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Penny Sparkle rolls into town!
Blonde Redhead have announced the North American leg of their Penny Sparkle tour.
The tour begins in mid-October and hits Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver (as below).
Opening the first half of the tour will be renowned German electronic musician and producer Pantha Du Prince, whose recent album, Black Noise, was released by Rough Trade records earlier this year.
There will be a pre-sale for many of the shows, where the password “Sparkle” should allow some to purchase tickets 48 hours prior to a given city’s general on-sale date. Go HERE
10/16 Montreal QC Metropolis*
10/17 Toronto ON Phoenix Concert Theatre*
11/21 Vancouver BC Commodore Ballroom
- denotes support from Pantha Du Prince.
Penny Sparkle is released on September 14th (13th outside the US), the band’s third for 4AD.
The disc marks another sonic twist Blonde Redhead’s already adventurous canon. It was made over the last year with the band journeying between New York and Stockholm to work with production duo Van Rivers and The Subliminal Kid (Fever Ray, Glasser). As with their previous album, 23, Alan Moulder (Depeche Mode, My Bloody Valentine, Yeah Yeah Yeahs) was enlisted to mix it.
Kazu Mazino from the band speaks of the record;
“I can’t say what Penny Sparkle is about just yet. I remember talking to Ed (from 4AD) one day and telling him that I had a vision that I was traveling to far away places to complete it. (Then) I landed in snowy slippery Stockholm….. and here.
I fell in love with the music like falling for someone you’ve known for a long time.
It was dreamy and sometimes was very stormy. At times I felt like a shepherd who was trying to herd five stallions into a yard (unsuccessfully). I felt like I was a link to everyone. I remained still and the others were constantly moving around it.
I am not sure what Penny Sparkle is but I hope I offered to them as much as they offered me. I know that we have never made a record this way and if I could go back in time, I would do it exactly the same way again.”
Penny Sparkle will come with beautiful packaging (including a deluxe CD format) as designed by long-time collaborators, Stefanie and David from Triboro Design.
You can download the album opener, ‘Here Sometimes’, from the band’s website now.
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