Steve Gullick
Duke Garwood will back his close musical ally Mark Lanegan during a UK tour later this year.
After releasing the new album Garden Of Ashes earlier this month, and in a week when live dates in Brighton, Bristol and London are coming up, Garwood has been confirmed as the chief support for Lanegan’s tour which opens in Birmingham on June 19th.
“This an amazingly balanced album, with only two perceptible gears. In his less groove laden moments, Garwood is reminiscent of records like the aforementioned Smog’s Drinking At The Dam, where he foregoes his more naturally soulful side in search of dark ballads. Folky, without labouring under the weight of folks history and expectation,” our Garden Of Ashes review reads.
“When he then switches up a gear, there’s an upbeat musicality to even the darkest moments, which gives a feeling of futile positivity. It’s like a slightly funkier sibling of Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s Death To Everyone or I See a Darkness, where languorous heartbreak somehow feels like a beginning.”
Tour dates:
JUNE
19 – Birmingham, Library, UK
20 – Glasgow, Garage, UK
21 – Manchester, Ritz, UK
22 – London, Koko, UK
25 – Cologne, Live Music Hall, GER
26 – Hamburg, Gruenspan, GER
27 – Frankfurt, Gibson, GER
28 – Bochum, Zeche, GER
29 – Werchter, Rock Werchter, BEL
JULY
1 – Eindhoven, Effenaar, NEL
4 – Stuttgart, Wizemann, GER
5 – Salzburg, Rockhouse, AUS
6 – Budapest, A38, HGR