After a lot of teasing and a new song., ‘Borderlines’, performed live at their tour kickoff last weekend, we now have the official new Baroness album titled and artwork. Gold And Grey is the album and as expected, the artwork is stunning. Check it out and some words from Baroness leader John Dyer Baizley. Continue reading
Baroness kicked off their new co-headline tour with Deafheaven, and Zeal & Ardor. As other outlets have reported the name of the album has leaked ahead of an announcement thanks to the sleuthing of Metal Injection. The band performed a brand new song on their tour as promised so check out ‘Borderlines’ right now! Continue reading
Baroness has been working on their new album, due later this year via their label, Abraxan Hymns. The band has been teasing some possible news via Instagram where they have been posting their classic albums Red, Blue, Yellow & Green; with the corresponding Pantone Colors in the text area. We speculated that the next album in the series would be “Orange” following the classic color wheel “ROYGBIV” since the only two colors left (they already have an album for Violet or Purple) would be Orange or Indigo, which can be a shade of blue or purple. We don’t really mind whatever they want to call the album, we’re just excited for some new Baroness music! The band kicks off their co-headline tour soon with Deafheaven. and Zeal and Ardor.Continue reading
Baroness has shared a video entitled Ultraviolet: Making Purple. You can watch the clip at this link or below:
Purple will be released on Dec 18th from their newly formed own label, Abraxan Hymns. The first track ‘Chlorine & Wine’ has already been released in the form of a video. You can see the video at this link or below:
Pre-orders are available now via this link: http://smarturl.it/dpurple. iTunes (http://smarturl.it/ipurple), Amazon (http://smarturl.it/apurple) and Google Play (http://smarturl.it/gpurple).
Purple track listing:
1. Morningstar
2. Shock Me
3. Try to Disappear
4. Kerosene
5. Fugue
6. Chlorine & Wine
7. The Iron Bell
8. Desperation Burns
9. If I Have to Wake Up (Would You Stop the Rain)
10. Crossroads of Infinity
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Dates for the band’s forthcoming U.S. tour are listed below, tickets are on-sale now viawww.yourbaroness.com/tour.
Nov 27: Ace of Cups – Columbus, OH
Nov 28: Beat Kitchen – Chicago, IL (SOLD OUT)
Nov 29: Frequency – Madison, WI
Dec 01: The Demo – St. Louis, MO
Dec 02: Jackpot Music Hall – Lawrence, KS
Dec 04: 89th Street Collective – Oklahoma City, OK
Dec 05: Double Wide – Dallas, TX
Dec 06: Mohawk – Austin, TX
Dec 08: Rudyard’s – Houston, TX
Dec 09: Gasa Gasa – New Orleans, LA
Dec 11: 8-BIT Bar – Gainesville, FL
Dec 12 :The Jinx – Savannah, GA
Dec 13: The Earl – Atlanta, GA
Dec 15: Local 506 – Chapel Hill, NC
Dec 16: Strange Matter- Richmond, VA
Dec 18: Metro Gallery – Baltimore, MD (SOLD OUT)
Dec 19: Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, PA (SOLD OUT)
Dec 20:Saint Vitus Bar – Brooklyn, NY (SOLD OUT)
Baroness has announced their long awaited new album, and the officially confirmed title of Purple will be released on December 18th from their newly formed own label, Abraxan Hymns. The first track ‘Chlorine & Wine’ has been released in the form of an animated video complete with classic John Baizley artwork reveal. You can see the video at this link or below:
John Baizley has commented on the album:
“After releasing a lengthy and investigative record like Yellow & Green we all felt that we needed to make something much more direct and immediate. We wanted to write with our normal focus on artistry, balanced against an increased level of energy and focus. It was important for us to write our new songs with the type of enthusiasm and expressiveness that could act as a counterpoint to the album’s dark themes. As a result, the music came out in an intense, heavy and sonically captivating in a new way, which was important, loathe, as we are to fall into any kind of complacency pitfall or formulaic songwriting routine. Purple is the most fully realized representation of our intention as a band; considering the amount of physical and mental energy spent writing it, we have accomplished something which would have seemed impossible to us a couple of years ago.”
Baroness, photo credit Jimmy Hubbard
Produced by Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips, MGMT) at Tarbox Road Studios, the band worked with Fridmann in the secluded town of Cassadaga, New York. Pre-order packages for Purple, which feature an instant grat download of ‘Chlorine & Wine’ as well as a limited edition colored vinyl version of the new album, two picture discs, t-shirts and other unique items, are available now via this link: http://smarturl.it/dpurple. iTunes (http://smarturl.it/ipurple), Amazon (http://smarturl.it/apurple) and Google Play (http://smarturl.it/gpurple) are also offering pre-orders as of today.
Purple track list:
1. Morningstar
2. Shock Me
3. Try to Disappear
4. Kerosene
5. Fugue
6. Chlorine & Wine
7. The Iron Bell
8. Desperation Burns
9. If I Have to Wake Up (Would You Stop the Rain)
10. Crossroads of Infinity
The band performs tomorrow at the Reading Festival and at the Leeds Festival on Sunday. North American tour dates are pending. The Purple will be the long awaited follow up to the critically acclaimed Yellow & Green (both Relapse) released in 2011. Less than a month after that album’s release the band was in a near fatal tour bus crash outside of Bath, England. The band resumed activities less than 8 months later with an appearance at South By Southwest in March of 2013 and has remained mostly on the road or in the studio ever since.
In a series of posts to their social networks, Baroness has announced they will reveal details of their next album, tomorrow on their website www.YourBaroness.com. The band has been teasing that new material was forthcoming all summer and using Purple as the color scheme, evoking a possible theme and name for the release. The album is due out later this year from their own record label Abraxan Hymns.
Tomorrow. YourBaroness.com
Posted by Baroness on Thursday, August 27, 2015
The “Purple” album will be the long awaited follow up to the critically acclaimed Yellow & Green (also Relapse) released in 2011. Less than a month after that album’s release the band was in a near fatal tour bus crash outside of Bath, England. The band resumed activities less than 8 months later with an appearance at South By Southwest in March of 2013 and has remained mostly on the road or in the studio ever since. The band is winding up a European tour ahead of the new release.
Baroness, Photo by Susanne A. Maathuis