Thursday, May 5, 2011

Athens' Witches push debut LP to June 21 via Bakery Outlet Records (Des Ark, Holopaw); Share new track! Touring in Europe Now

Athens, GA's Witches push street date to June 21 via Bakery Outlet Records (Des Ark, Holopaw)!

On tour in Europe now

New MP3 - Witches - "Black Dog"
MP3 - Witches - "Creature of Nature"



Athens, GA's Witches will release their debut LP on June 21, 2011 on Bakery Outlet Records (Des Ark, Holopaw, Landlord, and more.)

Punk by allegiance and attitude, pop by virtue of their wistful melodicism, Witches are a band borne of singularly American originality. Cara Beth Satalino is a New York-born chanteuse with a rougher than typical edge. Michael Clancy, a fellow Yankee, is a self-taught drummer of natural ability and feel. Jared Gandy, veteran of Athens groups with both DIY punk and Elephant Six Collective pedigree alike, rounds out the band's lineup on bass guitar. The band takes touches of the Breeders' feminine boldness, Des Ark's brusque emotional stance, and the wide-open, true rock n' roll worldliness of Midwestern punk idols the Replacements.

Witches European Tourdates:
5/5-Germany, Münster @ Gleis 22 w/Forgetters
5/6-Germany, Braunschweig @ Nexus w/Forgetters
5/7-Germany, Göttingen @ T Keller w/Forgetters
5/8-Germany, Berlin @ Schokoladen w/Forgetters
5/9-Germany, Leipzig @ ZORO w/Forgetters
5/12-Germany, Potsdam @ Black Flag w/ Make Out!
5/13-Germany, Berlin @ Bei Roy w/ Sissters
5/14-Germany, Düsseldorf @ Brause (acoustic show)
5/15-Germany, Hannover @ Chez Heinz w/ Spanish Gamble
5/17-Denmark, Aalborg @ 1000 Fryd w/ Trophy Wife
5/18-Germany, Hamburg @ Flora w/ Trophy Wife
5/19-Germany, Bochum @ BHF Langdreer
5/20-Germany, Stuttgart @ Waggon
5/21-Germany, Darmstadt @ house show (acoustic show)
5/22-France, Lyon @ Le Tostaki w/12XU
5/23-Germany, Konstanz @ 9darter/basement
5/24-Germany, Munich @ Kafe Kult w/ Forgetters
5/25-Germany, Freiburg @ Slow Club w/ Forgetters
5/26-Germany, Trier @ Ex Haus w/ Forgetters, Versus You
5/27-Germany, Nürnberg @ K4 w/ Forgetters, Trophy Wife
5/28-Germany, Würzburg @ Cafe Cairo w/ Forgetters
5/29-Germany, Frankfurt @ IVI w/ Forgetters
5/30-Germany, Giessen @ AK 44 w/ Forgetters, Tom Mess
5/31-Germany, Cologne/Köln @ AZ

Which brings us to the centerpiece of Witches' appeal: Cara Beth Satalino is what puts the band over the top and sutures their songs into one's memory. She sings with simultaneous pointed honesty and dignified modesty. You can hear barbs and arrows in the songs that make up “Forever”, Witches' forthcoming full-length album, released on Bakery Outlet Records. Some are directed outwardly; others seem to take aim for the singer herself. All, however, hit their mark with a precision that warrants respect.

Witches have released tapes and seven inches on Vinyl Rites (Gainesville) and Salinas Records (Detroit), and have toured with Nana Grizol, Landlord, and Dead Dog. If they weren't in Witches, they would still be best friends.
-Jeff Tobias

http://witchesathens.blogspot.com/
http://myspace.com/witchestheband

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