San Diego-bred five-piece Delta Spirit have added fall dates to their extensive nationwide tour celebrating the release of their anticipated album Into the Wide, due September 9 via Dualtone Records. Keeping an eye toward the live experience is always essential to the band. “We just want the songs to be as epic and meaningful as possible when we play them in front of people, which is the be-all and end-all for us as a band,” says Matt Vasquez (vocals, guitar). The latest teaser trailer featuring the song “Live On” is streaming below. See below for full track listing.
The new album was born in a flood-ruined, cave-like, rat-colonized room in Delta Spirit’s new hometown of Brooklyn. The band spent more than a year writing together in the windowless studio they rebuilt after Hurricane Sandy. “That sense of feeling trapped in our studio and in the city definitely gave the album more of a weight than our previous records and played a big part in this being our moodiest recording yet,” notes Kelly Winrich (multi-instrumentalist, vocals) of the experience. When it came time to record, the band relocated to Maze Studios in Atlanta and teamed up with producer Ben Allen (Animal Collective, Deerhunter), who helped breathe new life and brighter energy into the songs while still capturing the claustrophobia of their creative writing space. Of the recording process, Brandon Young (drums) explains, “One of the most important things was getting back to all of us being in a room together for every single song and recording everything live.”
INTO THE WIDE TRACKLIST
1. Push It
2. From Now On
3. Live On
4. Take Shelter
5. Hold My End Up
6. Into the Wide
7. Language of the Dead
8. For My Enemy
9. Patriarch
10. Interlude
11. War Machine
12. The Wreck
DELTA SPIRIT TOUR DATES
June 27 Windham, VT The Friendly Gathering Music Festival
July 12 Brooklyn, NY The Wick
August 16 Denver, CO Chive Fest
August 30 Lakewood, PA Campfire Outdoor Adventure and Music Festival
September 3 Asheville, NC The Orange Peel
September 6 St. Louis, MO LouFest Music Festival
September 8 Little Rock, AR Juanita’s
September 9 Oklahoma City, OK Conservatory
September 10 Dallas, TX Granada
September 11 Austin, TX Emo’s
September 12 Houston, TX Fitzgeralds
September 13 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jacks
September 15 Tallahassee, FL Club Downunder
September 16 Birmingham, AL WorkPlay
September 17 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle
September 19 Atlanta, GA Terminal West
October 3 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
October 4 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
October 7 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
October 9 Toronto, ON Lee’s Palace
October 10 Columbus, OH Newport
October 11 Chicago, IL The Vic
October 14 Milwaukee, WI Turner Ballroom
October 15 Madison, WI Barrymore Theatre
October 16 Minneapolis, MN First Ave.
October 17 Omaha, NE Waiting Room
October 20 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
October 23 Seattle, WA Neptune Theater
October 24 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
October 25 San Francisco, CA Fillmore
October 28 Los Angeles, CA Satellite
October 29 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
October 30 Los Angeles, CA El Rey
October 31 Santa Ana, CA Observatory
November 1 Solana Beach, CA Belly Up Tavern
