Margot and The Nuclear So and So's premiered a full album stream of their upcoming LP Rot Gut, Domestic, today exclusively on Spotify. Produced by John Congleton (St. Vincent, Bill Callahan, The Walkmen) and not available in stores until this Tuesday, March 20th, the album can be heard in its entirety now here:
http://open.spotify.com/album/2TNYrruNTmkEflqCdIL5t5. A pre-order for Rot Gut, Domestic is currently available via the band's website: http://margotandthenuclearsoandsos.net/merch/preorderindex.html.
Last week, Margot premiered a free MP3 download of Rot Gut, Domestic track "Shannon" on RCRD LBL and the "visceral stomper, full of grit and static and undercut with a bluesy vision" can also now be downloaded here: http://soundcloud.com/margotcloud/shannon. The band released first single "Prozac Rock" (stream here:http://soundcloud.com/margotcloud/prozac-rock) in early January and the accompanying animated video, directed by Dom Bloink, can also be seen here:http://vimeo.com/35697091. The Prozac Rock single, featuring B-side "Fingertips", is currently available digitally via iTunes and Amazon.
Margot will launch a lengthy North American headlining tour later this month, beginning on March 31st at the sold out CD101 Side A festival in Columbus, OH. The first leg of the tour heads eastward and wraps up on April 21st at The Masquerade (downstairs) in Atlanta, GA and includes an April 11th show at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NY. The second westward leg will begin on May 10th at the High Noon Saloon in Madison, WI and wrap up on June 2nd at Lincoln Hall in Chicago, IL, including a May 23rd performance at the Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles, CA. A full itinerary is below.
Rot Gut, Domestic is Margot's rawest take on their evocative, soaring brand of guitar-centric pop, following in the footsteps of the more brazen, rocking songs that comprised 2010's Buzzard (called "masterpieces of controlled tension" by SPIN). Singer/songwriter Richard Edwards wrote the album over 26 days in Pismo Beach, CA last spring. Plagued by chronic stomach pain, he'd headed to Pismo Beach - which had become a respite of calm and healing to the band over the years - following the last days of touring around Buzzard. Rot Gut, Domestic was conceived as the second installment of the band's 'panic pop' trilogy, Edwards composing a new set of songs about Midwestern fringe characters set to his skewed version of the pop music on which he was raised. Upon returning to his current hometown of Chicago, IL, Edwards and the rest of the band headed into Electrical Audio studio with Congleton. Margotchurned out these 12 resounding tracks over 10 days in July before Congleton returned to his Dallas, TX studio to mix the album.
Margot and The Nuclear So and So's tour dates:
MAR. 31 COLUMBUS, OH LC PAVILION
(CD101 DAY SIDE A - SOLD OUT)
APR. 1 AKRON, OH MUSICA
APR. 3 GRAND RAPIDS, MI PYRAMID SCHEME
APR. 4 ANN ARBOR, MI THE BLIND PIG
APR. 5 TORONTO, ONT THE GARRISON
APR. 6 BUFFALO, NY THE NINTH WARD
APR. 7 PITTSBURGH, PA BRILLOBOX
APR. 9 HAMDEN, CT THE SPACE
APR. 10 BOSTON, MA THE MIDDLE EAST (downstairs)
APR. 11 BROOKLYN, NY MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG
APR. 12 PHILADELPHIA, PA FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH
APR. 13 WASHINGTON, DC ROCK AND ROLL HOTEL
APR. 14 CHAPEL HILL, NC LOCAL 506
APR. 15 NASHVILLE, TN EXIT/IN
APR. 17 ORLANDO, FL THE PLAZA LIVE
APR. 18 TAMPA, FL CROWBAR
APR. 19 TALLAHASSEE, FL CLUB DOWN UNDER
APR. 20 BIRMINGHAM, AL BOTTLETREE
APR. 21 ATLANTA, GA THE MASQUERADE (downstairs)
MAY 10 MADISON, WI THE HIGH NOON SALOON
MAY 11 MINNEAPOLIS, MN TRIPLE ROCK
MAY 12 DES MOINES, IA WOOLY'S
MAY 13 OMAHA, NE THE WAITING ROOM
MAY 15 DENVER, CO LARIMER LOUNGE
MAY 16 SALT LAKE CITY, UT URBAN LOUNGE
MAY 17 BOISE, ID NEUROLUX
MAY 18 SEATTLE, WA THE CROCODILE CAFÉ
MAY 19 VANCOUVER, BC MEDIA CLUB
MAY 20 PORTLAND, OR DOUG FIR LOUNGE
MAY 22 SAN FRANCISCO, CA GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC HALL
MAY 23 LOS ANGELES, CA BOOTLEG THEATER
MAY 24 SANTA ANA, CA THE OBSERVATORY (Constellation Room)
MAY 25 SAN DIEGO, CA THE CASBAH
MAY 26 PHOENIX, AZ THE CRESCENT BALLROOM
MAY 27 ALBUQUERQUE, NM LAUNCHPAD
MAY 29 AUSTIN, TX MOHAWK
MAY 30 DALLAS, TX TREES
MAY 31 NORMAN, OK THE OPOLIS
JUN. 1 ST. LOUIS, MO THE FIREBIRD
JUN. 2 CHICAGO, IL LINCOLN HALL
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