New EP from EPID Elvis Perkins in Dearland has to be one of the most talented and under-appreciated bands making music right now, and it's a crying shame. EPID's self-titled release is an amazing album, and such an enjoyable listen; why aren't more people talking about it? Announced today, the band will be releasing an EP featuring the track "Doomsday" from their eponymously named LP, along with five never-before released tracks. The EP will be released on October 20, 2009, but you can
pre-ordered it now. Elvis Perkins posted this statement about the upcoming release:
"We call this thing The Doomsday EP for obvious reasons, and its middle name to which it also answers is The EP of the Id. Being drawn to the many faces of the American strain it seems we have more or less subconsciously produced a collection speaking to/and or from several of them at once. It's a document of impulses sleeping egos and their superiors let pass to tape. I myself didn't know what these songs sounded like in the hands of EPID until they were processed and played back. You have a song that arrived like the rest of us by boat, a selection from the Sacred Harp, a rock 'n roll heralding the eternal advent of rock 'n roll, an ode to the soul of the undead and, finally (and firstly), two takes on a single song called Doomsday, one which comes from our March release and the other which leans in the direction of its original conception as something of a gospel number . And here they all are, risen from their cribs and graves, under one moonlight while their folks and undertakers look the other way."
Track listing:Doomsday
Gypsy Davy
Stay Zombie Stay
Stop Drop Rock and Roll
Weeping Mary
Slow Doomsday
Be sure to catch Elvis Perkins in Dearland this Labor Day weekend at Bumbershoot 2009, one of many amazing shows in this year's line-up. More tour dates are posted below. Fall tour dates: | Doug Fir Lounge | Portland, Oregon |
| Bumbershoot Festival | Seattle, Washington |
| B-Side Festival | Murcia |
| Sala El Tren | Granada |
| Black Note | Valencia |
| Sala Apolo | Barcelona |
| Matadero Culture Center | Elche (Alicante) |
| Sala Heineken | Madrid |
| Leffingeleure Festival | Leffinge |
| Scala | London |
| La Marquise | Lyon |
| Osophere Festival - Le Club | Strasbourg |
| Le Grand Mix | Tourcoing (Lille) |
| L’Alhambra | Paris |
| The Casbah | San Diego, California |
| Troubador | Los Angeles, California |
| Strictly Hardly Bluegrass Festival | San Francisco, California |
| Levon Helm’s Midnight Ramble | Woodstock, New York |
| Mountain Stage | Charleston, West Virginia |
| The Southern | Charlottesville, Virginia |
| Grey Eagle Tavern and Music Hall | Asheville, North Carolina |
| The Earl | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Cafe 11 | St. Augustine, Florida |
| The Social | Orlando, Florida |
| Club Downunder | Tallahassee, Florida |
| Bottletree | Birmingham, Alabama |
| The Parish | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Walters on Washington | Houston, Texas |
| The Parish | Austin, Texas |
| House of Blues-Cambridge Room | Dallas, Texas |
| Sticky Fingerz Chicken Shack | Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Gargoyle Club | St. Louis, Missouri |
| TBD | Chicago, Illinois |
| Paradise Rock Club | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| The Hi Hat | Providence, Rhode Island |
| Rock and Roll Hotel | WASHINGTON, Washington DC |
| First Unitarian Church | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Bowery Ballroom | New York, New York |
| Music Hall of Williamsburg | Brooklyn, New York |
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Doomsday EP (Out 10-20-2009)
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