New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Rubblebucket have just released their new LP, Sun Machine (Grand Jury Music). The band just wrapped up an incredible weekend by way of their
Dream Picnic festival in Holyoke, MA where they (and other bands on the bill) played to a full house. This Fall the duo of Kalmia Traver and Alex Toth will be hitting the road (as a 6-piece band) with dates kicking off on October 25. Today they announce two additional shows to the tour. They will play at the Paradise in
Boston on January 25 and following that, their first ever heading slot at NYC's 1800-capacity Brooklyn Steel on January 26. Diet Cig, who are on the road with them this Fall, will support both dates and tickets are on sale to the general public on Friday,
September 14.
Stream Sun Machine via Spotify where album track "Party Like Your
Heart Hurts" landed a New
Music Friday nod on release day. Paste called Sun Machine "a joyous breakup album" and NPR including it in their notable releases of the week. With the release of their newest single "Annihilation Song" The Current labeled it "song of the day" and IndieShuffle said it, "makes it 3-for-3 in terms of 2018 Rubblebucket releases that I've heard which would make it onto my favorite songs of the century list." The video, directed by
Amanda Bonaiuto, was selected as a Vimeo Staff Pick, and has amassed over 200K views since release last month.
Rubblebucket have shared 3 additional singles - "Fruity" (which can be heard on
Sirius XMU), "
Lemonade" (which hit the #1 spot at KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic playlist) and "What Life Is" which was featured on Fader.
Sun Machinewas co-produced by Rubblebucket and while it documents the pain of ending their romantic relationship, the LP emerges as an unbridled and often-euphoric celebration of their lasting connection. The breakup inspired much of the album, yet Sun Machine is deeply informed by several other life-changing occurrences in recent years: Kalmia's diagnosis with ovarian cancer in 2013 (followed by a round of surgeries and chemo treatments), Alex's decision to get sober after a long struggle with alcoholism, and the couple's three-year-long attempt at maintaining an open relationship. The result is a strange and beautiful paradox: a party album rooted in radical mindfulness, a breakup record imbued with each partner's palpable love for the other.
