Headed into their second decade, English rock group Band of Skulls released their 4th album “By Default” earlier this year and are currently on tour promoting it. They will be at the Fine Line this Sunday 9/11. Tickets are still available HERE.
They will be supported by Minneapolis’ own Murder Shoes one of First Avenue’s best new bands.
Produced by Gil Norton (Pixies, Foo Fighters, Patti Smith) and recorded at Rockfield Studios, By Default finds the band—Emma Richardson (bass, vocals), Russell Marsden (guitar, vocals) and Matt Hayward (drums)—following up on their acclaimed 2014 release, Himalayan, by making a conscious decision to take a step back from their relentless world-wide touring schedule, having never spent more than a month off the road in the last two years.
“We went back to square one,” says Hayward. In the church—between visits from the vicar, bringing tea and biscuits on his trolley—they found the new songs in hours of woodshedding on ratty old practice amps. “It’s definitely a new era,” says Marsden. “The first three records were like a trilogy, a piece of work in of themselves. We wanted to do those things, and we did them all. We took a breath, took a look at what we’d done, and started from scratch again.”
Image Credit: Andy Cotterill
Tour Dates:
September 6 Boston, MA Royale
September 7 Montreal, QC Corona Theatre
September 8 Toronto, ON The Opera House
September 9 Columbus, OH Skully’s Music Diner
September 10 Chicago, IL Metro
September 11 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music Café
September 13 Denver, CO Gothic Theatre
September 14 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
September 15-18 Victoria, BC Rifflandia
September 16 Vancouver, BC The Vogue Theatre
September 18 Seattle, WA The Showbox
September 19 Portland, OR Revolution Hall
September 21 San Francisco, CA Fillmore
September 23 Los Angeles, CA Wiltern
September 23-25 Las Vegas, NV Life is Beautiful
September 24 Solana Beach, CA Belly Up
September 26 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre
September 28 Austin, TX Antone’s
September 29 Dallas, TX Trees
September 30 Memphis, TN Minglewood Hall
October 1 Nashville, TN Exit/In
October 2 Atlanta, GA Terminal West
October 3 Durham, NC Motorco Music Hall
October 4 Washington D.C. Black Cat
October 6 New York, NY Terminal 5
October 7 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
