New York, NY (Top40 Charts) The White Buffalo has released Darkest Darks, Lightest Lights, the sixth album from LA-based songwriter Jake Smith, and the most hard-hitting record of his career. Stripped-down folk. Electrified swamp-soul.
Heartland rock. Bluesy boogie-woogie. It's all here, tied together by the super-sized vocals and articulate songwriting of a bandleader whose work is sometimes moody, sometimes menacing, but always melodic.
The White Buffalo - Darkest Darks, Lightest Lights
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Darkest Darks, Lightest
Lights is available to order via The White Buffalo's website, which features special bundle packages that include vinyl, apparel and other items: https://smarturl.it/whitebuffall.
The White Buffalo also recently released the single "
Avalon" via Billboard.com, as well as "
Robbery" with Guitar World and "The Observatory" on Rolling Stone Country. Rolling Stone writes, "There's something ancient about Jake Smith's voice... it's the perfect instrument with which to ponder the secrets of the universe or the ties that bind his fellow humans, which is just what Smith does on the newest White Buffalo track, 'The Observatory.'"
The White Buffalo has also announced the Darkest Darks, Lightest
Lights tour, a nationwide run of shows starting this November - see below for a full list of dates. Tickets are currently on sale and can be purchased here: https://thewhitebuffalo.com/tour/
Songwriter Jake Smith has resolutely charted his own single-minded musical course for more than a decade. His captivating live presence and workingman's approach to his craft has earned him a loyal fan base nationwide, as well as glowing reviews from press outlets including Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Paste, and more. Smith has toured alongside Ryan Bingham, Jack Johnson, Xavier Rudd,
State Radio, Ziggy Marley, and most recently Flogging Molly. He has also been featured on Jimmy Kimmel Live - watch his performance HERE.
Over the course of five albums, various EPs, and numerous prominent placements in such high-profile outlets as TV's Sons of Anarchy and Californication, Smith has built a powerful body of work that marks him as a genuine original. He was nominated for a 2015 Emmy for his song "Come Join The Murder", co-written with Bob Thiele & Kurt Sutter for the final episode of Sons Of Anarchy. The California-bred artist writes timeless, vividly detailed character studies, tapping into the emotional lives of various misfits, outsiders and troubled souls with insight and compassion. His songwriting is matched by his rough-hewn, deeply expressive voice, and by his distinctive instrumental arrangements, which are simultaneously intimate and epic.
"The voice inside him whirls... hitting the air like a fist." - Jeffrey Fleishman, L.A. Times
"..he's a turbo charged Bruce Springsteen, equal parts brain and brawn" - Q Magazine
Darkest Darks, Lightest
Lights Track Listing:
1. Hide and Seek
2. Avalon
3. Robbery
4. The Observatory
5. Madam's Soft, Madam's Sweet
6. Nightstalker Blues
7. If I Lost My Eyes
8. Border Town / Bury Me In Baja
9. The
Heart and Soul Of The Night
10. I Am The Moon
Darkest Darks, Lightest
Lights Tour Dates:
11/10/2017 - Missoula, MT - Top Hat Lounge
11/11/2017 - Billings, MT - Pub Station
11/12/2017 - Bozeman, MT - The
Eagles Ballroom
11/14/2017 - Boise, ID - Neurolux
11/15/2017 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot
11/17/2017 - Aspen, CO -
Belly Up
11/18/2017 - Longmont, CO - The Oak Room at Oskar Blues Tasty
11/19/2017 -
Santa Fe, NM - The Bridge at
Santa Fe Brewing
12/01/2017 - Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center
12/02/2017 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge
12/03/2017 - Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon
12/05/2017 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
12/06/2017 - Detroit, MI - The Shelter
12/08/2017 - Portland, ME - Aura
12/09/2017 - South Burlington, VT - The Higher Ground, Showcase Room
12/10/2017 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Bowl
12/12/2017 - Philadelphia, PA - The Foundry at The Fillmore
12/13/2017 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
12/15/2017 - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
01/13/2018 - Los Angeles, CA - Fonda
01/19/2018 - San Diego, CA - The Observatory North Park
01/20/2018 -
Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory
01/23/2018 -
Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst
01/24/2018 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
01/26/2018 - Eugene, OR -
Hi-Fi Music Hall
01/27/2018 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
01/28/2018 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
02/09/2018 - Atlanta, GA - The Loft
02/10/2018 - Asheville, NC - The Grey Eagle
02/11/2018 - Charlotte, NC - Visulite Theatre
02/13/2018 - Louisville, KY - Zanzabar
02/14/2018 - Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge
02/16/2018 - Memphis, TN - Hi-Tone
02/17/2018 - New Orleans, LA - The Parish Room at the House of Blues
02/18/2018 - Houston, TX - House of Blues - Bronze Peacock
02/20/2018 - Austin, TX - The Parish
02/21/2018 - Dallas, TX - Club Dada
02/23/2018 - Tucson, AZ - Club Congress
02/24/2018 - Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom
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