HAPPY RELEASE DAY
You can finally listen to our live album anywhere you stream music! Find it in our Misadventures of Doomscroller Deluxe Edition.
It was a marathon to get through all this material and committing to completely live takes all in one night in the studio. But it lent the performances a sense of urgency bordering on desperation.
These live recordings feel like how these songs were meant to live. I hope you enjoy!
Stream it now at https://found.ee/Dawes_MisadventuresDeluxe
Thanks again to Jimmy Kimmel Live for having us and giving me an excuse to keep writing this song. Hope you all enjoyed it.
Dawes + Bahamas – Broadcasting from the Englert Theatre in Iowa City on November 15
“I thought I was going into this thing with a future nemesis. But I came out of it with a true friend. Between his good looks, his great tunes and his high regard for self care I was prepared to watch my jealousy take over. But he’s too inspiring of a presence, too kind of a soul, too open hearted and collaborative as a musician.
This tour, and the way we did it, will be a very fond memory in the Dawes history books. To everyone that made it out, thank you. I’m so thrilled that we captured some audio and video to share a little of what this tour was all about. Please enjoy Dawhamas.” – TG
Happy to be announcing the Misadventures of Doomscroller headlining tour. We’re back to the Evening With format. 2 sets. Just us. Long nights. Full hearts. Buy tickets. Come early. We’ll all have to break out the catalogue master lists and bingo cards as we try to get to every song we’ve got. On Sale Friday!
3/2/23 Iron City – Birmingham, AL
3/3/23 The Eastern – Atlanta, GA
3/4/23 Ryman Auditorium – Nashville, TN
3/5/23 Headliners – Louisville, KY
3/7/23 Bluebird Nightclub – Bloomington, IN
3/8/23 Taft Theatre – Cincinnati, OH
3/10/23 Thalia Hall – Chicago, IL
3/11/23 XL Live – Harrisburg, PA
3/12/23 Warner Theatre – Washington, DC
3/14/23 Ridgefield Playhouse – Ridgefield, CT
3/16/23 The Fillmore – Philadelphia, PA
3/17/23 Roadrunner – Boston, MA
3/18/23 Beacon Theatre – New York, NY
4/6/23 The Factory – Dallas, TX
4/7/23 The Heights Theater – Houston, TX
4/8/23 ACL at Moody Theater – Austin, TX
4/11/23 JJ’s Live – Fayetteville, AR
4/12/23 The Pageant – St. Louis, MO
4/14/23 Majestic Theatre – Madison, WI
4/15/23 Palace Theatre – St Paul, MN
4/16/23 Liberty Hall – Lawrence, KS
4/18/23 WAVE – Wichita, KS
4/19/23 Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO
4/20/23 The CommonWealth Room – Salt Lake City, UT
4/22/23 Neptune Theatre – Seattle, WA
4/23/23 Revolution Hall – Portland, OR
4/26/23 The Fillmore – San Francisco, CA
4/27/23 Belly Up – Solana Beach, CA
4/28/23 Belly Up – Solana Beach, CA
5/5/23 The Theatre at Ace Hotel – Los Angeles, CA
Gonna announce our record and release a song this Friday. But we’re also gonna stream us playing our entire new record from East West studios and it’ll only be available from 9:30am PST Friday through Sunday at https://found.ee/DawesConcertFilm. Spread the word!
Alright, sweet people – we’re announcing a proper run with the mighty The Head and the Heart starting August 1st. Gonna be playing them big rooms with the big speakers. We’re honored that they invited us to be a part of these shows. Gonna be v v special. On Sale Now. See you there???
Update: 2nd shows added in Austin, Seattle, and San Diego! TICKETS: https://dawestheband.com/tour/
Today we’re releasing Free As We Wanna Be as a single along with an acoustic version and a live version LISTEN HERE
Single version: Since this baby already clocks in at 3 minutes, you’ll be hard pressed to find any differences between it and the album cut. But I implore you to give it a re-listen anyway in this new context as a “single” rather than a Track-8-On-A-9-Song-Album. Who knows, maybe you’ll love it more. Maybe you’ll hate it more. Either way, the tiny space it takes up in your brain currently is begging to be re-shaped by this new digital packaging. LISTEN HERE
Acoustic version: When the Powers-That-Be hit me up again to record some sort of acoustic version of this song to include in this extended-single/mini-EP, I thought, “With MY pro-tools home rig? With these plug-ins? With THESE mics? No thanks!” But then I remembered I bought a 1979 Tascam Portastudio 4-Track Casette Recorder about a year ago but was too fearful to figure out how it worked. Until now. I dug into the instruction manual, I plugged my mic into my reverb tank, the reverb tank into the Tascam and did my best. You’re gonna hear a good amount of hiss, some weird ghost flares (maybe something to do with power in my house?), and way in the background you can sorta hear when I’m cutting in and out of overdubs. Suffice it to say: it’s scrappy. But I love it. It feels like a living recording. It’s the first thing I’ve ever made on this 4-Track and I’m damn proud of it. LISTEN HERE
Live Version: This was recorded the same day we made our North Hills live stream (for you Dawesians out there that were able to catch that set and know what I’m talking about). It’s live from the amphitheater at Griff’s and my old high school. Last time we were there was Griffin’s graduation when we were a few months away from recording North Hills back in 2008. Looking forward to getting this tune on the road so the live version can get hairier and hairier, but it feels good to have a documentation of what it sounded like the 4th time we ever played it live. LISTEN HERE
