Brown Bird Release “Fits Of Reason” on April 2
“We’re showing a little bit more of our international influences,” explains guitarist/percussionist/singer/songwriter David Lamb. “We’ve been listening to a lot of ’60s and ’70s psych-rock from around the world – Pakistan, Peru, Cambodia, Egypt, Lebanon, Turkey – I’m playing electric guitar exclusively now and MorganEve has taken up electric bass on a few songs. There are hints of some of these influences on previous albums but Fits of Reason is stronger in that direction.
Lamb and MorganEve Swain (violin, cello, upright bass, electric bass, vocals) recorded the 11-song release during the Winter of 2012 at Machines With Magnets following an extensive touring schedule that had the pair joining The Devil Makes Three, Trampled By Turtles and Yonder Mountain String Band.
No Depression, speaking of 2011’s Salt For Salt, described the album as “an extended spiritual rave-up of folk and blues which rages darkly on, expressing the eternal human battle to remain relevant through conflict and challenge,” while NPR said “it’s challenging to describe the combination of blues riffs, country twang and Eastern European musical scales that pervade Salt for Salt. The effect, though, is easy to understand: It’s music that’s exciting and heartbreaking at the same time.”
Brown Bird will be touring North America extensively throughout 2013 with a new round of dates kicking off on Jan. 19 at Club Helsinki in Hudson, N.Y. An April 28 performance at the Stagecoach Festival has been confirmed.
Tour dates:
January 19 Hudson, NY Club Helsinki
January 20 Saranac Lake, NY Waterhole Upstairs
January 21 Syracuse, NY Westcott Theater
January 22 Buffalo, NY 9th Ward
January 23 Toronto, ON Horseshoe Tavern
January 25 Ann Arbor, MI Ann Arbor Folk Festival
January 26 Madison, WI Orpheum Theater *
January 27 Minneapolis, MN 7th St. Entry
January 29 Iowa City, IA The Mill
January 30 Chicago, IL Subterranean
January 31 Grand Rapids, MI Founders Brewing Company
February 1 Kalamazoo, MI Bell’s Eccentric Cafe
February 2 Indianapolis, IN White Rabbit Cabaret
February 5 Columbus, OH Rumba Cafe
February 6 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom
February 7 Washington, DC Black Cat
February 8 Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
February 9 Baltimore, MD 8×10
February 10 Arden, DE Arden Gild Hall
February 12 New York, NY Mercury Lounge
February 13 Brooklyn, NY Knitting Factory
April 28 Indio, CA Stagecoach Festival
* w/Trampled by Turtles and Carl Broemel (My Morning Jacket)