New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Count Vaseline is an alternative rock project founded in 2016 by songwriter, musician and producer 'Stefan Murphy' during a creative spell in Berlin Germany. Count Vaseline is very much inspired by past masters such as the
Velvet Underground,
Modern Lovers, Suicide, Television Personalities and The Fall. 80s and 90s british bands like Echo And The Bunnymen The Jesus And Mary Chain and Spacemen 3. The sound is often a marriage of 60s pop and minimal psychedelic rock, inspired by bands like
Black Lips and Fat White Family. Murphy recently moved from
Europe to Atlanta, where he is currently building a recording studio - from there he has announced a big tour of the US in June, July and August. Dates are below.
Count Vaseline on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY1VWX4M69JNRBSbOLfFnYA
Count Vaseline on Bandcamp: countvaseline.bandcamp.com
After conceiving the project and following only a handful of live appearances in Germany, Count Vaseline decamped to the US to begin working on what would quickly become his first album 'Yo No Soy Marinero'. The narrative of the record is very personal and details a difficult phase in Murphy's life and creativity as well as a celebration of his trials and tribulations in Berlin. Making the decision to stay in the US was closely followed by a Presidential election that was going to send the universe into something of a tailspin. The rise of Donald Trump as well as a lot of depressing reading about the cyclical patterns in world politics quickly gave birth to The Count's second album, the very minimal 'Cascade'.
But it wasn't all doom and gloom. 'Russia', the forthcoming single, is designed to make the people dance. The song was inspired by the documentary film 'Hypernormalization' and is a personal account of two lovers trying to break free from the constraints of the modern world. The song is deliberately performed at 117 beats per minute, the same BPM as
Quincy jones / Michael
Jacksons magnum opus 'Billie Jean', one of the most danceable tunes in history.
On Tour:
Jun 21 /
Houston TX - Under The Volcano
Jun 22 / Austin TX - Hotel Vegas
Jun 23 / Bryan TX - Revolution
Jun 24 / San Antonio TX - Hitones
Jun 26 / Dallas TX - RBC
Jun 27 / Ft.Worth TX - Boiled Owl
Jun 28 / Hot Springs AR - Maxines
Jun 30 / Oklahoma City OK - HiLo
Jul 2 / Birmingham AL -The Nick
Jul 4 / Atlanta GA - Rowdy Dowdy
Jul 11 /
Memphis TN - The Hi-Tone Cafe
Jul 14 /
Charlotte NC - Petra's
Jul 15 / Richmond VA - Sound Of Music
Jul 17 / Baltimore MD - The Depot
Jul 18 / Washington DC -
Black Cat
Jul 19 / Brooklyn NY - Harefield Rd
Jul 21 / New York City NY - Piano's
Jul 25 / Portland ME - Urban Farm Fermentory
Jul 26 /
Saratoga Springs NY - Putnam Den
Jul 27 / Buffalo NY - Mohawk Place
Jul 28 / Rochester NY - Abeline
July 31 /
Chicago IL - The Owl
Aug 2 / Milwaukee WI - River West
Aug 3 / Minneapolis MN - Shadewald Hall
Aug 6 / Tri-Cities WA - Candy Gallery
Aug 7 / Olympia WA - The Courtyard
Aug 9 / Seattle WA - Slims Last Chance Saloon
Aug 10 / Portland OR - Turn, Turn, Turn
Aug 11 / Eugene OR - Old Nick's
Aug 12 / San Francisco CA - Bottom Of The Hill
Aug 13 / Sacremento CA - Old Ironsides
Aug 15 / Fullerton CA - The Continental Rooms
Aug 19 / Los Angeles CA - Bar Lubitsch
