With their fourth album The Bloom and the Blight due for release Monday 8th October on FARGO RECORDS, Two Gallants have just unveiled a second track, ‘ My Love Won’t Wait’, from this much-anticpated release
Two Gallants have also just released an album trailer for the The Bloom and the Blight. Directed by Samuel Russell, the trailer features footage from the band’s May US tour dates in addition to clips of “My Love Won’t Wait”, first single “Broken Eyes,” album opener “Halcyon Days” and another album track “Ride Away”.
The Bloom and the Blight, the San Francisco-based band’s first for Fargo Records, will be released 8th October 2012. A special vinyl package will also be available at release: a 180 gram LP that comes with a bonus 7-inch, which includes a cover of Abner Jay’s “I’m So Depressed” and an etching by drummer Tyson Vogel as a B-side.
Known throughout their young career for a tireless touring schedule, Two Gallants will be embarking on a massive North American and European tour from September through to December, stopping off in the UK and Ireland for the below dates…
Thursday 25th October – DUBLIN – Whelan’s
Saturday 27th October – LIVERPOOL – Leaf
Sunday 28th October – NEWCASTLE – The Cluny
Monday 29th October – LEEDS – Cockpit
Tuesday 30th October – GLASGOW – King Tuts
Wednesday 31st October – MANCHESTER – Academy 3
Thursday 1st November – PORTSMOUTH – Wedgewood Rooms
Friday 2nd November – NOTTINGHAM – Rescue Rooms
Saturday 3rd November – BRISTOL – Fleece
Sunday 4th November – NORWICH – Arts Centre
Monday 5th November – CAMBRIDGE – Junction 2
Tuesday 6th November – LONDON – Electric Ballroom
The Bloom and the Blight is the work of a band that has matured and redefined itself, and the album is imbued with a palpable sense of personal catharsis. Opening tracks “Halcyon Days” and “Song of Songs” illustrate the type of build to explosion that’s omnipresent throughout the album, and the prowling “My Love Won’t Wait” – with a menacing chorus underscored by a pounding backbeat – is an epic, booming anthem. The gentler “Broken Eyes” – all voices, guitar, harmonica, and tambourine – has already become a fan favourite with its rousing, harmony-filled final verses, while the cinematic “Ride Away” soars on Adam Stephens’ raspy howl and Tyson Vogel’s relentless drumming. The songs have a dark side and a dynamic sonic heft, yet a sense of salvation and resolve courses throughout: an urgent, emotional poignancy stemming in part from Stephens’ recovery from a serious van accident in 2010.
Produced by John Congleton (The Walkmen, Explosions In The Sky, St. Vincent), The Bloom and the Blight in part shifts away from Two Gallants’ more folk and blues-based past, representing the duo’s ferocious live show and their past steeped in punk and grunge. The album simultaneously maintains the thoughtful storytelling and eloquent lyricism for which the band has become known, and contains gorgeous, quieter moments like the finger-picked ballad “Sunday Souvenirs” and the dreamy, unearthly “Decay”.
The Bloom and the Blight is Two Gallants not only pushing themselves to that next level, but also exploring a multitude of new directions along the way. “We went on different paths these past years,” explains Vogel, “but I think we share a common feeling, a commitment to try to transcend what we’ve gone through… and build something stronger out of it.”
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