New York - The Lone Bellow recently announced their new album Then Came The Morning, to be released January 27, 2015 on Descendant Records. Aaron Dessner of The National produced the album. The Brooklyn-based indie-folk trio have just announced a coinciding tour that will begin February 23 and cover much of the midwest and east. Odessa will perform as the opener for the entire tour. Tickets go on sale this Thursday, November 21.
Lead vocalist and guitarist Zach Williams spoke with Best New Bands last month on a variety of topics including the new album. “This is the first record we’ve made where music is our full-time job. We found some great sounds in the old sanctuary where we made the record. We also recorded all the vocals together in one room. We made the record at Dreamland studios, which is an old forgotten church in Woodstock, NY. We finished it in Aaron’s garage. He brought such a weighty conviction to true sound and collaboration.”
The band has also revealed the album cover for Then Came The Morning. With all three band-members hailing from the South, they wanted something that evoked their memories of that childhood – growing up with “fake roses on the mantle, Elvis postcards on the fridge” as they sing in “Fake Roses.” To capture this they sent photographer Mackenzie Rollins on a road trip through the region. Her photographs are featured not only on the album cover, but throughout the booklet and as the singles artwork as well. Long before they combined their voices, the three members of the Lone Bellow were singing on their own. Brian Elmquist had been writing and recording as a solo artist for more than a decade, with three albums under his own name. Kanene Pipkin and her husband Jason were living in Beijing, China, hosting open mic nights, playing at local clubs and teaching music lessons. Zach began writing songs in the wake of a family tragedy: After his wife was thrown from a horse, he spent days in the hospital at her bedside, bracing for the worst news. The journal he kept during this period would eventually become his first batch of songs as a solo artist. Happily, his wife made a full recovery. Most fans were introduced to the trio by their 2013 self-titled debut LP. After two hard years of constant touring, the band was exhausted but excited. By 2014, they had written nearly 40 songs on the road and were eager to get them down on tape. After putting together a list of dream producers, they reached out to their first choice, The National’s Dessner, who has helmed albums by the L.A. indie-rock group Local Natives and New York singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten.
The Lone Bellow will be on tour throughout 2015. More dates to be added soon.
Nov 18 - The Kessler Theater – Dallas, TX
Nov 19 - The Parish – Austin, TX
Nov 20 - Fitzgerald’s Downstairs – Houston, TX
Nov 21 - Sam’s Burger Joint – San Antonio, TX
Dec 6 - Modlin Center For The Arts – Richmond, VA
Dec 9 – 20th Century Theater – Cincinnati, OH
Dec 11 - The Canopy Club – Urbana, IL
Dec 12 - Stoughton Opera House – Stoughton, WI
Dec 13 - Shakespeare’s Lower Level – Kalamazoo, MI
Dec 14 - The Ark – Ann Arbor, MI
Dec 15 - Music Box Supper Club – Cleveland, OH
Jan 17 - Cayamo Cruise 2014- Miami to St. Barts to St. Croix – Miami, FL
Feb 23 - Port City Music Hall – Portland, ME +
Feb 24 – ArtsRiot – Burlington, VT +
Feb 26 - Petit Campus – Montreal, QC +
Feb 27 - Lee’s Palace – Toronto, ON +
Feb 28 - Club @ Stage AE – Pittsburgh, PA +
Mar 1 - Radio Radio – Indianapolis, IN +
Mar 3 - Turf Club – St. Paul, MN +
Mar 4 - Lincoln Hall – Chicago, IL +
Mar 6 - Exit In – Nashville, TN +
Mar 7 - Headliners Music Hall – Louisville, KY +
Mar 8 - Old Rock House – St. Louis, MO +
Mar 10 - WorkPlay Theatre – Birmingham, AL +
Mar 11 - Terminal West – Atlanta, GA +
Mar 13 - The Hamilton – Washington, DC +
Mar 14 - The Southern – Charlottesville, VA +
Mar 24 - Underground Arts – Philadelphia, PA +
Mar 25 - Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY +
Mar 26 - Music Hall of Williamsburg – Brooklyn, NY +
Mar 27 - Paradise Rock Club – Boston, MA +
+ NEW DATES WITH ODESSA SUPPORTING