THE LOW ANTHEM SET THEIR SIGHTS ON SUMMER, NONESUCH RECORDS DEBUT, OH MY GOD, CHARLIE DARWIN OUT THIS WEEK

THE LOW ANTHEM SET THEIR SIGHTS ON SUMMER, NONESUCH RECORDS DEBUT, OH MY GOD, CHARLIE DARWIN OUT THIS WEEK!

Rhode Island-based trio The Low Anthem have mapped out their summer touring schedule in support of their Nonesuch Records debut, Oh My God, Charlie Darwin, out this week! The band’s celebrated independent release now has an updated track sequence and packaging for its Nonesuch release, and has been remastered by Gateway’s Bob Ludwig.

With three performances in three days at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival this week and a headlining gig at New York City’s Bowery Ballroom on Monday, June 15 (Tickets are $13/$15 dos), The Low Anthem have set the stage for an impressive Summer 2009. Check out the band’s recent interviews and performances on the New York Times Popcast and Baeble.

Oh My God, Charlie Darwin was co-produced by The Low Anthem and Jesse Lauter. The band, Lauter, and several good friends went to Block Island, RI, for ten cold days in January 2008. They brought recording equipment along on the ferry ride and made the album in an empty summer cabin. Among the 27 instruments on the record are zither, pump organ, Tibetan singing bowl, and an oil drum. The Low Anthem pays homage to two heroes with the record’s only cover, a one-take rendition of “Home I’ll Never Be,” with words by Jack Kerouac and music by Tom Waits.

“stately…lyrics contemplating faith, loss, destruction and self-destruction.” – New York Times

“stunning…they deserve everything said about them.” – BBC

“…the Low Anthem craft homemade, warm hearted Americana populated by train workers and road trippers on their second album, Oh My God, Charlie Darwin.” – Rolling Stone

“At times languid and haunting, but with detours into Tom Waits-esque stomping and hollering, The Low Anthem’s music seems equally informed by Simon & Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, The Band and a late-night ride home in Joni Mitchell’s car.” – NPR

“Recalling Fleet Foxes, Tom Waits and Iron and Wine, New England trio The Low Anthem employ affecting harmonies, earthly blues, folk instrumentation and high levels of imaginative sympathy for songs that compare the godly existence against ones live without faith.” – Q Magazine

“…[The Low Anthem are] constantly mixing up tempo, volume and instrumentation, but always in lock-stop harmony, like a beautifully turned double play.” – Paste

The Low Anthem Summer Tour:

06/11 – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music Festival – That Tent
06/12 – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music Festival – Sonic Stage
06/15 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom w/Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons
06/18 – Cambridge, MA @ The Brattle Theatre w/Anais Mitchell
06/23 – London, UK @ Union Chapel
06/26 – Glastonbury, UK @ Glastonbury Festival
06/27 – Glastonbury, UK @ Glastonbury Festival
06/28 – London, UK @ Hard Rock Calling
07/04 – London, UK @ O2 Wireless Festival
07/04 – Utrecht, NL @ Tivoli
07/25 – Philadelphia, PA @ XPonential Music Festival
08/01 – Newport, RI @ Newport Folk Festival
08/04 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Cafe w/Joe Pug
08/06 – Indianapolis, IN @ Locals Only w/Joe Pug
08/08 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
08/10 – Newport, KY @ Southgate House w/Langhorne Slim
08/11 – Nashville, TN @ The Basement w/Langhorne Slim
08/12 – Asheville, NC @ Grey Eagle Tavern w/Langhorne Slim
081/4 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 w/Langhorne Slim
08/15 – Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar w/Langhorne Slim
08/16 – Philadelphia, PA @ Philadelphia Folk Festival
08/29 – Plymouth, MA @ Plymouth Waterfront Festival
09/04 – Stradbally, IE @ Electric Picnic
09/11 – Dorset, UK @ End of the Road Festival
09/12 – Dorset, UK @ End of the Road Festival
09/13 – Isle of Wight @ Bestival
10/02- Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits