French Kicks Announce September Tour Dates
August 4, 2008 - 12:26 PM
French Kicks Announce Fall Tour Dates
August 6 ‘Music At The Bridge’ Performance
August 6 ‘Music At The Bridge’ Performance
“The French Kicks have managed to wrestle free of typecasting to produce music that’s uncharacteristically sophisticated and upbeat.” – Vanity Fair
“With catchy choruses, assured self-production, and lyrics that lean on nobody's pen, it won't be long before people start comparing other bands to French Kicks, instead of the other way around”—The Village Voice
“With catchy choruses, assured self-production, and lyrics that lean on nobody's pen, it won't be long before people start comparing other bands to French Kicks, instead of the other way around”—The Village Voice
(August 4, 2008) –French Kicks have just announced tour dates that begin September 16 in Montreal. The Brooklyn, NY-based band is also set to headline at the historic Tobacco Warehouse on August 6, as part of the ‘Music At The Bridge’ series.
French Kicks recently made a stop in Rock Island, Illinois to record four tracks from their sophomore Vagrant release, Swimming (05/08) in the Daytrotter Studio. The Daytrotter session can be heard at www.daytrotter.com/article/1336/french-kicks.
Produced and mixed entirely by the band, Swimming features some of the quartet’s most melodic recordings to date with standout tracks “Abandon”, “Said So What” and “Over To The World”. It is an album that demands your attention by revealing new sounds, notes and harmonies with each listen.
For vocalist/multi-instrumentalist, Nick Stumpf, Swimming is “by far the closest we’ve come to getting the sound we wanted.” By capturing both the palpable and raw elements, the French Kicks have created a complex yet sophisticated pop album.
FRENCH KICKS on tour:
Aug 6 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Bridge Park Tobacco Warehouse * free show
Sep 16 – Montreal, QC @ Il Motore #
Sep 17 – Toronto, ON @ The Horseshoe #
Sep 18 – Pontiac, MI @ The Pike Room #
Sep 19 – Chicago, IL @ Double Door #
Sep 22 – Newport, KY @ Southgate House #
Sep 23 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Rex Theatre #
Sep 24 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom #
# - Headlining dates
Labels: French Kicks, tour