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Baroness share video for ‘Shock Me’ ahead of North American tour dates

11/04/2016 by skinbackalley, posted in News

Baroness have issued a video for their track “Shock Me.”

The song features on the band’s most recent album, Purple, released last December and one of Skin Back Alley’s Top Albums Of 2015.

Filmed in rural Pennsylvania, the clip was directed by Don Tyler and Baroness’ own John Baizley. The cryptic, dream-like imagery plays with shades of colour and the balance of power between the two women depicted in the video.

Baroness spoke out about an alleged sexual assault that took place at one of their gigs during their recent run of UK tour dates. The band embark upon a run of North American shows later this month.

Baroness’ confirmed North American tour dates are as follows:

Apr 23rd: Mexico City Vive Latino Festival, Mexico
Apr 29th: Boston Royale, MA
Apr 30th: Quebec City Le Cercle, QC
May 01st: Montreal Corona Theatre, QC
May 03rd: Toronto Opera House, ON
May 04th: Syracuse Lost Horizon, NY
May 06th: Flint The Machine Shop, MI
May 07th: Grand Rapids Intersection, MI
May 08th: Millvale Mr Smalls, PA
May 10th: Cincinnati The Ballroom, OH
May 11th: Columbus Newport Music Hall, OH
May 13th: Atlanta Shaky Knees Festival, GA
May 14th: Atlanta The Loft, GA
May 15th: Nashville 3rd & Lindsley, TN
May 17th: Madison The Majestic Theatre, WI
May 18th: Des Moines Wooly’s, IA
May 20th: Colorado Springs The Black Sheep, CO
May 21st: Denver Project Pabst, CO
May 23rd: Salt Lake City Urban Lounge, UT
May 24th: Boise Knitting Factory, ID
May 26th: Calgary Marquee, AB
May 27th: Edmonton Starlite Room, AB
May 29th: Vancouver Commodore Ballroom, BC
May 30th: George Sasquatch, WA
May 31st: Portland Wonder Ballroom, OR
Jun 02nd: San Francisco Regency Ballroom, CA
Jun 03rd: Los Angeles The Fonda, CA
Aug 28th: Las Vegas Psycho, NV

Baroness speak out following alleged sexual assault of fan at Birmingham UK show

08/03/2016 by skinbackalley, posted in News

Baroness have spoken out in a lengthy statement following the alleged sexual assault of a fan at their recent show in Birmingham in the UK.

Blogger Rosie Solomon, writing of her experience via the Redbrick website, says she was subjected to a sustained assault at the Birmingham O2 Institute whilst attending Baroness’ gig there on the 29th of February.

Solomon details how she was left feeling “shaken, angry, upset, confused” after a man deliberately and repeatedly thrust his groin into her leg and made a suggestive comment. She reported the incident to venue staff and then the police.

Baroness say in their statement: “The man detailed in this article, whoever you are, if you read this post, stay the fuck away from Baroness and our audience. We don’t need you at our show, we don’t want you in our audience.

“We have no tolerance for sexism, or any form of intolerant or insensitive behaviour. In Baroness’ real, functioning touring-world, we are witness to daily proof-by-example that gender exerts no weight on the scales of capability, strength or intelligence.

“Additionally, we are extremely sensitive to the gender-disparity that can exist, especially within the world of rock and metal music and we are embarrassed and disturbed that Rosie, or anyone, for that matter, could have had such a terrible experience at one of our shows.”

You can read Boroness’ full statement via the band’s official Facebook page.

Baroness stream new track ‘Morningstar’

03/12/2015 by skinbackalley, posted in News

Baroness are streaming a new track, “Morningstar.”

The song is the lead track from the band’s new album, Purple, scheduled for release on the 18th of December via Baroness’ own label, Abraxan Hymns.

Vocalist and guitarist John Baizley recently revealed that the album is named after a bus accident that the band were involved in: “The band suffered a gigantic bruise. It was an injury that prevented us from operating in a normal way for quite some time.

“Hopefully, this record is the springboard that helps us get away from all that.”

You can listen to “Morningstar” via the stream below. The band have already shared album tracks “Shock Me” and “Chlorine & Wine.”

The full tracklisting for Purple is:

01. “Morningstar”
02. “Shock Me”
03. “Try to Disappear”
04. “Kerosene”
05. “Fugue”
06. “Chlorine & Wine”
07. “The Iron Bell”
08. “Desperation Burns”
09. “If I Have to Wake Up (Would You Stop the Rain?)”
10. “Crossroads of Infinity”

Baroness stream new album track ‘Shock Me’

17/11/2015 by skinbackalley, posted in News

Baroness are streaming their new track “Shock Me.”

The song features on the band’s forthcoming album, Purple, scheduled for release on the 18th of December via their own Abraxan Hymns label.

“Hopefully, this record is the springboard that helps us get away from all that.”

Purple will be Baroness’ first recording with the new rhythm section of Nick Jost and Sebastian Thompson on bass/keys and drums. The album was produced by Baroness and Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips, MGMT, Tame Impala) at Tarbox Road Studios, in the secluded town of Cassadaga, New York.

You can listen to “Shock Me” via the stream below. Baroness shared another new track, “Chlorine & Wine”, in September.

The full tracklisting for Purple is:

Baroness confirm details of new album, ‘Purple’

03/09/2015 by skinbackalley, posted in News

Photo: Jimmy Hubbard

Baroness have confirmed details of their new album.

Titled Purple, it will be released on the 18th of December via Abraxan Hymns and is the follow up to 2012 LP Yellow & Green.

Says vocalist John Baizley: “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 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 realised 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.”

The full track list for Purple is:

You can listen to new track “Chlorine & Wine” below and pre-order Purple here.