PHILADELPHIA GRAND JURY
April 11th 2010 10:23
Link: www.oztix.com.au
PHILADELPHIA GRAND JURY ANNOUNCE
NEW SINGLE,
HEADLINE TOUR & MOVE TO THE UK
Fresh from the Laneway Festival tour Philadelphia Grand Jury announce a headline tour and new track from last year’s J Award nominated debut, Hope is For Hopers.
The new radio single 'I Don't Want To Party (Party)' is an anti-party slacker anthem that in its utter catchiness has a habit of inciting exactly the opposite to what it says in the title. The track is a live favourite and was for a long time used as the set closer which sees the band finish each set with a literal bang - one time even seeing lead singer Berkfinger taking to an upright piano with a sledgehammer.
The single is joined by three exclusive never-heard-before tracks.
B-side number one is a disco remix of Philadelphia Grand Jury album track 'Wet Winter Holiday' by Mike FWD. The next is a solo track by band lead singer and producer Berkfinger called 'Jimmy At The Whorehouse' which is the first cut off a self-produced solo concept album due out later in the year on the band's own label Normal People Making Hits.
And in the spirit of this eclectic package the fourth addition to the single is really one for the fans. It is a hip-hop funk jam called ‘Both Kinds Of Music’ written, sung and produced by the band's new drummer Calvin. After having rotating drummers the past 12 months, the band has now cemented its line up. Calvin (yep, just Calvin) is a 56 year-old African American drummer who used to session drum for US disco and funk acts like Earth Wind and Fire and bebop legend Sonny Stitt. This track is a gem. You heard it here first.
To support the single Philadelphia Grand Jury will be hitting the road throughout April for what will be their final Australian shows for the foreseeable future. The band will re-locate to the UK where they have a deal with super cool London based Beggar's label Too Pure and a series of club shows leading into the Northern Summer.
The ‘I Don’t Want To Party (Party)’ single package is released to iTunes.
We Don't Want To Party (Party) Australian Tour
11.04 East Brunswick Club, Melbourne
Tickets available from the venues box office: 280 Lygon St, East Brunswick. PH: 03 9388 9794 or via the website www.eastbrunswickclub.com
15.04 Oxford Art Factory, Sydney
Tickets available from www.moshtix.com.au, Moshtix Outlets, or 1300 GET TIX
16.04 Oxford Art Factory, Sydney
Tickets available from www.moshtix.com.au, Moshtix Outlets, or 1300 GET TIX
17.04 The Zoo, Brisbane
Tickets available from Oztix www.oztix.com.au or 1300 762 545
22.04 Jive Bar, Adelaide
Tickets available from www.moshtix.com.au, Moshtix Outlets, or 1300 GET TIX
23.04 Jive Bar, Adelaide
Tickets available from www.moshtix.com.au, Moshtix Outlets, or 1300 GET TIX
24.04 Rosemount Hotel, Perth
Tickets available from www.moshtix.com.au, Moshtix Outlets, or 1300 GET TIX
USA Shows
26.04 Musexpo, Los Angeles
28.04 Union Pool / Union Hall, Brooklyn, New York
29.04 Piano's, Lower East Side Manhattan, New York
UK Shows
01.05 Live In Leeds, The Well, Leeds
04.05 White Heat @ Madam Jo Jo’s, London
07.05 Club NME @ Koko, London
11.05 Huw Stephens Introducing @ The Social, London
15.05 The Great Escape, Brighton
19.05 Sound City Festival, Liverpool
22.05 Beggar's Banquet Showcase, Notting Hill Arts Club,
London
27.05 Monkey Chews, London
03.06 Young & Lost Club, London
06.06 Communion @ Notting Hill Arts Club, London
16.06 Buffalo Bar, Highbury, London
18.06 Flower Pot, Kentish Town, London
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