After months of slacking careful planning, The Death of a Party have finally put together a summer tour. Beginning at the end of July, the boys will be kicking around the country for a few weeks with fellow Oaklanders The Lovemakers.
Let’s hope all those people who come out in search of a sexy time with The Lovemakers don’t get too scared by The Death of a Party. Gareth can get pretty freaky with all that yelling and running around.
We’ve got our fingers crossed. Check out all details over on the band’s shows page.
We just got our hands on some video from the Death of a Party CD Release show that took place a couple weeks ago. Here’s the band covering David Bowie’s “Suffragette City” with some help from Scott Blonde of the Lovemakers.
This is new track “Miss Veronica” along with some footage on the on-stage dance party it inspired.
We have no idea how or why, but uber-respected music writer Greil Marcus decided to praise the new Death of a Party album in the new issue of Interview magazine. Here’s what he had to say:
“Four people from Oakland, California, gulping, shouting, delirious, only occasionally pulling back to gain an inch of perspective, running right over a cliff (“She’s too young to be sleeping with a married man, but you’re too old to care”), and then scrambling back up to try it again. The songs are all mysteries, hard to penetrate, full of allure, demanding you solve them.”
Thanks Greil. I guess we’re buddies now. Don’t let us forget to give you a giant high-five next time we cross paths.