LED TO SEA ANNOUNCES MORE TOUR DATES ON HER MEGA-TOUR WITH THAO AND MIRAH!
Led to Sea, the solo project of Seattle-based violist Alex Guy, has just announced a string of dates with her friends Thao (Nguyen, of Thao and the Get Down Stay Down) and Mirah! Recently, following five years of touring with Mirah, Laura Veirs, Thao Nguyen, the Degenerate Art Ensemble and Jason Webley, Alex recorded a gorgeous full-length called Into the Darkening Sky--beautiful orchestral and stripped-down songs for viola and voice. I'd love to get that to you in case you don't already have it. Guy has recorded as a violist and violinist on the albums of Xiu Xiu, the Pharmacy, The Dead Science and Parenthetical Girls. Over the last five years, she also has composed music for a number of theater and dance companies in Seattle, including Dead Bird Movement, Strawberry Theater Workshop and the Degenerate Art Ensemble. She's amazing on record, but live, she is absolutely MINDBLOWING. Rooms are silenced, jaws drop; it is nuts. There are a handful of live clips here.
Listen to the MP3 of "Is This The Last Time" HERE: http://riotactmedia.com/mp3/isthisthelasttime.mp3
LED TO SEA ON TOUR:
04.22.11 - Seattle, WA @ the Columbia City Theater sponsored by Northwest Folklife Festival
04.24.11 - Seattle, WA @ the Vera Project
05.01.11 - Los Angeles, CA @ the Troubadour*
05.02.11 - Santa Barbara, CA @ Soho*
05.03.11 - Oakland, CA @ the New Parish*
05.05.11 - Vancouver, BC @ the Biltmore*
05.06.11 - Bellingham, WA @ WWU*
05.07.11 - Seattle, WA @ the Crocodile*
05.08.11 - Portland, OR @ the Wonder Ballroom*
05.09.11 - Olympia, WA @ the Northern*
05.27.11 - Seattle, WA @ the Northwest Folklife Festival: 8pm @ the Center Court Stage
06.02.11 - Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center*
06.03.11 - Chicago, IL @ the Empty Bottle*
06.05.11 - Toronto, ON @ Lee's Palace*
06.07.11 - Boston, MA @ T.T. the Bear's*
06.08.11 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg*
06.09.11 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church*
06.10.11 - Washington, DC @ the Black Cat*
06.11.11 - Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506*
06.12.11 - Asheville, NC @ Grey Eagle*
06.13.11 - Atlanta, GA @ the Earl*
06.15.11 - St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway*
06.18.11 - Denver, CO @ High Dive*
06.19.11 - Albuquerque, NM @ Launch Pad*
06.20.11 - Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room*
06.21.11 - San Diego, CA @ the Casbah*
06.23.11 - San Francisco, CA @ the Great American*
All tour dates * with Thao & Mirah
PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF I CAN GET YOU ANYTHING/IF YOU CAN COVER THE SHOW.
Thanks!
Best,
Joan
WHAT FOLKS ARE SAYING:
"Alex Guy (as Led to Sea) is one of those artists, like St. Vincent or Andrew Bird, who approaches pop music with the eye of a classical composer, breaking down and rebuilding pop tropes into something resembling fine art. It's a constant balancing act, combining classical and pop. But in Led to Sea's case, Guy is able to have her cake and eat it too. " — Weekly Volcano
"Into the Darkening Sky is one of this year's most pleasant surprises...Led to Sea certainly deserves any attention she gets." — In Your Speakers
"...it'll likely be one of the records that local music critics will mention in their top lists at the end of the year. Alex Guy writes mostly viola-based songs are as unique as they are eerily lovely. Comparisons to Andrew Bird are bound to happen, but Led to Sea have a far more organic sound. The orchestration is light and the accompaniment is sparse but smartly put together. There isn't an overbearing moment in there. Go if only for the sake of watching a talented violist stun a talkative Seattle audience into silence." — Seattle Show Gal
"Led to Sea blew the audience away...You could identify people in the audience who had not seen her perform before because they were picking their lower jaws up off their tables. The performance was nothing short of enigmatic. The layered viola melodies coupled with an incredible voice was enough to hypnotize me for the duration of her set." — Bellingham Herald
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