JACCO GARDNER TO TOUR NORTH AMERICA NEXT MONTH
2013 continues to be an exciting year for twenty-five year old Dutch multi-instrumentalist Jacco Gardner. After successful European and U.S. tours in support of his inviting and sophisticated debut album, Cabinet of Curiosities, plus the release of two superb singles, Gardner returns with two new, exclusive tracks — “The End of August” and “Notus” — just in time for his first coast-to-coast tour, kicking off October 1st. Recorded at his own Shadow Shoppe Studios in Swaag, Netherlands where Gardner played all the instruments himself, save for drums by Jos van Tol, “The End Of August” features a gentle, lilting guitar strum & bubbling mellotron before kicking into a subtle, driving chorus that perfectly captures the ennui one feels as summer ends & fall begins. “Notus” is a loping, lysergic instrumental that pitches a tent between the works of Perrey-Kingsley & Stereolab. It flirts with a slightly progressive song structure, moving beyond the Syd Barret-influenced baroque-pop of Gardner’s earlier works. The perfect single to usher in Autumn, “The End of August” b/w “Notus” 7″ will be out September 24th on Trouble In Mind. The first 500 copies are pressed onto random colored vinyl.
Jacco (keys, vocals) and band – Jasper Verhulst (bass), Jos van Tol (drums) and Keez Groenteman (guitar) – return to North America next month for a nationwide tour. All dates are below.
Cabinet of Curiosities purchase link – http://bit.ly/1b39i5r
LISTEN TO/SHARE JACCO GARDNER’S “THE END OF AUGUST” –
“Jacco Gardner is a do-it-all composer/performer who enjoys above all, traipsing around on the other side of the looking glass… [‘The End of August’] is a timely, analog threnody with guitars and mellotrons wisping right alongside that hint of cold happening outside for some folks lately.”
WATCH/LISTEN
“Chameleon” mp3 – http://pitchperfectpr.com/mp3/Chameleon.mp3
“Chameleon” video – http://youtu.be/WW33RUYJpus
“Clear The Air” – http://snd.sc/11algR4
“Ballad of Little Jane” – http://snd.sc/Y0PjwK
JACCO GARDNER TOUR DATES
Fri. Sep. 13 – Bergen, NO @ Phono Festivalen
Sat. Sep. 14 – Leffinge, BE @ Leffingeleuen Festival
Thu. Sep. 26 – Hamburg, DE @ Reeperbahn Festival
Sat. Sep. 28 – Liverpool, GB @ Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia
Tue. Oct. 1 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah *
Wed. Oct. 2 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Troubadour *
Thu. Oct. 3 – San Francisco, CA @ The Depot at San Francisco State University
Fri. Oct. 4 – Felton, CA @ Don Quixote’s *
Sat. Oct. 5 – San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel * !
Mon. Oct. 7 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios #
Tue. Oct. 8 – Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret
Wed. Oct. 9 – Seattle, WA @ Barboza
Thu. Oct. 10 – Boise, ID @ Neurolux
Sat. Oct. 12 – Las Vegas, NV @ Beauty Bar
Tue. Oct. 15 – Washington DC @ Black Cat Backstage
Wed. Oct. 16 – Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory [Panache CMJ Showcase]
Thu. Oct. 17 – Stony Brook, NY @ Stony Brook College
Fri. Oct. 18 – Oct 19 – New York, NY @ CMJ
Sun. Oct. 20 – Allston, MA @ Great Scott
