The Low Anthem's headlining tour of the US is in full swing again following a five-concert run at SXSW in Austin last week. The band performs along the West Coast, starting at Largo in LA. Today is release day for the special limited-edition vinyl 7-inch single of "Charlie Darwin," featuring the Oh My God, Charlie Darwin track plus new and unreleased material. The LAist says the album "spans the gamut of everything you'd want in Americana inspired music." The San Jose Mercury News calls it "hauntingly beautiful."
The Low Anthem's headlining tour of the US is in full swing again following a marathon five-concert run at SXSW in Austin last week. Following tonight's show at Plush in Tucson, the band performs all along the West Coast, with Timber Timbre opening, starting at the famed Largo at the Coronet Theater in Los Angeles tomorrow night.
Today is release day for The Low Anthem's special limited-edition vinyl 7-inch of its single "Charlie Darwin," featuring new and unreleased material. The single's A-side includes "Charlie Darwin," off the band's Nonesuch debut, Oh My God, Charlie Darwin, and the B-side includes two staples from the band's live show, the previously unreleased "Sally Where'd You Get Your Liquor From" (originally by Rev. Gary Davis) and "Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around" (originally by Blind Willie McTell), a bonus track previously only available on iTunes. The "Darwin" 7-inch package references the band's initial hand-painted and silkscreened self-release of Oh My God, Charlie Darwin. Pick up a copy now in the Nonesuch Store.
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In advance of The Low Anthem's Los Angeles shows, the LAist reports from SXSW and the Paste party set from these "stunning multi-instrumentalists." The site says of Oh My God, Charlie Darwin that it "spans the gamut of everything you'd want in Americana inspired music. It's got heartbreaking harmonies, raw instrumentals, and lyrics that tell great stories of being far from home, having problems with drinking, and wild women."
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The San Jose Mercury News previews this Friday's show at San Francisco's Great American Music Hall in its report from SXSW. Writer Mike Mayer says the band was his "most anticipated band to see" at the festival, describing their music as "an almost uncategorizable mix of traditional American folk music and hymn-like spirituals ... hauntingly beautiful and intricately arranged."
The band did not disappoint at their David's Sanctuary performance, it seems, where the audience "sat rapt through the 75-minute set," says Mayer, "breathing almost in rhythm with the band as it played much of its 2009 Oh My God, Charlie Darwin album." Read more at mercurynews.com.
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For a complete list of Low Anthem tour dates with links to buy tickets, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.
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