DANIEL LEDWELL PRODUCED DEBUT ALBUM RECORDED IN NOVA SCOTIA
STADIUM CAKE, OUT JUNE 24 VIA DUALTONE/DINE ALONE
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WORLD TOUR DATES CONTINUE WITH CANADIAN STOPS IN TORONTO, VANCOUVER, VICTORIA AND CALGARY THIS SUMMER DATES WITH BASIA BULAT IN OCTOBER NOW ANNOUNCED
With only one short week until the release of their debut album, Oh Pep! are treating listeners to a stream the entire record courtesy of NPR. Audiences and airwaves have already responded to the Australian duo, with their latest single “Doctor Doctor” spending the last few weeks in the top ten of CBC’s Radio 2 Top 20. Out June 24 on Dualtone Oh Pep!'s LP,Stadium Cake, is a coming of age for Olivia Hally and Pepita Emmerichs, who have been touring internationally since early 2015. The pair have plans to stay on the road for much of 2016 as well, with their current tour route taking them through till October. They recently joined the likes of Lake Street Dive, Lord Huron, and Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, and are now preparing to make headline stops in Toronto and Victoria as well as appearances at Vancouver Folk Festival and Calgary Folk Festival. Full tour dates can be found below with Canadian dates in October supporting Basia Bulat now announced.
STREAM STADIUM CAKE HERE VIA NPR
Oh Pep! made a huge impact at October 2015's CMJ festival where KCRW chalked them up as one of their top artists that 'Won' CMJ, as did NPR's Bob Boilen, who proclaimed "The Melbourne band's music is infectious. Their harmonies are sweet, with lyrics that are thoughtful, deep, funny and poetic." After their performance at Nashville's AMAs, Pop Matters(who also included them in their top picks) described "Seeing Oh Pep! Is one of those times when the crowd realizes they're seeing future stars for the first time." Shortly after, the band recorded NPR's Tiny Desk giving U.S. music fans a chance to see Pepita Emmerichs' virtuosic playing on both mandolin and violin and Olivia Hally's gorgeous voice and heartbreaking delivery. Now KEXP has named them one of 2016's "bands to watch."
WATCH OH PEP! PERFORM ON NPR’S TINY DESK CONCERT
Stadium Cake was recorded in Echo Lake, Nova Scotia in February and August of 2015 with producer, Daniel Ledwell. "It was such a joy to work with wunderkinds Oh Pep!,” says Ledwell. “When you have great songs and the creativity and talent to be innovative in the studio, it is hard not to have fun." Oh Pep! claims Ledwell “introduced us to a lot of exciting new sounds. It was also the first time we'd multi-tracked and he made the process fun and easy. Working at Lake Echo was really inspiring."
The band's obsession with good songs, regardless of genre or generation, has led them to write a record with limitless horizons. On first single "Doctor Doctor" Hally sings, "Where is the light, for me it's the darkest night" over a captivating beat, whilst Emmerichs plays a subtly driving and haunting violin line. It's this same light and dark that makes up the tapestry of Stadium Cake and encapsulates the duo’s unique collaboration. It's the yin and yang of their personalities that brings a tension to each unsuspecting pop song.
STADIUM CAKE - TRACK LISTING
1 Bushwick
2 Wanting
3 Crazy Feels
4 Doctor Doctor
5 Happenstance
6 The Situation
7 Tea, Milk & Honey
8 Only Everyone
9 Trouble Now
10 7 Babies
11 The Race
12 Afterwards
TOUR DATES
Jun 24 - The Drake - Toronto, ON, Canada
Jun 29 - Mercury Lounge - NYC, NY
Jul 7 - Jammin' Java - Vienna, VA
Jul 8 - World Cafe Live - Philadelphia, PA
Jul 9 - Green River Festival - Northampton, MA
Jul 11 - Schubas - Chicago, IL
Jul 12 - Cedar Cultural Centre - Minneapolis, MN
Jul 15-17 - Vancouver Folk Festival - Vancouver, BC, Canada
Jul 19 - The Sugar Club - Victoria, BC
Jul 21-23 - Calgary Folk Festival - Calgary, AB, Canada
Jul 25 - Revolution Roof Deck - Portland, OR,
Jul 27 - Rickshaw Stop - San Francisco, CA
Jul 28 - Bootleg Theatre - Los Angeles, CA
Aug 1 - Larimer Lounge - Denver, CO
Aug 3 - The Demo - St. Louis, MO
Aug 4 - High Watt - Nashville, TN
Aug 5 - Evening Muse - Charlotte, NC
Aug 6 - Cats Cradle - Carrboro, NC
Sep 18 - Rams Head Live - Baltimore MD *
Sep 19 - The National - Richmond, VA *
Sep 20 - Jefferson Theatre - Charlottesville, VA*
Sep 22 - Buskirk-Chumley Theatre - Bloomington, IN*
Sep 23 - The Castle Theatre - Bloomington, IL*
Sep 26 - The Englert Theatre - Iowa City, IA*
Sep 27 - Pabst Theatre - Milwaukee, WI*
Sep 28 - Majestic Theatre - Madison, WI*
Sep 30 - The Waiting Room - Omaha, NE*
Oct 1 - Madrid Theatre - Kansas City, MO*
Oct 2 - The Blue Note - Columbia, MO*
Oct 3 - Codfish Hollow Barnstormers - Maquoketa, IA*
Oct 5 – The Exchange - Regina, SK +
Oct 6 – Broadway Theatre – Saskatoon, SK +
Oct 7 – Winspear Centre – Edmonton, AB +
Oct 11 – Spirit Bar, Nelson, BC +
* w/ The Mountain Goats
+ w/ Basia Bulat
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