Tove Lo will play a sold out First Avenue on 2/15

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When Swedish singer Tove Lo released her debut album “Queen of Clouds” in 2014 it was built on years of hard work as songwriter (and a previous band Tremblebee). She bacame known for her pop music style with darker, raw, grungy influences. “Lady Wood”, her second album, came out last fall and she is currently on a North American tour that will bring her to First Avenue on 2/15. That show has been sold out pretty much from the moment tickets went on sale, but keep and eye on First Ave’s social media for last minute tickets being released.

Lady Wood expands on its predecessor by being more conflicted, more nuanced, more feminist. “There’s no real word for, like, a girl getting a hard-on,” she says of the album name, its title track a percolating dismissal of mores. “I feel like it’s a powerful word that makes me laugh a little bit.” In Tove’s world, humor and heartache are essential components of life. “‘Lady Wood” describes the album well, because there’s a lot of passion-attraction songs—the leading-up-tothe-first-kiss moment, an intense high.”

The album is broken into two chapters: Fairy Dust and Fire Fade. “These are basically the emotional curves I go through when I’m chasing any kind of rush,” she says. This can refer to everything from romantic sparks to the feelings evoked when she’s on stage. “Playing the last song in my set, where I’m holding out the mic as everyone sings to me—that’s the ultimate high,” she says. “Then I run off stage, close my dressing-room door, and it’s just, like, quiet. You were in this rush, and now you’re like, ‘What just happened?’”

Tour Dates:
FEB 10 THE NOVO – W/ PHOEBE RYAN LOS ANGELES, CA
FEB 12 OBSERVATORY W/ MICHL SANTA ANA, CA
FEB 15 FIRST AVENUE – W/ PHOEBE RYAN MINNEAPOLIS, MN
FEB 16 HOUSE OF BLUES – W/ PHOEBE RYAN CHICAGO, IL
FEB 17 MASSEY HALLW/ PHOEBE RYAN TORONTO, CANADA
FEB 19 HOUSE OF BLUES – W/ PHOEBE RYAN BOSTON, MA
FEB 20 THE ELECTRIC FACTORYW/ PHOEBE RYAN PHILADELPHIA, PA
FEB 22 HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOMW/ PHOEBE RYAN NEW YORK, NY
FEB 24 9:30 CLUB – W/ PHOEBE RYAN WASHINGTON, DC

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