GOSPEL MUSIC TO SPREAD ITS CHARMING INDIE POP ON
FIRST-EVER NATIONAL TOUR; BAND READIES DIGITAL SINGLE "THIS TOWN DOESN'T
HAVE ENOUGH BARS FOR BOTH OF US," GIVES AWAY REMIX BY THE CANSECOS
DOWNLOAD "THIS TOWN DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH BARS FOR BOTH OF US" (THE CANSECOS REMIX)
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Gospel Music,
the musical alias of Jacksonville-based singer/multi-instrumentalist Owen
Holmes, is gearing up to spread its jangly indie pop story-songs of dive
bar romances, binge drinking, long-distance running, sharks, and gamophobia
on its first-ever coast-to-coast tour. The extensive 33-date run will kick
off May 1 in Atlanta and hit New
York, Boston and Philadelphia before heading west
for the band's debut performances in Los Angeles, Seattle, San
Francisco, and Portland among many other cities.
The six-week tour will then snake its way back across the U.S. and make its
way to Athens, GA where it will wind down on June 16.
Holmes and his full band are touring in support of his debut LP, How
To Get To Heaven From Jacksonville, FL released last fall on Kill
Rock Stars and called "quite possibly the year's most
underrated album" by MTV.com in their 2011 year-end
round-up.
In conjunction with the tour, Gospel Music has released How
To Get To Heaven... stand out "This Town Doesn't Have
Enough Bars For Both Of Us" as a three-song digital single on
iTunes and Bandcamp. The track is backed with remixes by Toronto disco
revivalists The Cansecos and Brooklyn synth duo Decades who
both transform the jaunty indie pop duet about running into your ex at your
favorite watering hole by injecting it with beats and synthesizers. Decades
offer up a new wave-inspired makeover fitting for the dark dance floor as
Holmes' talky baritone weaves in and out alongsideMadeline Long's
girlish coo. The Cansecos remix slows the tempo down, adds a skittering
electronic beat and makes Long's soothing vocals the focus point, both as a
cut-and-paste sample through out the song and as the lead vocal. The song is
available for free download at Gospel Music's Bandcamp:
http://gospelmusic.bandcamp.com/track/this-town-doesnt-have-enough-bars-for-both-of-us-the-cansecos-remix
How To Get To Heaven From Jacksonville, FL is
the debut full-length album from Holmes who also plays bass in Black Kids.
Released in October on Kill Rock Stars, the album is a charming 11-song
collection of wry, literate lo-fi indie pop about unrequited love, dive bars
and failed romance set over toy piano, banjo, acoustic guitar, organ ukulele,
bass and drums. Called "a lo-fi indie delight" by Magnet,
Gospel Music, whose name is a tongue-in-cheek nod to his bible belt
upbringing, has garnered comparisons to The Magnetic Fields, The Moldy
Peaches, Jonathan Richman and other purveyors of entertaining, heartbreaking
and poetic narratives. "Gospel Music spins lyrical witticisms, knowing
naiveté and basic, pure melodies into deadpan candy," exclaimed Orlando
Weekly while Under the Radar described the album as
a "jangly cross between Lou Reed and '80s Athens, GA college rock." The
LP picks up where Holmes left off with his acclaimed 2010 EP duettes,
a five-song collection of charming duets with members of Camera Obscura,
Vivian Girls, The Magnetic Fields, Hefner and French singer-songwriter SoKo
that Pitchfork described as "long on infectious
melodies but short on arty pretension...Fans of lo-fi pop would be
hard-pressed not to be won over by his lyrical specificity, melodic
infectiousness, and vocal collaborators."
GOSPEL MUSIC ON TOUR
May 1 - Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
May 2 - Durham, NC @ The Garage
May 3 - Washington, DC @ IOTA
May 4 - Brooklyn, NY @ Rock Shop
May 5 - New York, NY @ Cake Shop
May 7 - Boston, MA @ Middle East
May 8 - New Haven, CT @ Cafe Nine
May 9 - Philadelphia, PA @ M Room
May 10 - Greensboro, NC @ Green Bean
May 11 - Asheville, NC @ Emerald Lounge
May 12 - Jacksonville, FL @ Burro Bar
May 23 - New Orleans, LA @ All-Ways Lounge
May 24 - Houston, TX @ Mango's
May 25 - Austin, TX @ Frank
May 26 - San Antonio, TX @ The Ten Eleven
May 28 - Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room
May 29 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hotel Cafe
May 30 - San Francisco, CA @ Hotel Utah
May 31 - Portland, OR @ Ella Street Social Club
June 1 - Seattle, WA @ Vera Project
June 2 - Bremerton, WA @ Hi Fidelity
June 4 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
June 5 - Denver, CO @ Hi Dive
June 6 - Lawrence, KS @ Jackpot
June 7 - St. Louis, MO @ Foam
June 8 - Champaign, IL @ Mike N' Molly's
June 9 - Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
June 11 - Chicago, IL @ Schubas
June 12 - Indianapolis, IN @ Birdy's
June 13 - Cincinnati, OH @ Mayday
June 14 - Lexington, KY @ Green Lantern
June 15 - Nashville, TN @ The End
June 16 -Athens, GA @ Caledonia Lounge
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3 comments:
Love the review! If ya'll are interested, we covered their (incredibly fun) live show in Austin with video here: http://www.vespermagazine.com/blog/2012/06/18/new-pop-act-gospel-music-isnt-exactly-religious-video/.
Cheers!
Love the review! If ya'll are interested, we covered their (incredibly fun) live show in Austin with video here: http://www.vespermagazine.com/blog/2012/06/18/new-pop-act-gospel-music-isnt-exactly-religious-video/.
Cheers!
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