www.amazon.com/And-The-Came-Shakey-Graves/dp/B00M8HWGGO
http://shakeygraves.com
http://www.dualtonestore.com/collections/shakey-graves.
Shakey Graves - 2014 Tour Dates
10/11 - Los Angeles, CA @ The LA Bluegrass Situation 2014
*10/15 - Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
*10/16 - Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge
10/17 - Louisville, KY @ Mercury Ballroom w/Willie Watson
*10/18 - Asheville, NC @ Grey Eagle
*10/19 - Charlotte, NC @ Visulite Theatre
*10/21 - Washington, DC @ The Hamilton SOLD OUT
*10/22 - Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live Downstairs SOLD OUT
*10/24 - Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair SOLD OUT
*10/25 - Portland, ME @ Port City Music Hall SOLD OUT
*10/26 - New York, NY @ The Bowery Ballroom SOLD OUT
10/30 - Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Austin w/Shovels n Rope and Hayes Carll
+11/8 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
+11/9 - San Diego, CA @ The Irenic
+11/10 - Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
+11/12 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent SOLD OUT
+11/14 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom SOLD OUT
+11/15 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos SOLD OUT
+11/16 - Vancouver, BC @ Imperial Theatre SOLD OUT
+11/18 - Jasper, AB @ Jasper Royal Canadian Legion
+11/21 - Calgary, AB @ Republik SOLD OUT
+11/22 - Edmonton, AB @ Starlite Room SOLD OUT
+11/23 - Saskatoon, SK @ The Refinery SOLD OUT
+11/24 - Winnipeg, MB @ The Park Theatre SOLD OUT
+11/25 - Winnipeg, MB @ The Park Theatre SOLD OUT
^12/2 - Toronto, ON @ The Phoenix Concert Theatre
^12/3 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall SOLD OUT
^12/4 - Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom
^12/5 - Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon
^12/6 - Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center
^12/7 - Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s
^12/9 - Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
^12/11 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater SOLD OUT
^12/12 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater SOLD OUT
^12/13 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
^12/14 - Colorado Springs, CO @ IvywildSchool
* Joe Sundell supporting
+ Rayland Baxter supporting
^ Sean Rowe supporting