We are supporting Metallica for their sold out show on September 16 at the Centre Videotron in Quebec City, QC.
We’re at the end of a two week tour in Europe, our longest break from touring since we started the band in 2003. It’s been really great to get back onstage; this past week has felt like a sort of homecoming. We’ve been down in a basement for the past two years, shivering and/or sweating out a new record. It’s an understatement to say that we are proud of the result, and we cannot wait for its release, so that we can finally begin to play these songs on tour for our audience.
It has taken three years to rebuild, restrengthen and reforge Baroness into a new form; and while the wait was grueling at times, it’s already been worthwhile. We needed to write an album that would push us forward, reinvigorate our creativity, and offer a further challenge for ourselves and our fans alike. We needed to write something exciting. We really set ourselves to task to trim fat, write better songs, and speak with a more direct and unique voice through our music.
We have never been nor will we ever be interested in following trends, adhering to stylistic rules or fitting securely in any format. Our goal is to write, record, and perform music that excites us. If we can get amped up and feel these songs in earnest, then we believe that you can too. Purple is the recorded experience of Baroness piecing ourselves back together in order to become something more than we had ever imagined we could be. In short, we are thrilled. We have never been as uniformly psyched-up by a record of ours as we are today. You will be hearing much more from us soon. ’Til the wheels fall off…
- Baroness
Our new album will be coming out on our own label, Abraxan Hymns. More to follow.
Baroness have added Open Air Gampel Festival in Switzerland on August 20 to the European and United Kingdom Summer tour. Tickets are available now for all dates: click here.
Recording with Dave Fridmann at Tarbox Road Studios in Cassadaga, New York.
Photo credit: Jimmy Hubbard
Baroness return to Europe and the United Kingdom in August. Tickets available now: click here.
August 21 | Trondheim, Norway | Pstereo | Get Tickets
August 22 | Hasselt, Belgium | Pukkelpop Festival | Get Tickets
August 24 | Eindhoven, Netherlands | Dynamo | Get Tickets
August 25 | Utrecht, Netherlands | Tivoli de Helling | Get Tickets
August 26 | Bochum, Germany | Matrix | Get Tickets
August 27 | Tourcoing, France | Le Grand Mix | Get Tickets
August 29 | Reading, UK | Reading Festival | Get Tickets
August 30 | Leeds, UK | Leeds Festival | Get Tickets
Relapse has just gotten in represses of Blue Record, and the new vinyl colors are pretty great.
Head on over to the Relapse store to pick them up.
It might be time to straighten up.
Listen to Pete’s interview on The Orvis Company podcast: click here.
Pete’s segment begins just before the 37-minute mark.
Baroness performs “Green Theme” at The Casbah in San Diego, California on August 24, 2013. Filmed by Jimmy Hubbard
