Los Angeles rock band Dead Sara have announced the release of their highly anticipated self-titled debut album on April 10th on Pocket Kid Records/ Fontana/Universal. Having spent much of last year in the studio, Dead Sara has hit the road in support of their debut full-length album beginning with a week of shows in Austin, TX at the SXSW Music Festival, followed by a spring tour supporting Chevelle, and radio festival dates including BuzzFest in Woodlands, TX, EdgeFest in Dallas, LAZERfest in Des Moines, and the Big Gig in Hartford, CT. Additional dates will be announced. The band will cap it all off with a 40+ date coast-to-coast run on the Vans Warped Tour this summer, beginning June 16th, and will perform at the annual Warped Tour kick-off party/record release party on Thursday, March 29 at Club Nokia in Los Angeles.
The 11-track full-length debut set, produced by Noah Shain (Atreyu, As Tall As Lions, Sonny Moore/aka Skrillex), is driven by the dynamic duo of two talented young women, singer Emily Armstrong and guitarist Siouxsie Medley. The band is rounded out by bassist Chris Null and drummer Sean Friday, creating an electrifying four-piece rock band whose supercharged music is propelled by Medley’s exhilarating, monster guitar riffs and Armstrong’s powerful, wailing vocals.
The album veers effortlessly from melodic, soaring tunes such as “We Are What You Say” and “Whispers & Ashes,” to fierce, blaring tracks “Monumental Holiday,” “Lemon Scent,” and “Weatherman,” to bruised, power ballads like “Dear Love,” “Face to Face,” and the epic closing track “Sorry For It All.”
The band, praised for its blazing impassioned rock and catchy guitar melodies, have been attracting major buzz for the ferocious spectacle of their high-octane live performances. A study in contrast onstage: Medley remains rooted in place – a solid, steady anchor for Armstrong’s almost unhinged performance style. A skilled vocal stylist who can handle blues, soul, and folk-rock with equal aplomb, Armstrong can unleash a guttural howl one minute and trill as pretty as a songbird the next.
“That diversity is what’s honest and real to us,” Medley says. “We love classic rock, blues, folk, metal, punk, gospel, all of it, so we didn’t want to put restrictions on ourselves genre-wise. We just knew we wanted the music to sound really raw and primal, even a bit unsettling.” Dead Sara embodies everything you want from a young, hungry, unpredictable and enigmatic rock band.
“That diversity is what’s honest and real to us,” Medley says. “We love classic rock, blues, folk, metal, punk, gospel, all of it, so we didn’t want to put restrictions on ourselves genre-wise. We just knew we wanted the music to sound really raw and primal, even a bit unsettling.” Dead Sara embodies everything you want from a young, hungry, unpredictable and enigmatic rock band.
“That diversity is what’s honest and real to us,” Medley says. “We love classic rock, blues, folk, metal, punk, gospel, all of it, so we didn’t want to put restrictions on ourselves genre-wise. We just knew we wanted the music to sound really raw and primal, even a bit unsettling.” Dead Sara embodies everything you want from a young, hungry, unpredictable and enigmatic rock band.
DEAD SARA: CONFIRMED U.S. TOUR DATES
DATE VENUE CITY/STATE
March 29 Club Nokia:
Album release party/Warped Tour kick-off party Los Angeles, CAApril 21 Woodlands Pavilion/KTBZ 94.5FM BuzzFest Woodlands, TX
Featuring Korn, Evans Blue, Evanescence, The Dirty Heads, Blue October, Cage The ElephantApril 22 FC Dallas Stadium/102.1FM The Edge-EdgeFest Dallas, TX
Featuring Black Keys, Garbage, Cake, Cage The Elephant, Arctic Monkeys, EvanescenceMay 13 Central Iowa Expo/Lazer 103.3FM LAZERfest Boone, IA
Featuring Shinedown, Five Finger Death Punch, Slash, Chevelle, Theory of a DeadmanMay 19 Comcast Theatre/WCCC Big Gig 2012 Hartford, CT
Featuring Godsmack, Hellyeah, Staind, Volbeat and more* Additional dates to be announced
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DEAD SARA/CHEVELLE U.S. TOUR DATES
DATE VENUE CITY/STATE
April 13 Coliseum Tallahassee Tallahassee, FL
April 17 Ford Park Event Center Beaumont, TX
April 18 Hurricane Harry’s College Station, TX
April 20 Lonestar Amphitheater Lubbock, TX w/Cavo, Buckcherry, Korn
April 23 Tricky Falls El Paso, TX
May 9 Concrete Street Amphitheater Corpus Christi, TX
May 10 Backstage Live San Antonio, TX
May 22 Blue Note Columbia, MO* Additional dates to be announced
# # #DEAD SARA/VANS WARPED TOUR:
DATE VENUE CITY/STATE
June 16 Utah State Fairpark Salt Lake City, UT
June 17 Sports Authority Field Denver, CO
June 20 Plaza Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV
June 21 Great Park Irvine, CA
June 22 Fairplex Pomona, CA
June 23 Shoreline Amphitheatre Mountain View, CA
June 24 Seaside Park Ventura, CA
June 27 Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre Chula Vista, CA
June 28 Peoria Sports Complex Peoria, AZ
June 29 New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM
June 30 AT&T Center San Antonio, TX
July 1 Minute Maid Park Houston, TX
July 3 Gexa Energy Pavilion Dallas, TX
July 5 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Maryland Heights, MO
July 6 Silverdome Pontiac, MI
July 7 First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre Tinley Park, IL
July 8 Canterbury Park Shakopee, MN
July 9 Sandstone Amphitheatre Bonner Springs, KS
July 10 Klipsch Music Center Noblesville, IN
July 11 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH
July 12 First Niagara Pavilion Burgettstown, PA
July 13 International Centre Arrow Hall Mississauga, ON
July 14 Parc Jean Drapeau Montreal, QC
July 15 Comcast Theatre Hartford, CT
July 17 Darien Lake Perf. Arts Center Darien Center, NY
July 18 Toyota Pavilion Scranton, PA
July 19 Comcast Center Mansfield, MA
July 20 Susquehanna Bank Center Camden, NJ
July 21 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Uniondale, NY
July 22 Monmouth Park Oceanport, NJ
July 24 Merriweather Post Pavilion Columbia, MD
July 25 Farm Bureau Live Virginia Beach, VA
July 26 Aaron’s Amphitheatre Atlanta, GA
July 27 Central Florida Fairgrounds Orlando, FL
July 28 Cruzan Amphitheatre West Palm Beach, FL
July 29 Vinoy Waterfront Park St. Petersburg, FL
July 30 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Charlotte, NC
July 31 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati, OH
August 1 Marcus Amphitheater Milwaukee, WI
August 4 Marymoor Amphitheatre Redmond, WA
August 5 Washington County Fair Hillsboro, OR# # #
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