The Beast in Its Tracks
new album available March 5, 2013
Hey everyone,
I have a new album coming out on March 5, 2013. It’s called The Beast in Its Tracks. You can hear a song from it right here.
I wrote and recorded this record in the 18 months after my marriage had fallen apart. All heartbreak is awful – my broken heart wasn’t unique. But writing these songs was helping me get through the night and I didn’t have the strength to care or question.
It felt like a different record from the start. Far from the grand, sweeping feel of the songs on So Runs the World Away, these new ones felt like rocks in the shoe, hard little nuggets of whatever they were, be it spite, remorse, or happiness. I told all this to Sam Kassirer, my producer and friend. If we recorded these songs, which felt so personal, their starkness needed a corresponding simplicity of production. I hadn’t composed this stuff, I’d scrawled it down, just trying to keep ahead of the heartbreak, and they needed to be recorded like that.
Listening to it now makes me very proud. I can’t wait to share it with all of you.
Love,
Josh
Listen to the song “Joy To You Baby”
7″ includes the non-album track “I Got My Own Way” and is limited to 1,000 hand-numbered copies on Coke bottle clear vinyl.
The Joy To You Baby 7″ will be back in-stock in our webstore on Dec 18th.
Available in US independent record stores and Amazon.com on Dec 18th.
Or get it on iTunes
Pre-Order The Beast In Its Tracks
Deluxe Fine Art Package - $70+
CD, LP, or Limited-edition Deluxe LP ($5 more). Deluxe LP includes a bonus “Gasoline” 7” with 3 non-album tracks and is limited to 1,000 copies worldwide
Evil Eye chart print (on wood!)
Evil Eye T-Shirt, sticker, and pin
Book of tablature for the album
Journal of lyrics in Josh’s handwriting
Immediate MP3 download of “Joy To You Baby”
Digital download of the album on release date (March 5)
Music + More - $30+
CD, LP, or Limited Deluxe LP
Evil Eye T-Shirt, sticker, and pin
Journal of lyrics in Josh’s handwriting
Immediate MP3 of “Joy To You Baby”
MP3 download of the album on March 5
Just the Music!
CD - LP - Deluxe LP + 7″ - iTunes
The Beast In Its Tracks 2013 Tour
Every ticket for our March 13-May 18 tour comes with a digital download of The Beast in Its Tracks on March 5, 2013, and an early download of “Joy To You Baby”
February 13 – The Egg – Albany, NY
February 14 – Higher Ground – Burlington, VT
February 15 – Le Cabaret du Mile End – Montreal, QC
February 16 – The Blacksheep Inn – Wakefield, QC
February 17 – Molson Canadian Studio – Hamilton, ON
February 18 – Starlight Social Club – Waterloo, ON
** – February dates do not include album download
March 13 – Granada Theatre – Dallas, TX
March 14 – SXSW – Austin, TX
March 16 – Rialto Theatre – Tucson, AZ
March 18 – Belly Up – Solana Beach, CA
March 19 – Fonda Theatre – Los Angeles, CA
March 20 – The Fox Theatre – Oakland, CA
March 21 – Crystal Ballroom – Portland, OR
March 22 – Commodore Ballroom – Vancouver, BC
March 23 – The Neptune – Seattle, WA
March 24 – Knitting Factory – Spokane, WA
March 25 – Wilma Theatre – Missoula, MT
March 27 – Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO
April 14 – Taft Theatre – Cincinnati, OH
April 15 – Southern Theatre – Columbus, OH
April 16 – Danforth Music Hall – Toronto, ON
April 17 – Royal Oak Theatre – Detroit, MI
April 18 – The Vogue – Indianapolis, IN
April 19 – Brown Theatre – Louisville, KY
April 20 – Plush – St. Louis, MO
April 21 – Liberty Hall – Lawrence, KS
April 23 – Pabst Theatre – Milwaukee, WI
April 24 – Capitol Theatre – Madison, WI
April 25 – First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN
April 27 – The Vic Theatre – Chicago, IL
May 8 – State Theatre – Portland, ME*
May 9 – Calvin Theatre – Northampton, MA*
May 10 – 9.30 Club – Washington, DC*
May 12 – Cat’s Cradle – Carrboro, NC*
May 13 – Orange Peel – Asheville, NC*
May 14 – Variety Playhouse – Atlanta, GA*
May 16 – The Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA*
May 17 – House of Blues – Boston, MA*
May 18 – Terminal 5 – New York, NY*
* – the Felice Brothers support May 8-18 dates
EUROPEAN TOUR! (European dates do not include album download)
July 18 – Big Top – Limerick, Ireland
July 19 – Venue TBA – Dublin, Ireland
July 21 – An Grainan Theatre – Letterkenny, Ireland
July 23 – Village Underground – London, UK
July 25 – Paradiso – Amsterdam, Netherlands
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