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Burnt Books Streaming Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire In Entirety

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Columbia, SC’s Burnt Books are streaming their entire second album Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire, out now via Retro Futurist Records below.

The band has these upcoming shows:

BURNT BOOKS Tour Dates:
Apr 02: Milestone – Charlotte, NC (w/ Crazy Bag Lady, Sea Of Storms, Pig Mountain)
Apr 03: Odditorium – Asheville, NC (w/ Crazy Bag Lady, Sea Of Storms, Uninhabitable, Spliff)
Apr 04: 25 Watt – Richmond, VA (w/ Crazy Bag Lady, Sea Of Storms, Slowing)
Apr 05: The Ottobar Upstairs – Baltimore, MD (w/ Crazy Bag Lady)
Apr 06: Legion Of Doom – Columbus, OH (w/ Crazy Bag Lady, Checkmate)
Apr 07: Fifth Quarter Lounge – Indianapolis, IN (w/ Crazy Bag Lady, Torturess, Voidweaver)
Apr 08: The Bishop – Bloomington, IN (w/ Crazy Bag Lady, Torturess, Wounded Knees)
Apr 09: The Stone Fox – Nashville, TN (w/ Crazy Bag Lady. Sky Burial, Thetan, Subject/Rulers)
Apr 10: Poison Lawn – Knoxville, TN (w/ Crazy Bag Lady)
Apr 11: Caledonia – Athens, GA (w/ Crazy Bag Lady, Cinemechanica, Harsh Words, Savagist)
Apr 12: New Brookland Tavern – Columbia, SC (w/ Crazy Bag Lady, Cinemechanica)
May 02: Caledonia – Athens, GA
May 19: TBA – Atlanta, GA

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Burnt Books Releasing Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire on March 20th

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Burnt Books. Photo Credit: Sean Rayford

Burnt Books. Photo Credit: Sean Rayford

Columbia, SC ultra avant/eclectic punksters Burnt Books will be releasing their second full length album Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire on March 20, 2015 via Retro Futurist Records. They once again enlisted Phillip Cope (Kylesa, Baroness, Lazer/Wulf) to produce their follow-up LP, Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire, at The Jam Room Recording Studio in the band’s hometown. Having envisioned a musical scope of intense emotions and vitality within their songwriting and delivery, the group takes the listener on a musical roller coaster with Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire, blending their own mix of noisy hardcore, post-punk, mesmerizing and angular riffing and Lollis’ skin-crawling growls, wails, and mocking tones.

Stream “Stupid Game” here.

Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire Track Listing:
1. Escape
2. Shadow I Cast
3. Useless Emotions
4. Those Arms
5. Bridges
6. Stupid Game
7. The Harm We’ve Done
8. Burn Virgin
9. La Rosa

They booked a string of upcoming shows coming up.

BURNT BOOKS Tour Dates:
Mar 20: New Brookland Tavern – Columbia, SC (Record Release Show w/ Glittoris, UnInhabitable, more)
Apr 02: Milestone – Charlotte, NC (w/ Crazy Bag Lady, Sea Of Storms, Pig Mountain)
Apr 03: Odditorium – Asheville, NC (w/ Crazy Bag Lady, Sea Of Storms, Uninhabitable, Spliff)
Apr 04: 25 Watt – Richmond, VA (w/ Crazy Bag Lady, Sea Of Storms, Slowing)
Apr 05: The Ottobar Upstairs – Baltimore, MD (w/ Crazy Bag Lady)
Apr 06: Legion Of Doom – Columbus, OH (w/ Crazy Bag Lady, Checkmate)
Apr 07: Fifth Quarter Lounge – Indianapolis, IN (w/ Crazy Bag Lady, Torturess, Voidweaver)
Apr 08: The Bishop – Bloomington, IN (w/ Crazy Bag Lady, Torturess, Wounded Knees)
Apr 09: The Stone Fox – Nashville, TN (w/ Crazy Bag Lady. Sky Burial, Thetan, Subject/Rulers)
Apr 10: Poison Lawn – Knoxville, TN (w/ Crazy Bag Lady)
Apr 11: Caledonia – Athens, GA (w/ Crazy Bag Lady, Cinemechanica, Harsh Words, Savagist)
Apr 12: New Brookland Tavern – Columbia, SC (w/ Crazy Bag Lady, Cinemechanica)
May 02: Caledonia – Athens, GA
May 19: TBA – Atlanta, GA

Retro Futurist on Bandcamp


Late Bloom and Alright Book March East Coast Tour

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Late Bloomer and Alright will be doing a brief March East Coast run of dates. Dates are posted below.

Mar 20: Snug Harbor – Charlotte, NC (w/ Mineral Girls)
Mar 21: Slims – Raleigh, NC (w/ See Gulls)
Mar 22: Bandito’s – Richmond, VA (w/ Sea of Storms)
Mar 23: Studio Lu Loo – Oaklyn, NJ (w/ Extract, Goddamnit)
Mar 24: Mr. Beery’s – Bethpage, NY (w/ Greensleep, Troubled Hearts, Somerset Thrower)
Mar 25: O’Briens – Boston, MA (w/ Drug Dogs, New Legs)
Mar 26: Aurora – Providence, RI (w/ Twin Foxes, Laika’s Orbit, Bloodpheasant)
Mar 27: KFN Upstairs – Philadelphia, PA (w/ Dogs on Acid, Clique)
Mar 28: Dr. Clock’s Nowhere Bar – Washington, DC (w/ Sundials)

Late Bloomer’s sophomore full length Things Change is out via Self Aware, Tor Johnson and Lunchbox Records.

Alright’s Self-Titled EP will be co-released by Negative Fun and Self Aware.

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Alright Book Spring Tour With Late Bloomer

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Charlotte, NC’s Alright (featuring current and former members of Late Bloomer and It Looks Sad) will release their new Self-Titled EP on March 24th via Negative Fun Records with assistance from Self Aware Records. It will be released via 7-inch/digital, with a limited 300 colored vinyl pressing. Stream “Mixed Signals” here.

Stream “Cold Feet” here and their first EP Sleep Study is streaming here.

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Singer/guitarist Sarah Blumenthal began to play music with Joshua Robbins, currently of Late Bloomer, in 2013. After months of writing songs and finding their specific voice, the two decided they needed a full-time drummer to cement themselves. Enter Garrett Herzfeld, formerly of It Looks Sad, and Alright were now a fully-formed unit. The band takes the more direct approach to songwriting when compared to their other musical outlets. Most songs are no frills pop anthems coated in fuzz and sugary vocals.

The band is heading out on a short Spring Tour in March with Late Bloomer. Check the dates below.

Alright Spring Tour with Late Bloomer

Mar 20: Snug Harbor – Charlotte, NC (w/ Mineral Girls)
Mar 21: Slims – Raleigh, NC (w/ See Gulls)
Mar 22: Bandito’s – Richmond, VA (w/ Sea of Storms)
Mar 23: Studio Lu Loo – Oaklyn, NJ (w/ Extract, Goddamnit)
Mar 24: Mr. Beery’s – Bethpage, NY (w/ Greensleep, Troubled Hearts)
Mar 25: O’Briens – Boston, MA (w/ New Legs, Drug Dogs)
Mar 26: Aurora – Providence, RI (w/ Twin Foxes, Laika’s Orbit)
Mar 27: KFN Upstairs – Philadelphia, PA (w/ Dogs on Acid)
Mar 28: TBA – Washington, DC (w/ Witch Coast, Big Hush)