LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts) Alternative rock band IRATION is announcing plans to release their forthcoming full-length album later this year, with a new single set to debut in the coming months. The foursome has been working on new material since the release of their 2013 album Automatic, recording in both their hometown of
Santa Barbara (Sound Design) and in Los Angeles (Eastwest Studio). They have gathered together a team of acclaimed collaborators for the new project including executive producer
David "King
David The Future" Manzoor (Lupe Fiasco, R Kelly, Lloyd), Grammy Award-nominated mixer Mark Needham (Imagine Dragons, The Killers, Fleetwood Mac) and engineer Will Brierre (Imagine Dragons,
Youngblood Hawk, Chris Isaak).
In other exciting news, IRATION kicked off the second leg of their national headlining tour dubbed "Tales From The Sea," with a sold-out show (4/15) in Omaha, NE. The successful tour also sold out several dates in the first half including the Ogden Theater in Denver (1600 capacity), Showbox SODO in Seattle (1800 capacity) and drew over 2600 fans to their Oakland, CA Valentine's Day show at the Fox Theater. The second series of dates will take the band to Minneapolis, Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, New York, Washington, DC, Atlanta, Jacksonville, and more before wrapping May 6 in Charleston, SC. The Cleveland show this Saturday, April 18 at the House of Blues will stream live on Yahoo! that evening here.
Beyond their own headlining tour, IRATION will also make appearances at several music festivals this summer. Immediately following the "Tales From The Sea" run, they'll perform at the Big
Guava Festival May 8 in Tampa, FL, co-headline with Tribal Seeds Reggae on the Block May 9 in Orlando, FL, and co-headline alongside
Slightly Stoopid the inaugural
Blaze N Glory Festival May 15 in San Bernardino, CA. From there, they'll make appearances at Hangout May 17 in Gulf Shores, AL, Cali
Roots May 24 in Monterey, CA, headline the GoPro Mountain Games 5 in Vail, CO with G. Love and Special Sauce and Karl Denson's Tiny Universe and co-headline alongside
Matisyahu at the Lake Tahoe Reggae Festival June 27 in Lake Tahoe, CA. The band also has a headlining show at The Beach at Mandalay Bay July 17 in Las Vegas, NV before returning for their third summer performance at the OC Fair on July 18 in Costa Mesa, CA. Also this year, IRATION will make their debut at Outside Lands, taking place August 7-9 in San Francisco, CA, and additionally headline the Summer Meltdown Festival with STS9 and
Tycho on August 6-9 in Darrington, WA. All tour dates are listed below and more high-profile appearances will be revealed soon.
IRATION-Micah Pueschel (vocals/guitar), Adam Taylor (bass), Joseph Dickens (drums), Cayson Peterson (keyboard/synth) and Joseph King (engineer)-is touring behind their third full-length album AUTOMATIC, which debuted at #1 on both the Billboard and iTunes Reggae Albums charts, as well as #7 on the iTunes Overall Albums chart, #75 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and #17 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart upon its release summer 2013. AUTOMATIC has helped propel IRATION's career to a new level, and the response from fans, critics and industry has been overwhelmingly positive.
The Hawaiian-bred,
Santa Barbara, CA-based group has been touring nationally since 2008. Their extensive touring schedule has included several festival performances including Lollapalooza, Wakarusa, SXSW, California
Roots Music & Arts Festival, McDowell Mountain
Music Festival,
Sierra Nevada World
Music Festival, Sunset Strip
Music Festival and more. IRATION has headlined several successful national club/theater tours with sold-out shows throughout the country from Los Angeles' Wiltern Theater to St Petersburg's Jannus Live, as well as performing on coast-to-coast amphitheater treks.
Catch IRATION out on the road:
Tales from the Sea Tour 2015
Thu - 4/16 - Minneapolis, MN - Cabooze
Fri - 4/17 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
Sat - 4/18 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
Sun - 4/19 - Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls Theatre
Wed - 4/22 - Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom
Thu - 4/23 - Providence, RI - Fete Ballroom
Fri - 4/24 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza
Sat - 4/25 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
Sun - 4/26 - Charlottesville, VA - Jefferson Theater
Wed - 4/29 - Wilmington, NC - Greenfield Lake Amphitheatre
Fri - 5/1 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
Sat - 5/2 - Jacksonville, FL - Mavericks at the Landing
Tue - 5/5 - Asheville, NC - The
Orange Peel
Wed - 5/6 - Charleston, SC -
Music Farm
2015 FESTIVALS
Sun - 5/3 - West Palm Beach, FL - SunFest
Fri - 5/8 - Tampa, FL - Big
Guava Festival
Sat - 5/9 - Orlando, FL - Reggae on the Block
Fri - 5/15 - San Bernardino, CA -
Blaze N Glory Festival
Sun - 5/17 - Gulf Shores, AL - Hangout Beach,
Music & Arts Festival
Sun - 5/24 - Monterey, CA - California
Roots Music & Arts Festival
Fri - 6/5 - Vail, CO - GoPro Mountain Games
Sat - 6/27 - Stateline, NV - 3rd Annual Lake Tahoe Reggae Festival
Fri - 7/17 - Las Vegas, NV - The Beach at Mandalay Bay
Sat - 7/18 - Costa Mesa, CA - 2015 Toyota Summer Concert Series - OC Fair
Sun - 7/19 - El Paso, TX -
Texas Showdown
Thu-Sun - 8/6-8/9 - Darrington, WA - Summer Meltdown Festival
Fri-Sun - 8/7-8/9 - San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands
Sat - 9/26 - Tempe, AZ - Summer End Festival
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