Nap Eyes will release their third album, I’m Bad Now, on March 9th. After premiering the first single “Every Time the Feeling” with NPR Music, today the band shares the propulsive second single “Dull Me Line,” which Noisey describes as “marked by shimmering guitar chords and arguably the most instantly palatable chorus the band’s ever come up with.” Read Nigel’s reflections on songwriting in the accompanying interview.
Red River Dialect’s beautiful new album Broken Stay Open Sky is out today. Order from PoB or find these February fruits wherever fine music is sold, downloaded, or streamed. The band is currently finishing up a tour of the UK with The Weather Station.
Commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago for its world premiere performance, Bellowing Sun is a twelve-faceted sonic inquiry into celestial cycles and the illuminating nature of darkness, the majestic culmination of composer, harmoniumist, and synthesist Jaime Fennelly’s immersive explorations of the natural world’s sensory dimensions and the dialogues between musical traditions. Hear “Matchstick Grip” via NPR.
Many thanks to Uncut and Stephen Deusner for their feature review of Red River Dialect’s Broken Stay Open Sky: “Gentle, thoughtful compositions that mix straightforward observation with naturalistic imagery and philosophical inquiry.” MOJO gives it 4 stars and calls it “thrillingly combustible.” Grip a copy for the full review and Q&A with David Morris, and pre-order “Broken Stay Open Sky” today (all orders include 3 free album downloads).
APRIL 2018 // MIND OVER MIRRORS // PARADISE OF BACHELORS // MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CHICAGO // “For a moment of night we have a glimpse of ourselves and of our world islanded in its stream of stars, pilgrims of mortality, voyaging between horizons, across eternal seas of space and time.” – Henry Beston, The Outermost House (1928)
Red River Dialect will release their third album, Broken Stay Open Sky, on February 2nd. After presenting the “rhapsodic” (NPR Music) lead single “Kukkuripa,” the band now shares “Gull Rock,” described by Uproxx as “frenzied and fantastic.” The band will tour the UK to celebrate the release of the album, including several dates with The Weather Station.
The Weather Station will be hitting the road this spring for a string of dates throughout North America and Europe, including dates with Red River Dialect and an appearance at Marfa Myths.
The acclaimed Canadians’ ambitious, allusive third album achieves a new sonic clarity, depth, and range to match the effortless melodies and extraordinary writing. It’s the band’s most transparent and personal set of songs to date, in which singer Nigel Chapman interrogates social, psychological, and spiritual milieus for clues about the elusive nature of knowledge. Pre-order I’m Bad Now (including a pink vinyl edition), watch the “Every Time the Feeling” lyric video via NPR Music, and catch them on tour.
The Weather Station ended 2017 on a high note receiving year-end accolades from the likes of Uncut, New Yorker, SPIN, NPR Music, Uproxx, Stereogum and beyond for her self-titled album. While on tour last fall, Lindeman (guitar, vocals) and band—Ben Whiteley (bass), Ian Kehoe (drums), and William Kidman (guitar)—stopped by NPR Music for an excellent Tiny Desk Concert performance. Here she performed album singles “Thirty” and “You and I (On The Other Side Of The World),” alongside standout track “Free.”
Happy news: Red River Dialect is heading out on a UK tour this winter to celebrate the release of their forthcoming album Broken Stay Open Sky, including many shows with The Weather Station. Don’t miss this incredible pairing.
