Grant Lee Phillips Releasing Album, Tour To Follow

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Grant Lee Phillips will be previewing his latest US tour with a kick-off show at Hollywood's Largo on Wednesday, June 28 to celebrate the release of his much-anticipated new album, “nineteeneighties” which bows on June 27 (Zoe/Rounder). Phillips will then return to the road on July 25 for a further 13 dates, including shows in Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago (two nights) and Philadelphia, before playing New York's Knitting Factory on August 10. The tour winds up in Northampton, MA, on August 13.

The successor to 2004's highly acclaimed “Virginia Creeper”, “nineteeneightees” looks back on an aspect of that decade which is often overlooked by the modern nostalgia crowd. Phillips himself had just relocated to Los Angeles when the likes of New Order, the Cure and Echo and the Bunnymen (all of whom are covered on the album) first began breaking through in America. “A lot of us, who were fans, found real purpose in the search for new music during the early eighties, the discovery of something that wasn't readily being delivered over the airwaves,” Grant says. “Music that wasn't yanked off a rack and, for the most part, wasn't advertised, this was a treasure. The tangible upsurge of underground and alternative artists releasing great albums on small labels is what really captivated me.”

Grant will tour as a trio with David Carpenter on upright bass and Kevin Jarvis on drums and they will deliver a live show which will include songs from “nineteeneightees” as well as material from his personal musical past. He promises an unforgettable evening packed with old favorites - in every sense of the expression.

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