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BARONESS TALK TOURING BEHIND PURPLE IN NEW CLIP U.S TOUR KICKS OFF NEXT FRIDAY, AUG. 12; FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES INCLUDE HOPSCOTCH, HOUSTON OPEN AIR, PSYCHO LAS VEGAS, AFTERSHOCK FESTIVAL AND MORE |
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Click image above or follow this link to view video: https://youtu.be/m5_JfihMVaA |
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Baroness, who kick off a new round of U.S. tour dates next Friday, Aug. 12, in Washington, D.C., discuss their return to the road and the warm reception they’ve been greeted with in a new behind-the-scenes clip: https://youtu.be/m5_JfihMVaA.
The six-week outing includes stops at a number of festivals including Hopscotch, Houston Open Air, Psycho Las Vegas and Monster Energy Rock Allegiance. Baroness will also play this year’s Aftershock Festival as well as the newly launched Sound on Sound Festival in McDade, Texas. “The cathartic experience of playing live music has not changed over the 13 years of performing,” John Baizley said in a recent interview with the SF Weekly. “But the sense of relief and release I feel as an adult is as intense, if not more than, when I was younger. The response to this record has been really, really overwhelming. There have been some pretty dramatic changes in the way that our audiences react to our songs, and I couldn’t be happier about that.” Tickets for all non-festival performances are available via YourBaroness.com. Pallbearer opens on all non-festival dates. Tour dates: August 12 Washington, DC The Howard Theater |
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“Shock Me” video, click image above or follow this link: https://youtu.be/t6OCeW6FVvY |
| Purple was released on Dec. 18 via the band’s own Abraxan Hymns label. The Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev) produced album has been universally praised with Pitchfork saying Purple features “some of the biggest, strong songs Baroness has ever written,” Entertainment Weekly calling the album “their finest release yet,” Rolling Stone Australia dubbing it “the most dynamic, robust guitar album this year,” Mojo echoing those sentiments, saying “Baroness have delivered their masterpiece: an album grounding their cosmic heaviosity with earthbound, compelling drama,” and German magazine Visions declaring “the quasi-comeback Purple is their best album to date.” Purple and the songs from the album also landed on a number of year-end best of lists with “Shock Me” (video: https://youtu.be/hS5osAdTnm0) coming in at #10 on Entertainment Weekly‘s Top 40 Songs of 2015, Pitchfork awarding it #6 on their Best Metal Albums of 2015 round-up and Rolling Stone placing the release at #7 on their 20 Best Metal Albums of 2015.
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