DAN MICHAELSON AND THE COASTGUARDS
ALBUM ‘BLINDSPOT’ OUT 25 MARCH 2013 ON STATE 51 CONSPIRACY
SINGLE ‘SHEETS’ OUT 18 MARCH 2013 – WATCH VIDEO
LONDON SHOW NEXT WEEK + UK TOUR WITH BETH ORTON IN APRIL
“Dan Michaelson’s voice is the kind of thing you cling to in a storm: sturdy as an oak creaking with a certain humanity” Pitchfork New Music 2013
“The bard of British sadcore” Mojo 4/5 2013
“A life raft of poignant songs” Tank 2013
“Another artistic triumph for Michaelson’s rich melancholia. Heartbreak never sounded so warm and welcoming” Rough Trade 2013
Though Blindspot retains much of the sparse intimacy of its predecessor, here the introversion of Leonard Cohen’s Songs from a Room are combined with a widescreen cinematic ambition to form a visceral landscape of sound, swelling and blistering to bursting point with Cellos, French Horns and a scattergun of drums, almost celebrating victory before collapsing under Michaelson’s bare unarmed voice.
Dan Michaelson and The Coastguards have announced a London show:
15 March – London, St Pancras Old Church
They will the be joining Beth Orton on her UK Tour in April:
04 April – Bridport, Electric Palace
06 April – Cambridge, The Jusnction
08 April – Newcastle, Mill Volvo Theatre
09 April – Edinburgh, Liquid Room
10 April – Leeds, Irish Centre
13 April – Oxford, 02 Academy
15 April – Bristol, St Georges
16 April – Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms
17 April – London, Royal Festival Hall
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