JUNO NOMINATED BC DUO TO RELEASE APOCALIPSTICK MARCH 24
LISTEN AND SHARE “GET READY” HERE
CANADIAN TOUR DATES BEGIN FEBRUARY 16
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There once was an era when records were made in castles, abandoned airplane hangars, barns, or on a yacht off the coast of the Bahamas, its passengers as high as paper kites. Apocalipstick is not that record! Due out March 24, Shawn ‘The Harpoonist’ Hall and Matt ‘The Axe Murderer’ Rogers’ new album came together from the desire for companionship, the endless pursuit of tone, the strength and glue of family, and above all, the love and admiration for each other's skills. Whether it was operating a tape machine with Jedi precision, creating meals that fuelled us, or belting out glass shattering ‘ohs’ and ‘ahs’, it was the elbow grease of many individuals that brought this project to life.
Today, the pair are sharing the first single from Apocalipstick, “Get Ready”, which contrasts soul-drenched singers and a bouncy groove with words of warning for our uncertain times. “Matt's brother Ben Rogers first sang ‘Get Ready’ to us by the piano in the basement of my home,” says Hall. “It was instantly familiar to us and embodied this loose campfire like group vocal thing which carried right into the sessions with the girls. I think the beauty of this song is the impression of hopefulness it leaves you with while layered in a bed of chaos.”
LISTEN AND SHARE “GET READY” HERE
These days it feels like our world is on the verge of collapse. But it’s with near-end times in the breeze that we plunge deeper into the pleasures of sex, revelry and entertainment. Apocalipstick begins with the doom-laden warning call of “Get Ready”, and continues to question the fate of the world, delving into lustful begging with “Pretty Please”, summoning complete heartbreak in “Treat Me Kind”, while “Nancy” and “Forever Fool” touch on themes of bullying and revenge.
Framed by psychedelic landscapes and world-ending jam-outs, The Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer ignite the gritty, blues-rock grooves they have been recognized for by adding drummer John Raham (The Be Good Tanyas) and keyboardist Geoff Hilhorst (The Deep Dark Woods) into the melting pot as well as the golden sounds of Dawn Pemberton, Andrina Turenne, Alexa Dirks (Begonia), Ben Rogers, Khari Wendell, Erik Nielsen, and Ricardo Khayatte. Add equal parts soulful, sweaty vocals, and biting nasty guitar and you have an album perfect for any doomsday date-night.
Beginning February 16, The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer will take Apocalipstick on the road this Spring through a string of tour dates across Canada with Monkey Junk, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Ryan McNally, and Leeroy Stagger. Full tour dates can be found below.
Hall and Rogers have received considerable recognition in the last few years. Their previous album, A Real Fine Mess, was nominated for a JUNO Award as Blues Album Of The Year, Video of the Year and Best Blues Album at the Western Canadian Music Awards, and the duo were also nominated for four Maple Blues Awards and won 'Blues Act of the Year' at the SiriusXM Indies in 2013. They’ve also had songs featured on television shows such as the 'The Good Wife', 'Blue Bloods', and the aptly named TV movie 'Lizzie Borden Took An Axe'.
APOCALIPSTICK TRACKLIST
01 Get Ready
02 Nancy
03 Forever Fool
04 I’m Back
05 Pretty Please
06 Treat Me Kind
07 Running
08 Promises, Promises
09 Save Me From Another Day
10 Marianne (20,000 Acres Of Moonlight)
11 Father’s Son
12 Situate Yourself
13 Fragile
2017 TOUR DATES
02/02 – Trinity – Bristol, UK*
02/03 – Forum – London, UK*
02/16 – SPEC Centre – Slave Lake, AB
02/17 – Stable 8 – Erskine, AB
02/18 – Arden Theatre – St. Albert, AB
02/22 – Shenkman Arts Centre – Ottawa, ON+
02/23 – Grand Theatre – Kingston, ON+
02/24 – Capitol Centre – North Bay, ON+
02/25 – Oakville Centre – Oakville, ON+
03/29 - Spiritbar – Nelson,BC%
03/30 – The Northern – Fernie, BC%
03/31 – Royal Canadian Legion – Calgary, AB%
04/03 – The Vat – Red Deer, AB%
04/04 – EA Rowlinson Centre for the Arts – Prince Albert, SK%
04/05 – The Exchange – Regina, SK%
04/06 – Broadway Theatre – Saskatoon, SK%
04/07 – Park Theatre – Winnipeg, MB%
04/08 – Crocks – Thunder Bay, ON%
04/11 – Meaford Hall Arts & Cultural Centre - Meaford, ON%
04/13 – Lee’s Palace – Toronto, ON%
04/14 - Market Hall – Peterborough, ON%
04/15 – Mills Hardware – Hamilton, ON%
04/19 – The Queens – Nanaimo, BC^
04/20 – The Waverly Hotel – Cumberland, BC^
04/21 – Sugar Nightclub – Victoria, BC^
04/22 – Commodore Ballroom – Vancouver, BC^
* supporting St. Paul & The Broken Bones
+ with Monkey Junk
% Ryan McNally supporting
^ Leeroy Stagger supporting
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