Gospel Music Announces Full US Tour, Gives Away Remix by The Cansecos

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)

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