ANNOUNCE SUMMER TOUR WITH BIG UPS FIST & PALM OUT NOW ON DOUBLE DOUBLE WHAMMY
Today, Bellows has released a music for “Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter,” from their their 2016 album, Fist & Palm. Stereogum premiered the Richard Gin-directed video, which was shot every day over the course of a year in the same exact spot on a hill in Sunset Park in Brooklyn, NY.
On Bellows’ third full-length album, Fist & Palm, Oliver Kalb experiments with aggressive sequenced drums and electronic sounds, taking as much influence from contemporary pop as from early 2000’s Pacific-Northwest lo-fi. Fist & Palm is available now via Double Double Whammy.
Bellows has also announced a Summer tour with Big Ups. All dates below.
TOUR DATES:
7/15 – Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right
7/16 – Boston, MA @ ONCE Ballroom +
7/17 – Montreal, QC @ La Vitrola +
7/18 – Toronto, ON @ Smiling Buddha +
7/19 – Detroit, MI @ Marble Bar +
7/20 – Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen +
7/21 – Cleveland, OH @ Mahall’s +
7/22 – Columbus, OH @ Double Happiness +
7/23 – Nashville, TN @ The East Room +
7/24 – Atlanta, GA @ Aisle 5
7/25 – Orlando, FL @ Will’s Pub
7/27 – Richmond, VA @ Gallery 5
7/28 – Washington, DC @ Songbyrd *
7/29 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Sound Hole *
+ w/ Big Ups
* w/ Fraternal Twin & Stolen Jars
ABOUT BELLOWS:
Bellows is the bedroom-recording project of songwriter and producer Oliver Kalb. The sound of Bellows is sensory and delicate, subtle and quiet but erupting with frantic wobbling drums, large orchestral sections and bursts of noise that push the conventions of pop and folk. Started in late 2010 in a dorm room at Bard College, Bellows has since blossomed from solo recording experiment into a large-scale rock band, employing the help of The Epoch collective to bring Kalb’s intimate home recordings to life on stage. The live band features Gabrielle Smith (Eskimeaux), Felix Walworth (Told Slant) & Henry Crawford (Small Wonder), each of whose particular sensibilities work to translate Bellows’ intimate recordings into sweeping, loud, and intense live performances.
Bellows’ sophomore record, Blue Breath, was recorded over the course of three years, in five bedrooms across the country, and was released in 2014 by Dead Labour. The record was recorded by layering dozens of strange sounds over would-be humble folk songs, the result being a soaring pop record that treads the line between minuscule and gigantic. Blue Breath was named one of Bob Boilen of NPR’s All Songs Considered’s favorite records of 2014.
Bellows’ upcoming third album, Fist & Palm, marks a drastic change in Kalb’s sound. Mixed by Jack Greenleaf (Eskimeaux, Sharpless), the record experiments with aggressive sequenced drums and electronic sounds, taking its influence as much from contemporary pop as it does from early 2000’s Pacific-Northwest lo-fi. Fist & Palm will be released on September 30th, 2016 by Double Double Whammy.
BELLOWS
FIST & PALM
DOUBLE DOUBLE WHAMMY
SEPTEMBER 30, 2016
PURCHASE THE ALBUM
1. You Are A Palm Tree
2. Orange Juice
3. Thick Skin
4. Bummer Swells
5. Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
6. O Joy
7. A Sordid Ending
8. Bully
9. Beauty
10. Dark Heart
11. From The Palms
BELLOWS
DOUBLE DOUBLE WHAMMY
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