UME today announced that they will hit the road on a
second tour this summer, the previously announced co-headline tour with The
Life and Times in June and the newly revealed tour with Helmet and The Toadies.
Hailing from Austin, Texas, Ume is Lauren
Larson (Vocals, Guitar), Eric Larson (Bass), and Rachel
Fuhrer(drums). The trio's music is one of beautiful juxtapositions: the
loud and soft, the aggressive and eerie, buoyant melodies bursting through
wall-of-noise dissonance. Ume explores the artier, heavier side of
indie rock, post-punk, and alternative rock.
With Phantoms, their full-length album
released last August by Modern Outsider Records, Ume harnessed their carefully
crafted chaos into ten tracks, capturing the unhinged passion and raw catharsis
of their live shows while pushing their ever-evolving sound to impressive new
heights. Like a bridge between Black Sabbath and Bat For Lashes, the LP is
heavy, anthemic, beautiful and mesmerizing.
Ume has already garnered impressive reviews in the
media. Nylon declared, "this band is ready to break out in a
whole new way...A little like fuzzy shoegaze, raw garage rock and irresistible
pop all rolled into one fiery package," while Relix proclaimed the music
as "heavy rock and ethereal indie pop with deft precision, finding new
ground somewhere in between Warpaint, Metric and Mogwai." Ume recently
caught the attention of celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain who attended and taped
one of the band's many packed shows at SXSW for an upcoming episode of his TV
show No Reservations. To quote Bourdain, it was "... a shitload of rawk in
a tiny little room."
The band will be returning to the studio later this year
to record their next studio album.
UME Tour Dates
JUNE*
2nd-3rd
Houston,
TX
Free Press Houston Summerfeset
8th
Austin, TX
Red 7
11th
Phoenix,
AZ
The Rhythm Room
12th
Los Angeles,
CA
The Satellite
13th
San Francisco,
CA
Bottom of the Hill
15th
Portland,
OR
Bunk Bar
16th
Seattle,
WA
Barboza
18th
Salt Lake City,
UT
Urban Lounge
19th
Denver,
CO
The Walnut Room
JULY^
15th
Cincinnati,
OH
Bunbury Festival
21st
Pensacola Beach,
FL
Capt'n Fun Beach Club
22nd
New Orleans,
LA
Tipitina's
24th
Jacksonville,
FL
Jack Rabbits
25th
Ft. Lauderdale,
FL
Revolution
26th
St. Petersburg,
FL
State Theatre
27th
Orlando,
FL
House of Blues
28th
Atlanta, GA
The Masquerade
29th
Charlotte,
NC
The Fillmore Charlotte
31st
Silver Spring,
MD
The Fillmore
AUGUST
1st
Philadelphia, PA
Trocadero
2nd
New York,
NY
Webster Hall
3rd
Boston,
MA
Paradise Rock Club
4th
Rochester,
NY
Water Street Music Hall
5th
Lansing,
MI
Michigan Rock N Brew @ Adado
7th
Cleveland,
OH
House Of Blues
8th
Pontiac,
MI
The Crofoot Ballroom
9th
Chicago,
IL
House Of Blues
10th
Indianapolis,
IN
The Vogue
11th
Sauget,
IL
Pop's
12th
Kansas City,
MO
The Beaumount Club
*
Co-headlining dates with The Life and Times.
^
all dates with Helmet and The Toadies except July 15th
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