Cass Mccombs shares new single ‘The Great Pixley Train Robbery’
CASS MCCOMBS SHARES NEW SINGLE ‘THE GREAT PIXLEY TRAIN ROBBERY’
ANNOUNCES EUROPEAN TOUR INCLUDING DATE AT LONDON’S EARTH IN JUNE
TIP OF THE SPHERE OUT 8 FEB VIA ANTI-
“One of the greatest songwriters of his time”
New York Times
“The inscrutable troubadour poses another set of sumptuous riddles on his terrific Mangy Love follow-up”
Uncut
“His reputation as a landmark musician of contemporary Americana is assured, and we are ready to wind down whatever roads Cass wanders down next”
The Line of Best Fit
“‘Sleeping Volcanoes’ is the kind of song just warm and slightly weird enough to help us melt away our troubles, if only for four minutes”
The 405 ‘Track of the Day’
“There’s something powerful in Cass McCombs’ astute lyricism, an engrossing, almost narrative led piece of songwriting”
Clash
Listen to the track here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikfKH-VBpL0
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Cass McCombs‘ ninth full-length album, Tip of the Sphere will be released 8 February 2019 on ANTI- Records. Following the album’s lead single, ‘Sleeping Volcanoes‘ and follow up track ‘Estrella‘, Mccombs has today shared new single ‘The Great Pixley Train Robbery’, which acts as an Old West-tinged tale that describes scenes of a violent train robbery, the greed for gold, and claims of insanity. Based on a newspaper article McCombs uncovered from the 1800’s, the track shows off his pure creativity and apt for vivid storytelling.
Tip of the Sphere follows 2016’s Mangy Love. For that record, McCombs made his television debut on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and received his most critical acclaim yet. It was included highly in ‘Album of the Year’ lists from the likes of Uncut, Mojo, Pitchfork and at #7 in Q.
McCombs took a different approach for recording Tip of the Sphere than previous endeavours, instead recording swiftly and with a sense of purpose at Shahzad Ismaily’s Figure 8 studios in Brooklyn. As a result, a confidence emerged that heightens McComb’s sound – the rock songs have more fervour and the ballads are more beautiful; the sounds of jazz and Latin music creep in through the back window. Engineered by Sam Owens (aka Sam Evian), Tip of the Sphere features the core band of McCombs (guitar, vocals), Dan Horne(co-producer, bass), Otto Hauser (drums) and Frank LoCrasto (piano, organ, and more), plus a range of guests.
Pre-order Tip of the Sphere here:
http://cassmccombs.com
Photo credit: Silvia Grav
Tour dates:
25 May – Madrid, ES @ Tomavistas Festival
28 May – Prague, CZ @ MeetFactory o.p.s
29 May – Berlin, DE @ Frannz Club
30 May – Copenhagen, DK @ ALICE
31 May – Hamburg, DE @ Nochtspeicher
1 Jun – Gent, BE @ DOKbox
3 Jun – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso Noord
4 Jun – Paris, FR @ La Maroquinerie
6 Jun – London @ EartH
Tickets are available here: cassmccombs.com/shows/
Tip of the Sphere tracklist:
1. I Followed The River South To What
2. The Great Pixley Train Robbery
3. Estrella
4. Absentee
5. Real Life
6. Sleeping Volcanoes
7. Sidewalk Bop After Suicide
8. Prayer For Another Day
9. American Canyon Sutra
10. Tying Up Loose Ends
11. Rounder
Praise for Mangy Love:
“Lyrically as kaleidoscopic as mid-‘60s Dylan, and packed with fascinating references”
9/10 Uncut
“One of those rare albums that reveals a little more with every play”
4/5 The Observer
“This is music of rare guile and originality”
4.5/5 The Sun
“His most succinct and affecting work since the near-perfect Wit’s End”
4/5 MOJO
“McCombs sounds ready to make his commercial breakthrough”
4/5 Evening Standard
“Prepare to be smitten”
4/5 Metro
“Mangy Love is [his] most wide-ranging and direct album yet”
9/10 Future Music
“Mangy Love is a terrific, bizarre album made up of familiar parts rearranged into something new”
8/10 The Line of Best Fit
“Long live Cass McCombs”
8/10 Drowned in Sound
“Cass McCombs is one of our greatest modern day songwriters”
8/10 God Is In The TV
“You don’t often hear such accomplished playing and ambition”
4/5 Dork
“Mangy Love stands toe-to-toe with his best releases”
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