Awesome Color (Ecstatic Peace)- few shows needed

[Meelymow]

Hi everyone,

I have had a few dates fall through for the Awesome Color tour I have booked in Septmber... I was wondering if anyone on here might be interested....

New York's Awesome Color will be arriving in the UK for their second tour. This time they will be bringing over their new album, out in June on Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth's Ecstatic Peace label. The record was even recorded by Thurston himself. They come across like a stoner influenced Stooges, all riffs and howls. You can hear tunes here: www.myspace.com/awesomecolor.

The dates are: 18th, 24th and 28th September.

If you are into the idea, give me a shout james@ilpresidente.co.uk.

Here is the biog from the Ectastic Peace website:

Ecstatic Peace is delirious to announce the release of Awesome Color's debut CD. It is a mother of a scorched groover.
Just check out the track Free Man, it says it all. Primal o-mind rhythm with boss-bliss lyrix and a lead guitar lick-lashing
that'll make you cry you hell yes! every time. shit is recommended.
Awesome Color came out of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Singer/guitarist Derek Stanton grew up across the street from Scott
'Rock Action' Asheton of The Stooges. Derek learned a few things about rock n' roll. Things he'll never forget. Him and
drummer Allison Busch andf bassist Michael Troutman jumped in their bombed out car and set up shop in Brooklyn. And
began to blow minds. Live they're a heavy cosmic guitar kill with a rhythm section coming through like a freight train.
When they play they are joined by brothers and sisters grabbing instruments and getting loud. Sax in the audience,
playing guitar with bare feet, and wolf dances al go down.
Dig Mike WolfÕs Time Out review:
Is it possible to smash a guitar un-self-consciously? It certainly seemed that way at Cake Shop earlier this month, when
Awesome Color left a roomful of in-the-know types gleefully dumbstruck. (Oakley Hall was headlining-- that alone means
several quality musicians were present.) Singer Derek Stanton's seemingly unpremeditated ax-whacking lacked any
sense of violence or menace(which is fine). It was simply the final blow in a stream of gestures that translate across rock
& roll forms; any punk, metal, or bar-rock fan can appreciate the thrill of someone playing guitar with his bare feet--and
having it both look and sound cool. (Yes, Stanton did that, too).
Considering that Awesome Color has been a band for only nine months, there's an alarming lack of things to find fault
with in their music or its execution; even the name makes sense after witnessing the trio's unironic stage presence.
Some of the group's songs evoke Sabbath as played by Germans in the '70s, with Stanton's terse riffs cruising atop crisp,
loping grooves provided by bassist Michael Troutman and drummer Allison Busch. Other tunes come across like lean, airy
impressions of classic Southern rock (the three met in Ann Arbor, Michigan--the northernmost Southern state--before
setting up together in Bushwick). But the most indelible image from an Awesome Color show is the rapt joy in Stanton's
face when he backs away from the microphone for a solo. It was infections in the close quarters of Cake Shop, and
should be at the Lakeside, too. ---Mike Wolf Time Out NY- Issue 517 Aug 25-31 2005