What is time? Is it made of anything? Is it just a human construct, or something more fundamental? These are probably some of the many questions you found yourself pondering over the last two human years/14 dog years/25 cat years since Grails last toured the United States. Well, I’m here today to tell you to cut that shit out! No more pondering! You’re probably thinking, “Why should I listen to you, you big dumb failure of a music writer?” and while your point is fair, I actually have two pretty convincing reasons:
1. Deep pondering like this will get you absolutely nowhere at parties. Honestly, it’s because of pondering like this that you haven’t been in a fulfilling romantic relationship for the last three-and-a-half human years/24.5 dog years/31 cat years. Ponder on that one, you big joker!
2. Grails are actually touring again, rendering all of your pondering straight-up redundant anyway (I for one am willing to guess that the guys in Grails do enough pondering for all of us, what with the instrumental space rock vibe they’re usually sporting).
And what’s more (if that’s seriously not enough for you), Grails are touring with fellow deep thinkers Wrekmeister Harmonies and Lilacs & Champagne. Wrekmeister Harmonies have got a new full-length of their own, You’ve Always Meant So Much to Me, out now on Thrill Jockey Records. Lilacs & Champagne, the Grails side project fronted by Emil Amos and Alex Hall, also just put out a new full-length this year on Mexican Summer entitled Danish & Blue (you can let your eyes feast upon a video for the Lilacs & Champagne track “Sensations” below. Warning: there’s a bit of “nudity” in it, so maybe try to “accidentally” turn it on while everybody’s in your office, just for a laugh).
Grails themselves are a little sparse in the whole “putting out full-lengths in 2013” department, but that doesn’t mean you can’t revisit 2011’s Deep Politics (TMT Review) or 2012’s Black Tar Prophecies Vol. 5. You could also maybe go see them live, since, in case you forgot while you were doing all that “deep-thinking,” that’s pretty much the point of tours.
09.10.13 - Nashville, TN - The End *
09.11.13 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl *
09.12.13 - Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 *
09.13.13 - Baltimore, MD - Metro Gallery *
09.14.13 - Philadelphia, PA - Boot and Saddle *
09.15.13 - New York, NY - St. Vitus *
09.16.13 - Boston, MA - Great Scott *
09.17.13 - Montreal, Quebec - Il Motore *
09.18.13 - Toronto, Ontario - The Drake *
09.19.13 - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick Lounge *
09.20.13 - Chicago, IL - Beat Kitchen *
09.21.13 - Lexington, KY - Boomslang Festival
* Lilacs & Champagne, Wrekmeister Harmonies
• Grails: http://www.grailsongs.com
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