Mon. Oct. 21 – Montreal, QC @ Le Divan Orange
Tue. Oct. 22 -Toronto, ON @ The Garrison
Wed. Oct. 23 – Hamilton, ON @ This Ain’t Hollywood
Fri. Oct. 25 – Detroit, MI @ Garden Bowl
Sat. Oct. 26 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
Sun. Oct. 27 – Cleveland, OH @ Happy Dog
Mon. Oct. 28 – Brooklyn, NY @ Death By Audio
Sun. Nov. 3 – London, GB @ Illuminations Festival
Tue. Nov. 5 – Glasgow, GB @ Nice ‘n Sleazy
Wed. Nov. 6 – Manchester, GB @ The Castle
Thu. Nov. 7 – Brighton, GB @ Audio
Fri. Nov. 8 – Tourcoing, FR @ Le Grand Mix (Festival Les Inrocks)
Sat. Nov. 9 – Paris, FR @ Cigale (Festival Les Inrocks)
Sun. Nov. 10 – Nantes, FR @ Stereolux (Festival Les Inrocks)
Mon. Nov. 11 – Clermont Ferrand, FR @ Mai Club
Tue. Nov. 12 – Toulouse, FR @ Bikini (Festival Les Inrocks)
Wed. Nov. 13 – Marseille, FR @ Poste à Galene
Thu. Nov. 14 – Savona, IT @ Raindogs
Fri. Nov. 15 – Brescia, IT @ Lio Bar
Sat. Nov. 16 – Carpi, IT @ Mattatoio
Mon. Nov. 18 – Nyon, CH @ La Paranthese
Tue. Nov. 19 – Dudingen, CH @ Bad Bonn
Wed. Nov. 20 – Innsbruck, AT @ PMK
Thu. Nov. 21 – Wiesbaden, DE @ Schlachthof Club
Fri. Nov. 22 – Dortmund, DE @ FZW Club
Sat. Nov. 23 – Munster, DE @ Gleis 22
Sun. Nov. 24 – Cologne, DE @ Studio 672
Mon. Nov. 25 – Hamburg, DE @ Molotow
Tue. Nov. 26 – Berlin, DE @ Privatclub
Thu. Nov. 28 – Aarhus, DK @ Fonden VoxHall
Fri. Nov. 29 – Copenhagen, DK @ Loppen
Sat. Nov. 30 – Stockholm, SE @ Debaser Strand
Sun. Dec. 1 – Oslo, NO @ John Dee
Wed. Dec. 4 – Brussels, BE @ La Botanique
Fri. Dec. 6 – Deventer, NL @ Burgerweeshuis
Sat. Dec. 7 – Hasselt, BE @ Muziekodroom
Wed. Dec. 11 – Groningen, NL @ Vera
Thu. Dec. 12 – Dordrecht, NL @ Bibelot
Fri. Dec. 13 – Heerlen, NL @ Nieuwe Nor
Sat. Dec. 14 – Haarlem, NL @ Patronaat
Thu. Dec. 19 – Nijmegen, NL @ Doomroosje
Fri. Dec. 20 – Bergen op Zoom, NL @ Gebouw-T
Sat. Dec. 21 – Leeuwarden, NL @ Romein
Fri. Dec. 27 – Den Haag, NL @ Paard van Troje
Sat. Dec. 28 – Utrecht, NL @ Tivoli
* Allah Lahs
! Light Fantastic
# The Ozarks
“Gardner’s sincerity, dexterity and lightness of touch raises this above a simple genre exercise.”
– MOJO
“Beneath the rainbows, emotional resonance may ultimately be Gardner’s most distinctive calling card.” – Austin Chronicle
“Gardner’s debut is unforgettable.” – Consequence of Sound
“On his debut full length Cabinet of Curiosities, Dutch multi-instrumentalist Jacco Gardner picks up on this tradition of 1960s studio mastery, a practice he skillfully showcases across twelve sweetly-colored Baroque pop tracks.” – Exclaim!
” . . . he’s made an album that sounds so good and authentically psych-like, and one that wraps the listener up in a warm embrace of misty melodies and cobwebbed arrangements.” – All Music
” . . . posh and polished and prettily poignant. Expect charming chord sequences and unexpected key changes, and don’t be surprised when things take a turn for the melancholy, even sinister.” – The Guardian [New Band of the Day]
“Jacco Gardner might just be the secret source of all that’s great in UK psych at the minute.” –NME
Jacco Gardner online:
www.troubleinmindrecs.com/bands/jaccogardner.html
www.facebook.com/jaccogardnermusic
www.soundcloud.com/jaccogardner