Mega Bog’s “Dolphine” Is Out Today ? Tour Dates Announced ?
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Mega Bog’s otherworldly new album Dolphine—lauded and laureled by the likes of NPR Music, Pitchfork, The Guardian, and The WIRE (who call it “one of 2019’s left field pop gems… a shimmering chiaroscuro [of] fully fledged delicious pop”—is now in stores and streaming worldwide.
Special thanks to Uncut for the beautiful feature and review of Dolphine (see clippings below). In her rapturous 8/10 review, Erin Osmon offers these commending words: “Erin Birgy has spun sonic fantasia from a poetic mind… a whimsical and devastating cosmic journey through loss and healing. It’s part folk-rock fantasy, part avant-pop mind trip, and all gorgeous.” Indeed; you want to take this journey.
The band, who bloom and thrive in the live context, have announced North American and European tours. See below for dates, details, and tickets.
Mega Bog Tour Dates
Over the past decade, Mega Bog have visited a significant portion of the Western world, frequently looping the USA and Europe to sing in tiny art spaces and haunted historical theaters alike. The live concerts are known for their emotional unpredictability. Onstage, Birgy’s current mood is amplified, for better or for worse; she is an honest and unflinching performer. Folks in the LA area can join Mega Bog on July 10th for the record release show at Zebulon. Get tickets here, or at below links.
NORTH AMERICA
7/10: Zebulon (Record Release Show) – Los Angeles, CA
7/12: Dildo Factory – Oakland, CA
7/24: Eventide Festival – Victoria, BC
7/25: Red Gate – Vancouver, BC
9/03: Caledonia Lounge – Athens, GA
9/04: El Rocko Lounge – Savannah, GA
9/04: Tin Roof – Charleston, SC
9/06: Snug Harbor – Charlotte, NC
9/07: Neptune’s – Raleigh, NC
9/08: TBA – Richmond, VA
9/09: Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, PA
9/11: Trans Pecos – Brooklyn, NY
9/14: L’Escogriffe – Montreal, QC
9/16: The Boat – Toronto, ON
9/17: Outer Limits – Detroit, MI
9/18: Hideout – Chicago, IL
9/19: Kaiju – Louisville, KY
9/20: Drkmttr – Nashville, TN
9/21: 529 – Atlanta, GA
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNJxK70PNOc]
EUROPE
11/08: Le Guess Who? Festival – Utrecht, NL
11/09: Sonic City Festival – Kortrijk, BE
11/11: Gullivers – Manchester, UK
11/12: The Hug & Pint – Glasgow, UK
11/13: Hyde Park Book Club – Leeds, UK
11/14: The Islington – London, UK
11/15: Hy Brasil – Bristol, UK (FREE)
11/16: The Rose Hill – Brighton, UK
11/18: Mains d’Oeuvres – Paris, FR
11/20: Monarch – Berlin, DE
11/21: Aalhaus – Hamburg, DE
11/22: Glashaus – Jena, DE
11/23: Karlstorbahnhof – Heidelberg, DE
11/24: Hafen 2 – Offenbach, DE (FREE)
[youtube https://youtu.be/d5GnMXzlpes]
Acclaim for Mega Bog
Prismatic avant-pop that balances warbling melodies with unexpected bursts of frenetic energy… a lush representation of Birgy’s ability to evoke warmth and nostalgia while keeping her gaze to the future. – NPR Music
It joins Weyes Blood’s Titanic Rising and Big Thief’s UFOF as one of 2019’s left field pop gems. Birgy’s songs are tangles, unconcerned with hooks, verses, choruses, while floating melodic ideas are addictive precisely because they don’t repeat but play themselves out then disappear. Part prog, part easy listening, warm and engulfing… a shimmering chiaroscuro [of] fully fledged delicious pop. – The Wire
Sonic fantasia from a poetic mind… a whimsical and devastating cosmic journey through loss and healing. It’s part folk-rock fantasy, part avant-pop mind trip, and all gorgeous. With lush sonic layers that are alternately raw and delicate, Dolphine translates as a series of dream worlds where the confessional meets the fantastical, and lost ones live forever. – Uncut
“The weirding way got weirder,” Erin Birgy sings, sounding like Nico at her spookiest, a lovely summation of her beguilingly crooked guitar playing. Fans of Cate Le Bon, look sharp. – The Guardian
Somewhere between the mystical landscapes of prog rock and the familiar breeze of easy-listening radio… It sounds something like the ‘energize’ effect on Star Trek as transposed for a jazz band … the music is vast and refined, hinting at chaos but never quite losing control. The band is equally adept at sweeping you away and pulling you in. – Pitchfork
A lounge track for the lobby of a passenger ship floating through space, Mega Bog’s ‘Truth in the Wild’ toys with the earthly and the cosmic. Frontwoman and multi-instrumentalist Erin Birgy guides listeners on a mystical adventure. – Cool Hunting
Absurdly good. She blurs the lines between the surreal and the profound in a way that she seems able to do like none other. – Gorilla vs. Bear
Spectral, at times suave and smooth, and baroque. She’s not quite like anybody else. – Brooklyn Vegan
Birgy’s command over both her arrangements and Dolphine‘s emotional flow meet with some of her best songs, making the album her strongest statement in a history of exceptional work. – AllMusic
On new album Dolphine, Mega Bog’s music inhabits this strange liminal zone between waking and dreaming life. – DAZED
Pop aesthetics with an edgy sci-fi sensibility. – Stereogum
The whole experience is a pristinely surreal excursion. – Paste Magazine
A multifaceted meteor of sonic delight orbiting an oceanic planet of playfulness and pain, where the sound of the music fragments in wondrous flame and falls like fire. Pulsating poetry! – Adrienne Lenker, Big Thief
I’m forever dumbfounded by the raw intimacy and alien sophistication of Erin’s work. It’s dream music of the highest order. – Jessica Pratt
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