CALEXICO
– NEW ALBUM ‘EDGE OF THE SUN’
TO BE RELEASED APRIL 13TH VIA CITY SLANG
– FIRST TRACK ‘CUMBIA DE DONDE’ ONLINE TODAY
– APPEARANCE AT CELTIC CONNECTIONS FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND
– ROUGH TRADE EAST INSTORE ON MONDAY
– FULL EUROPEAN TOUR IN APRIL
With an appearance at Glasgow’s Celtic Connections festival this weekend and a one-off Rough Trade East instore this coming Monday February 2nd,CALEXICO have confirmed details for their ninth studio album, shared a new track & announced full European tour dates for later in the year.
For the better part of two decades, the acclaimed band Calexico has crossed musical barriers, embracing a multitude of styles, variety in instrumentation, and well-cultivated signature sounds. With their forthcoming record ‘Edge of the Sun’, out April 13th via City Slang, they take inspiration from a trip to a place surprisingly unexplored by the band before in Mexico City, and with the benefit of many friends and comrades to help guide the way.
The first outside invitation came when the band’s Joey Burns was writing the track ‘Bullets and Rocks’ and recognized space for a former Calexico collaborator. “When putting vocals on that song, it immediately reminded me of the Iron & Wine feel,” says Burns. “So I texted Sam (Beam), who wrote back quickly and got it going.”
Encouraged by the experience, the guest list grew to include Ben Bridwell (Band of Horses), Nick Urata (Devotchka), Carla Morrison, Gaby Moreno, Amparo Sanchez, multi-instrumentalists from the Greek band Takim, and Neko Case. Burns’ brother John Burns lent a hand to some lyrics and songwriting, and the band’s keyboardist, Sergio Mendoza, stepped up to co-write and arrange certain songs, ultimately co-producing the album along with Burns, John Convertino, and longtime associate Craig Schumacher.
“Going to another city to jumpstart the creative process helped us to know what this record is about and where we are as a band, like an open canvas with few ties to normal routines when recording and writing,” says Burns.
Negotiating borders and the spaces within, then inviting others inside those edges: may be the recipe for Calexico’s success. As its empire expands and the familiar pieces join with fresh ideas and a new cohort to pass under wires and across fields and time, the band now finds itself here in 2015 on the solar precipice, navigating the edge and trying to find hope in that balance of darkness and light.
“The ‘edge of the sun’ could be coming from the direction of darkness seeking light, or riding the line between both,” says Burns. “All in all, this album is about pushing through the blue to brighter days. Calexico has always had that element of hope, going back and forth between a positive outlook and embracing desperate or dark themes that I think we all share.”
Cumbia de Donde’ is available now digitally and from next week on as a limited edition vinyl 7″.
‘Edge of the Sun’ will be available on CD, LP and all digital formats but also as a limited edition 2CD and a very limited edition colored Vinyl 2LP only available from City Slang and at selected Indie-Stores.
Pre-order links:
City Slang: http://smarturl.it/CalexicoEOTSLabel
Rough Trade: http://smarturl.it/CalexicoEOTS_RT
Amazon: http://smarturl.it/CalexicoEOTSAmazon
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/CalexicoEOTSiTunes
Calexico tour dates:
February
01 UK Glasgow – Celtic Connections
02 UK London – Rough Trade East Instore @ 7pm
April
14 DK Copenhagen – Amager Bio
15 DE Hamburg – Grosse Freiheit
16 NL Amsterdam – Paradiso
17 NL Eindhoven – Effenaar
18 DE Berlin – Heimathafen – SOLD OUT
20 DE Cologne – E Werk
21 DE Munich – Muffathalle
22 CH Zurich – Volkshaus
23 IT Milan – Fabrique
25 LX Luxembourg – Den Atelier
26 FR Paris – Le Trianon
27 BE Brussels – Ancienne Belgique
28 UK London – O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
30 UK Manchester – The Albert Hall
May
01 UK Liverpool – Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
02 UK Belfast – The Limelight
03 IR Kilkenny – Kilkenny Roots Festival
04 IR Dublin – Olympia Theatre
June
11 NO Bergen – Bergenfest 2015
13 NO Oslo – Norwegian Wood Festival
17 DE Heidelberg, Halle 02
18 DE Ulm, Ulmer Zelt
19 DE Duisburg – Traumzeit Festival
November
19 DE Berlin – Columbiahalle
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