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Catch Ellis Ludwig-Leone on NPR’s All Things Considered!
Stream San Fermin at CBS/Last.fm and MSN Music
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Brooklyn based San Fermin’s self-titled debut record is out now, via Downtown Records. The 17 tracks of post-rock chamber-pop have been met with critical acclaim from the likes of Pitchfork, Stereogum, NPR and most recently, The Huffington Post. San Fermin premiered via NPR First Listen and the band’s principal songwriter and composer, Ellis Ludwig-Leone, appeared on NPR’s All Things Considered last week.
The album is being streamed in full on CBS/Last.fm and MSN Listening Booth. San Fermin also recently filmed a mesmerizing live session at the Advent Lutheran Church in NYC. Watch the first video in the series, an emotive performance of “Oh Darling,” here.
Listen: San Fermin at
The band is taking their captivating live show on the road, and kicked off a major market national tour with a sold out show at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City. San Fermin will continue the tour through Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, and Boston before concluding on October 27th in Providence, RI. Full tour dates are below.
Led by principal songwriter and composer Ellis Ludwig-Leone, San Fermin is strongly influenced by Ludwig-Leone’s unique background in classical music, which includes a job assisting composer/arranger Nico Muhly. After finishing his musical studies at Yale, Ludwig-Leone wrote San Fermin in six weeks while holed up in a studio on the mountainous border between Alberta and British Columbia. He focused on lifeʼs top-shelf issues – youth, nostalgia, anxiety, unrequited love – and tied these vast themes to different characters through vocal contributions from longtime friend Allen Tate, as well as Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig of Lucius.
“Daedalus (What We Have)” smacks of Sufjan Stevens’ baroque, gently swelling tendencies.” -Pitchfork
“It shook me. I loved it.”
“The most distinctive of any indie-rock record in recent memory – and one of the most impressive.” –Interview Magazine
San Fermin Fall Tour Dates:
9/30 – Chicago, IL – Hideout
10/1 – Minneapolis, MN – Bryant Lake Bowl
10/3 – Pittsburgh, PA – Brillobox
10/4 – Toronto, CA – The Drake
10/13 – San Diego, CA – Casbah
10/15 – Los Angeles, CA – Echo
10/16 – San Francisco, CA – Cafe Du Nord
10/18 – Portland, OR – Bunk Bar
10/19 – Seattle, WA – Barboza
10/20 – Vancouver, BC – The Media Club
10/24 – Washington, DC – DC9
10/25 – Philadelphia, PA – Boot & Saddle
10/26 – Boston, MA – The Cafe 939 (Berklee College of Music)
10/27 – Providence, RI – Columbus Theatre
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