Bartees Strange announces Manchester headline show
BARTEES STRANGE ANNOUNCES MANCHESTER HEADLINE SHOW
RELEASES NEW VIDEO FOR LIVE FOREVER STANDOUT “FLAGEY GOD”CLICK HERE TO WATCH
TICKETS ON SALE NOW FOR FALL US TOUR WITH LUCY DACUS;NEW UK/EU HEADLINE DATES ON SALE FRIDAY
PERFORMING AT PITCHFORK FESTIVAL, GOVERNORS BALL, SHAKY KNEES, OUTSIDE LANDS, AND MORE ”
A different kind of masterpiece.”NME“One of the most fascinating and affecting debuts of the year.”Pitchfork“Wildly eclectic… where many artists might try to smooth out or flatten the transitions between their influences, Strange celebrates the whiplash.”Rolling Stone”
Inviting and uncompromising… seemingly limitless.”NPR Music“Chameleonic… exhilaratingly free.”Esquire“Remarkable in [his] ability to ignore musical orthodoxy. His flows are indebted to rap, but his sound skips from punk and folk to experimental and pop music.”The New Yorker
Today Bartees Strange releases a new video for “Flagey God,” a standout track from his debut album Live Forever. Praised by many for his seamless genre-weaving, Strange pulls from his lifelong obsession with house djs and singers like Steve Spacek, Burial, and Jai Paul to create an electrifying and infectious moment. “In my spare time, I make beats all the time. It’s honestly more fun than writing with guitars sometimes,” he explains. “Flagey God came from a really natural and comfortable place for me musically, despite its moodiness thematically.”Inspired by a trip to Flagey Square in Brussels, Bartees recalls being in a place for the first time where he could be anyone he wanted. “No one knew me there. I was super lost in my life at the time and confused about what to do next, but in Flagey, I felt like I was capable of anything… A Flagey God.”
Perhaps that night in Brussels was just a foreshadow of the breakout year Strange would have surrounding the releases of Live Forever and his EP released earlier in the year via Brassland, Say Goodbye To Pretty Boy. In a year where most established artists stumbled, Bartees was everywhere––garnering the critical adoration of outlets like Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, The FADER, Stereogum, NME, NPR Music, The New Yorker, and Pigeons & Planes, as well as appearing on Late Night With Seth Meyers, KEXP, NPR’s Tiny Desk, SiriusXMU, Entertainment Tonight, and more.
Recorded in a barn in Wassaic, NY by Bartees and engineer Brian DiAmeglio, and later mastered by Grammy-nominated producer Will Yip, Live Forever is an intricate and idiosyncratic 11-track saga about growing up (and glowing up) Black in America.It spans gentle, Moses Sumney-meets-Yves Jarvis minimalism, Kings of Leon-ish indie rock vigor with post-punk cracks in its danceable veneer, the throbbing industrial alt-soul of Algiers, Justin Vernon’s acoustic tenderness, and the volatile, unforgiving production and delivery of Death Grips. Simply put, it is a combination that none but Strange could execute.
tickets on sale now
Sat Sept 11 – Chicago, IL – Pitchfork Festival
Fri Sept 24 – Flushing, NY – Governors Ball
Thurs Sept 30 – Vancouver, BC – Hollywood Theatre *
Fri Oct 1 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom *
Sat Oct 2 – Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre *
Tues Oct 5 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Urban Lounge *
Weds Oct 6 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theatre *
Fri Oct 8 – Iowa City, IA – Englert Theatre *
Sat Oct 9 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue *
Tues Oct 12 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall *
Thurs Oct 14 – Toronto, ON – The Opera House *
Fri Oct 15 – Montreal, QC – L’Asataral *
Sat Oct 16 – Boston, MA – House Of Blues *
Mon Oct 18 – South Burlington, VT – Higher Ground *
Fri Oct 22 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club *
Fri Oct 29 – San Francisco, CA – Outside Lands
Weds Nov 3 – Reykjavik, Iceland – Iceland Airwaves
* = with Lucy Dacus
tickets on sale Friday:
Sun Nov 7 – Munich, Germany – Milla Club
Mon Nov 8 – Berlin, Germany – Badehaus
Weds Nov 10 – Koln, Germany – Helios 37
Fri Nov 12 – Cardiff, UK – Clwb Ifor Bach
Sat Nov 13 – Glasgow, UK – The Hug and Pint
Sun Nov 14 – Manchester, UK – YES
Tues Nov 16 – Leeds, UK – Brudenell Community Room
Weds Nov 17 – London, UK – Powerhaus
Sun Nov 21 – Brussels, Belgum – Witloof Bar
Mon Nov 22 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso Up
WATCH:the game-changing Bartees Strange x NPR Tiny Desk @ Home Concert
WATCHthis effortless cover of Bon Iver’s “Skinny Love” for SiriusXMU
