ALPINE TO SUPPORT CRYSTAL FIGHTERS ON U.S. TOUR THIS JUNE
AUSTRALIAN OUTFIT MAKES U.S. DEBUT WITH A IS FOR ALPINE OUT MAY 21 ON VOTIV
BAND FEATURED ON NPR "WEEKEND EDITION SUNDAY"
ITUNES' AUSTRALIAN ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Lauded Australian band Alpine are set to support Spanish rockers Crystal Fighters on a U.S. run beginning in June.
Since forming, Alpine have toured extensively with the likes of Kimbra, Sia, Cloud Control, The Naked And Famous and Matt Corby.
Additionally, the band just wrapped their first U.S. tour including a stop at SXSW 2013, and has appeared at various festivals worldwide including Splendour In The Grass, Southbound and Falls Festival. See tour dates below.
A Is For Alpine, the debut album from the band, will be released stateside May 21, 2013 on Votiv. The new release, which was recently chosen as iTunes' Australian Alternative Album of the Year, has received early critical praise from KCRW, with Pitchfork calling it an "unforgettably light and charismatic gem" and NPR featuring the band on "Weekend Edition Sunday" (link below).
The latest video for the track "Seeing Red" sees the six piece literally launch themselves into space.
Alpine - "Seeing Red" video:
Alpine is Phoebe Baker and Lou James (dual vocals), Christian O'Brien (guitar), Ryan Lamb (bass), Tim Royall (keys) and Phil Tucker (drums). The new album was recorded in Melbourne with producer Dann Hume who helped the band experiment with sounds and textures. Of the record Lamb notes, "We wanted to represent the different sides of our music, so there's some sad moments, some dancey moments, some rocking out and lots of harmonies."
No strangers to the benefits of shared ideas and the collaborative process, Alpine's own methods for song writing reflect the strong and respectful working relationship they had with Hume. Baker describes the new album as the band's "innocent and not so innocent explorations through our twenty-something emotions."
"Floaty vocals and sparkly-sounding pop compositions that are…a real breath of fresh air." - NYLON
"…some of the most engaging female/male dual harmonizing heard in recent epochs." - LA Weekly
A IS FOR ALPINE tracklist:
1. Lovers 1
2. Lovers 2
3. Hands
4. Villages
5. Softsides
6. Seeing Red
7. Gasoline
8. All For One
9. Too Safe
10. In The Wild
11. The Vigour
12. Multiplication
Alpine June 2013 tour dates:
(Dates and information subject to change.)
June 1 San Diego, CA The Casbah*
June 4 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre*
June 5 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall*
June 7 Portland, OR Holocene*
June 8 Vancouver, BC Electric Owl*
June 9 Seattle, WA The Crocodile*
June 11 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge*
June 12 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge*
June 14 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall*
June 15 Toronto, ON The Hoxton*
June 17 Montreal, CA SAT*
June 18 Cambridge, MA The Sinclair*
June 19 New York, NY Webster Hall*
*supporting Crystal Fighters
Alpine - "Weekend Edition Sunday" on npr.org
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