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| Photo credit: Ebru Yildriz
Solthrust announced their upcoming US tour this week. They'll be taking the stage twice in New York. On March 3, they will be at Rough Trade NYC and the following night, March 4, they will be at Mercury Lounge. See below for details and tour dates.
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Ian Sweet / Surfbort
Friday, March 3
64 N 9th Street
Brooklyn, NY
Doors: 8PM / Show: 9PM
21+
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Ian Sweet / Mal Blum & The Blums
Saturday, March 4
217 E Houston Street
New York, NY
Doors: 9:15PM
21+
Slothrust released Everyone Else in October 2016. You can pick it up HERE.
With their long-awaited third album, Slothrust deliver ten riveting anthems that reward repeated listens. The songs grab the ear and pierce the psyche with complex arrangements and lyrical depth intensified by guitarist/vocalist Leah Wellbaum’s penetrating vocal delivery.
Slothrust is Wellbaum, Kyle Bann (bass), and Will Gorin (drums). The trio first staked out their unique strain of jazz- and blues-afflicted rock as students at Sarah Lawrence College. The band’s 2012 debut Feels Your Pain, and its successor 2014’s Of Course You Do, established the band as a breed apart, serving up deceptively clever epics that veer satisfyingly between incandescent riffing and pop hooks, winsome anxiety and powerful heft.
“People have always had trouble comparing us to other bands, but someone recently described us as Nirvana meets Wynton Marsalis, and I loved that,” says Wellbaum. Even the band’s name inspires a beat of thoughtful consideration as the eyes take in the letters and the brain makes its snap judgement: Slo Thrust? Slot Rust? Slo Trust? Sloth-Rust.
We all studied jazz and blues, so I often use chords and voicings that aren’t quite as conventional for contemporary rock,” she continues. “Certain harmonic movement can get stale, so I try to incorporate colorful notes to give it more depth. The improvisational spirit of blues music is also something we try to always keep with us, even in more composed playing. I am drawn to musicians a bit further outside of the rock tradition, such as John Fahey, Elizabeth Cotten, D'Angelo, and Portishead. Growing up I listened to a lot of R&B and classical music. And musicals."
- 03/01/17 Boston @ Brighton Music Hall*
- 03/02/17 Albany @ The Hollow*
- 03/03/17 Brooklyn @ Rough Trade*
- 03/04/17 New York @ Mercury Lounge*
- 03/06/17 Philly @ Johnny Brenda's#
- 03/07/17 Washington DC @ Black Cat Backstage#
- 03/09/17 Detroit @ Marble Bar#
- 03/10/17 Chicago @ Schuba's#
- 03/11/17 St. Louis @ Duck Room at Blueberry Hill#
- 03/12/17 Kansas City @ Tank Room#
- 03/15/17 Denver @ Larimer Lounge%
- 03/17/17 Boise @ The Olympic%
- 03/18/17 Portland @ The High Water Mark%
- 03/20/17 Seattle @ The Sunset%
- 03/22/17 San Francisco @ Bottom Of The Hill%
- 03/23/17 Los Angeles @ The Echo%
- 3/24/17 San Diego @ The Hideout%
* w/ IAN SWEET
# w/ And The Kids
% w/ Sons Of An Illustrious Father
