New Headlining Tour Announcement
Thu Mar 10, 2011 7:39 am
Turning The Tide -
I'm sitting here hunched over my Wacom 21UX monitor drinking a freshly brewed urn of delicious Komodo Dragon coffee pondering which keys to finger-punch. A writer would know what to say. I'll just start punching.
First order: key in a new tag in my Trolleywood journal entry (admin): TheValley. Would you believe me if I told you I thought this day would never come? Good. Don't. It was a long wait and I for 6 am thankful.
The Valley - Let's hype a bit.We're not on the super highway here in the T-wood. Billboard: #8 Top Internet Albums, #12 Indie Album, #23 Alt Albums, #75 Top 200. Also: iTunes spotlight for week 2! http://bit.ly/dOxUcW For those who care about sales (not many do anymore), I'll just say - the numbers were the same # as first week sales on "Combinations". You have to put it into context... that was 4 years ago before the industry tanked (most estimate it's down by 1/2 since then). Also, that was before we went invisible for 2+ years... (ahh!) and that was on a major. This is on a small indie. So... yep. Really thankful. EVR says it's the equivalent of selling twice the # as we did on Combinations. It's not really about numbers for us but - just thought some of you would be curious. Small victories. Tiger blood.
Tour Name - We submitted for creative help (as has oft' been the trend of late. 680 great ideas came in. Thank you!), I picked something, created a poster and sent it to the band. My random choice was "Starlight and Fireflies"... seemed cool enough, partial excerpt from Mr Moon... I wasn't really solid - but Eisley saw it and said, "ahh, we LOVE the poster!!! but...meh, the name might be too girlie. How 'bout _______" (insert name) instead. Yup. Sherri re-named the tour after seeing the design with Mr Moon and the water. [manager/designer note:] I could have said, "hey, we need a name for this tour " first and there would have been shrieking and gnashing of teeth. haha. 13 years of working with them in this capacity provides a map for work-flow and process. Get a graphic and everyone see's the vision.
The name has obvious ties w/ the record, where the band is... it's an emergent theme, blah, blah... Fair enough?
DATES - Another tour. Can you believe it? I can't. I can (sips more coffee). I know some of you will be disappointed. NO! Stop it. I'm sorry. This body can only cry for so long... and if you want to blame me, then go on I'm smiling now 'cause there'll be another tour that covers the voids we leave on this tour... I'm dumber than you think [you found out...].
Bamboozle!! yeah. A real festival. We'll use this one as a hook to get back into festival grace. Those suckers are difficult without 'a story' and industry hype. Being invisible sucked but the tides are turning.
Who's freaking out about Bledfest? haha. NOOooo! Don't. Well, here's what the head guy said: You're looking at it and saying "Holy sh_t, that's a lot of metal, hardcore, and pop-punk bands. And man, that's a really stupid name but it's actually short for "Big Love's Educational Festival", which started 7 years ago as a house show. The name's just kind of stuck. It's traditionally been a festival aimed at the Warped Tour demographic, but we've slowly been pulling it back a bit and having more diverse bands play. This year, we've dedicated a new sixth stage (in about a 800 seat auditorium) to indie, post-rock, folk, and acoustic acts. It's been a tough sell for me to get anyone national, but we've got a lot of great regional and local acts. I'm looking for someone to headline that stage." I loved that so I quoted him. Hey, it's a show and bands play shows. I don't care if you're hardcore or goon-core or pop-core... so-core, more-core > a special kind of music is for you. youcore.
The Narrative - They're indie-pop kids from New York. Kind of reminds me of post-Copeland: "States" which is now female fronted... only these guys trade off - guy/girl. They have a full band but are doing this acoustic. They're catchy. Think you'll like it. http://on.fb.me/i7rBr6
Christie DuPree I don't know who she is. Someone suggested her. Oh, it was her sisters I think. She has a new band fb page w/ a newly added 'band page" (SoundCloud songs): http://on.fb.me/eZni71 Leave her a comment.
Press Release
Eisley Hits The Road -- And The Charts
Eisley will launch a six-week U.S. headlining tour in late April, supporting their third album, The Valley (Equal Vision Records). The Turning Tides Tour kicks off April 26 in Atlanta, and the run of club dates will also include a set at The Bamboozle Festival in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on May 1 and a headlining slot at Bled Fest in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on May 28. See reverse for a complete list of dates.
The Valley debuts this week at #75 on the Billboard 200 Current Albums chart and also hit #5 on Amazon MP3's Top 10 Album Chart for the week and #3 on Amazon's New Albums chart.
Reviews of the album have been universally positive. The Big Takeover has already declared it "one of the best albums of 2011," while Creative Loafing Tampa said, "Eisley comes off as more orchestrated, more mature, and more inspiring than ever." Under The Radar said that "the tunes are imminently enjoyable and the interplay among the DuPrees' voices is always thrilling." The Boston Globe wrote, "In almost every Eisley song, there's something -- a turn of phrase or a curl of the melody or a shift of the chords -- that doesn't go quite where you'd expect it to. [There's a] sense of shining a light into corners to which most acts don't bother paying attention." And AbsolutePunk.net said, "Even when I write that The Valley is the band's best album yet, it still feels like a huge understatement - like I'm not giving the album enough credit. Just believe this: The Valley is an album that will stick with you."
Wed, March 16: Paste magazine party @ 508 E 6th St, 6:30 PM
Wed, March 16: SXSW showcase @ Barbarella Patio, 611 Red River St, 11 PM
Thur, March 17: Equal Vision Records party @ Dirty Dog Bar, 505 E 6th St, 4 PM
Fri, March 18: Pure Volume House, 504 Trinity St, 4 PM
Eisley - "Turning Tide Tour" Dates:
April 26 Atlanta, GA Vinyl
April 27 Carrboro, NC Cats Cradle
April 28 Vienna, VA Jammin' Java
April 29 Charlottesville, VA The Southern
May 1 East Rutherford, NJ The Bamboozle Festival
May 2 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall
May 3 Wilmington, DE World Cafe Live
May 6 Kansas City, MO Beaumont Club
May 10 Tucson, AZ Club Congress
May 11 Phoenix, AZ Martini Ranch
May 12 San Diego, CA Delta Room @ House of Blues
May 15 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
May 16 San Francisco, CA Slim's
May 17 Santa Cruz, CA Rio Theatre
May 19 Seattle, WA Neumos
May 20 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
May 21 Boise, ID The Venue
May 24 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
May 25 Milwaukee, WI The Rave Bar
May 26 Chicago, IL The Bottom Lounge
May 27 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
May 28 Grand Rapids, MI Bled Fest @ Hartland PAC
May 30 Nashville, TN 12th & Porter
May 31 Birmingham, AL WorkPlay Theatre
June 1 New Orleans, LA The Parish @ HOB
June 3 Houston, TX Warehouse Live Studio
June 4 Dallas, TX Granada Theater
We have a few college shows tossed in there that don't appear because they're exclusive to the students.
Anyway... more updates as I get them. Thanks for everything guys. You are the core base to Eisley's core music. That's socore of you.
bye for now.
boyd
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