Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/
album/5rw95JhsY105k1pyi9aUJW
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/theposies/squirrel-vs-snake
PRE-ORDER
Solid States on CD,
Vinyl LP &
Digital coming soon!
Rock ‘n’ roll has rarely been as smart, soulful or satisfying than it has in the hands of
The Posies. During an on/off career that’s stretched across four decades, the Seattle-rooted outfit, led by musical polymaths
Jon Auer and
Ken Stringfellow, have shaped and re-shaped their muse, creating one of the more compelling catalogues in modern pop.
With
SOLID STATES, their 8th album, the Posies mark dramatic changes in the lives, the music, the evolution of the band.
When the Posies long time drummer,
Darius, died suddenly and unexpectedly last year, Posies founding members Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow were devastated.
Hard as it was to continue without such a close friend and great musician, the moment called for a reinvention. For now… the idea of the band getting into a room and banging out the music, garage band style, was over. The ideas coming from Jon and Ken were fragile and the moods contemplative.
Death, divorce, loss. Even the joys of life are fleeting enough as to be treated with care and respect.
Of course, the Posies still retain their legendary melodic abilities, their trademark vocal harmonies and their lyrical agility.
The band has always been exploring, growing. The multiyear gaps between albums are typically spent in countless other projects that bring new skills, sounds, experiences and people to the picture. The band will present the album live in a new format, incorporating laptop elements along with guitars, keyboards and drums. As artists, the band feels it’s their duty to take risks and explore.
Download album track
Squirrel vs
Snake: https://soundcloud.com/theposies/squirrel-vs-snake
“SQUIRREL vs. SNAKE” is a state of the ‘disunion’ in the
USA and beyond… the disharmony, the threats to intellectual freedom, and the cynicism and lies we take for granted now in the age of doublespeak.
Solid States will be released on heavyweight vinyl LP, CD and digital on
British indie Lojinx on the
29th April 2016 in Europe. A pre-release tour edition, with bonus download tracks, will be available exclusively at live shows in
Europe throughout April.
Mar 29 Het Depot,
Leuven, Belgium
Mar 30
Cafe de Stam,
Joure, NL
Mar 31 Paard,
The Hague, NL
Apr 01 Gigant,
Apeldoorn, NL
Apr 02
Paradiso, Amsterdam, NL
Apr 03 De
Effenaar,
Eindhoven, NL
Apr 04
MTC,
Cologne, Germany
Apr 06
100 Club,
London, UK
Apr 08
Point FMR,
Paris, France
Apr 10
Monarch,
Berlin, Germany
Apr 12 Kägelbanan,
Stockholm, Sweden
Apr 13
John Dee,
Oslo, Norway
Apr 14
Nefertiti,
Gothenburg, Sweden
Apr 15
Mejeriet,
Lund, Sweden
Apr 16
Monkeys,
Hamburg, Germany
Apr 17
Tavastia,
Helsinki, Finland
Apr 19 Kafe Antzokia,
Bilbao, Spain
Apr 20 Sala
Arena,
Madrid, Spain
Apr 21
Razzmatazz 2,
Barcelona, Spain
Apr 22
Loco Club, Valencia,
Spain
Apr 23 Sala
Budokan,
Cartagena, Spain
Apr 24 Malandar,
Seville, Spain
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- published: 15 Mar 2016
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