Laura Stevenson & the Cans set out to tour the US in advance of Sit Resist, out via Don Giovanni Records on April 26th!
Brooklyn's Laura Stevenson & the Cans are an incredible live band! They're hitting the road in advance of their upcoming sophomore release, Sit Resist (their first for Don Giovanni) and the next two months will see them covering massive stretches of US pavement. Live, the band centers their songs around Stevenson's gorgeous voice and wraps it with rich instrumentation and textured melodies. For press and photo passes, interviews or anything else, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
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Live photos from their set at the sold out Don Giovanni Showcase at the Music Hall of Williamsburg at Brooklyn Vegan and Impose Magazine
Tour Dates:
02.24.11 - Ithaca, NY @ Delilah's
02.25.11 - New Paltz, NY @ Elting Library
03.06.11 - Purchase, NY @ Purchase College Co-op
03.07.11 - Pittsburgh, PA @ 222 Ormsby
03.08.11 - Cleveland Heights, OH @ Grog Shop
03.09.11 - Oberlin, OH @ Cat In The Cream
03.10.11 - Lansing, MI @ Mac's Bar
03.11.11 - Columbus, OH @ Rumba Cafe
03.12.11 - Normal, IL @ Firehouse Pub
03.13.11 - St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway
03.15.11 - Little Rock, AR @ White Water Tavern
03.16.11 - 03.19.11 - Austin, TX @ SXSW
03.16.11 - Austin, TX @ the Ghost Room at Riot Act Media Day Party
03.20.11 - Hot Springs, AR @ Valley Of The Vapors Festival
03.22.11 - Louisville, KY @ Keswick Democratic Club
03.23.11 - Newport, KY @ Southgate House
03.24.11 - Erie, PA @ the Crooked
03.25.11 - Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place
03.26.11 - Philadelphia, PA @ the Fire
04.11.11 - Athens, GA @ Go Bar
04.14.11 - New Orleans, LA @ The Parish at House Of Blues
04.15.11 - Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald's Downstairs
04.16.11 - Austin, TX @ Emo's (Inside)
04.17.11 - Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves
04.19.11 - Phoenix, AZ @ Hard Rock Cafe
04.20.11 - San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
04.21.11 - Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
04.26.11 - Seattle, WA @ The Vera Project
04.27.11 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
04.28.11 - Boise, ID @ The Venue
04.29.11 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Bar Deluxe
05.01.11 - Lawrence, KS @ Jackpot Music Hall
05.02.11 - St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway
More Info:
Laura Stevenson was schooled in the traditional music of her grandfather and grandmother (composer of "The Little Drummer Boy" and vocalist for the Benny Goodman Orchestra respectively) from an early age. It wasn't until she started performing with Bomb The Music Industry in her teens, that she began writing on her own. Privately crafting songs on the softer side of indie rock and traditional folk, Stevenson was soon tapped as the band's opener and, with the addition of Mike Campbell and Alex Billig in 2007, Laura Stevenson and the Cans solidified. The following debut LP, A Record, won them fans far and wide having been downloaded over 25,000 time since it's 2008 release.
Sit Resist, an album centered around never sitting stagnant, sees a matured band that has been continuously at work writing, arranging and touring for the past three years. Lyrically, Stevenson's pen has a sharp, poetic tone, making it impossible not to be taken in by her stories. Where A Record crackled with Stevenson's intimate voice alongside gentle acoustics, begging the listener nearer, Sit Resist commands the attention of all within earshot with its rich instrumentation and textured melodies.
Over the course of the album's thirteen songs, you'll hear the band weld a variety of musical styles that dreamily caress and nurture one another into a wholly unique rendering of Americana. "Master of Art" with its Phil Spector-esque, girl-group tease of an intro, explodes with the energy of Stevenson's voice - an instrument that is as strong as it is lovely. "Caretaker" conjures up ghosts and memories of homes inevitably / regrettably left behind. You'll find major-key resolution in the juxtaposed tale that is "The Healthy One," and "I See Dark" waltzes you, dear listener, into the lonely night, hand-in-hand.
The overall effect achieved by Laura Stevenson & the Cans is an album that's as invigorating and life-affirming as it is quietly emotional and delicate. This is an intelligent, literate album crafted of fragments of fleeting memories of time and place, yet it manages to convey volumes. Sit Resist is a true piece of art! Out April 26th via Don Giovanni Records.
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