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ALBUM STREAM: America -
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America cover art (above)
Dan Deacon photo by Shawn Brackbill (below)
Dan Deacon's new album, his first for Domino, is called America and
it's out next Tuesday, Aug. 28. NPR is streaming the album in full here and they also provided this excellent
description of the record on their site:
"America is an album packed with melody
and noise, minimalism and excess, harshness and beauty - sometimes all the
same time. Dan Deacon's music is steeped in pop, electronics and classical
music, making this record an absolute adventure.
Deacon spent time studying composition and electronic
music at Purchase College, State University of New York. He was encouraged to
be playful at a time when minimalism was already having an impact on not only
new classical music but pop music like the Talking Heads and rap. And you can
hear all of that on this album - those modal forms, hypnotic drones and
fierce beats. And there are simplistic and lulling marimba sounding rhythms
on this record made of what sounds like cello, piano and percussion. And make
no mistake, there's electronics - gigantic, walloping walls of sound that
grate and enchant, gnaw and delight.
Side One of America is the pop side, and
here Deacon has played with his singing style somewhat. In the past, it's
fair to say, it was more chant and repetition; onAmerica it can
be more word driven. And even when the music is dense, there's more space.
The sounds are more clearly defined and the total is experience less exhausting
and more exhilarating. It's still intense, but it's friendlier.
Side Two is a piece in 4 parts. The piece is called USA, a
play on the name of an old favorite band of Dan's called the USAISAMONSTER.
The band had done an epic concert at his home, Baltimore's Wham City, and
that inspired Deacon to compose something very very big. It's a piece of
music that made him feel happy to be living in America. It's devoid of
politics and celebrates the land.
America is not a one-listen record. You have
the whole week to sink your teeth into this, so take the time and do it. If
the sounds feel brash, let them wash over you. This album is worth the
ride."
DAN DEACON
08/29 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom &
08/30 Columbus, OH - The Bluestone &
08/31 Indianapolis, IN - Earth House & 09/01 Chicago, IL - North Coast Music Festival * 09/02 Saint Louis, MO - Firebird & 09/03 Louisville, KY - Kentucky Museum of Arts and Crafts & 09/04 Nashville, TN - Exit In & 09/05 Huntsville, AL - Flying Monkey & 09/06 Knoxville, TN - Pilot Light & 09/07 Raleigh, NC - Hopscotch Music Festival * 09/08 Charlottesville, VA - Jefferson Theater & 10/03 Richmond, VA - Gallery 5 & 10/04 Greensboro, NC - The Blind Tiger & 10/05 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel & 10/06 Atlanta, GA - Terminal West & 10/08 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree & 10/09 New Orleans, LA - Le Maison & 10/10 Houston, TX - Fitzgerald's & 10/11 Austin, TX - Beauty Ballroom & 10/12 Dallas, TX - Club Dada & 10/13 Norman, OK - Opolis & 10/16 Sante Fe, NM - Sol Sante Fe & 10/18 Phoenix, AZ - The Crescent Ballroom & 10/19 San Diego, CA - Irenic & 10/20 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre & 10/22 Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst Club & 10/23 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall & 10/25 Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater & 10/26 Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Cabaret & 10/27 Seattle,WA - Neptune & 10/29 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court & 10/31 Denver,CO - Bluebird Theater & 11/02 Lawrence, KS - The Granada Theatre & 11/03 Minneapolis, MN - The Cedar & 11/05 Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre & 11/08 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick & 11/09 Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace & 11/10 Montreal, QC - SAT & 11/11 South Burlington, VA - Higher Ground & 11/12 Portland, ME - SPACE Gallery & 11/13 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club & 11/14 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg & 11/15 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer & 11/16 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom & 11/17 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club & 12/06 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder 12/09 Jacksonville, FL - Underbelly 12/10 Savannah, GA - Safe // Sound 12/11 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club 12/13 Pensacola, FL - Handlebar 12/14 Gainesville, FL - Double Down Live 12/15 Tampa, FL - Crowbar
& = Dan Deacon Ensemble w/ Height With Friends,
Chester Endersby Gwazda, Alan Resnick
* = solo set
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