LAURA STEVENSON ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM WHEEL
OUT APRIL 23RD ON DON GIOVANNI RECORDS
7" EP RELEASE SHOW FOR FIRST SINGLE "RUNNER"
FEBRUARY 8TH AT MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG
PRE-ORDER NOW
STREAM/DOWNLOAD "RUNNER" AT PITCHFORK
ANNOUNCING SPRING TOUR DATES AND SXSW
Laura Stevenson is thrilled to announce the release of her newest full-length album Wheel, out April 23rd on Don Giovanni Records (Screaming Females, Hilly Eye). Wheel features strings by Grammy award winning violinist Rob Moose (Bon Iver, Antony And The Johnsons), brass accompaniment from Kelly Pratt (Beirut, Arcade Fire, David Byrne and St. Vincent), and was produced and mixed by Kevin McMahon (Swans, Titus Andronicus, Frightened Rabbit, Real Estate).
Stream/Download "Runner" via Pitchfork
The Brooklyn based artist will also release a three song 7" EP for the album's first single "Runner" with a release party at Music Hall of Williamsburg on February 8th. In March she and her band will take to the road, playing dates throughout the east coast and southern states with a stop at SXSW along the way. Upcoming tour dates below.
Pre-Order the "Runner" 7" EP on Don Giovanni, iTunes
Laura Stevenson was born and raised on Long Island with music in her blood. Her grandfather Harry Simeone a successful composer ("Little Drummer Boy", "Do You Hear What I hear") and her grandmother Margaret McCravy (stage name McCrae) a singer for bandleader Benny Goodman. On Wheel she pours geography and heritage into the record, tackling family dynamics of dependence and support, and the feelings of isolation and insignificance that she has experienced while growing up surrounded by a vast body of water on a planet surrounded by an endlessly expanding universe. The album is also about coming to terms with these relationships and feelings, as well as her own and other's mortality. Many of the lyrics on the album explore these themes before coming back to an understanding and acceptance of our place in the world, the short time we will spend here, and the people we end up sharing it with.
Upcoming Tour Dates:
FEBRUARY
08 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg ("Runner" 7" EP Release Show)
MARCH
09 - Silver Spring, MD - The Fillmore
10 - Cincinnati, OH - Southgate House
13-16 - SXSW 2013
17 - Hot Springs, AR - Low Key Arts
18 - Decatur, AL - Excalibur
19 - St. Louis, MO - The Firebird
20 - Columbus, OH - Rumba Café
21 - Rochester, NY - The Bug Jar
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