New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Mecca Lecca Recordings) There is something magical about songwriter Carl Creighton and his band Howth. In the past couple years, Howth has released a pair of LPs, but those records do not tell the whole story. Creighton has been writing songs at a prolific rate. Overflowing with songs and more than ready to record another LP, Howth has decided to give away a new EP featuring a pair of new songs that show Creighton's range as a songwriter, as well as the band's range as performers. Engineered & Mixed by Mike Caffrey at Converse Rubber Tracks Studio in Brooklyn, NY, "Secret Goldmine" captures Howth's poppier side in ways we've never seen before. The song premiered this morning on We All Want Someone To Shout For. Meanwhile, self-recorded ballad, "Joseph" is as sweet as it gets. Additionally, the Secret Goldmine EP includes an epic live version of "Out In Eagan" captured by NYC Taper at the band's record release show at Mercury Lounge in May.
Download the Free Secret Goldmine EP: https://bit.ly/POZgps
*includes "Secret Goldmine", "Joshua" and "Out In Eagan (Live)"
Catch them all over the United States throughout the months of July and August (full tour dates below).
About Howth:
Howth began as two roommates experimenting in minimal psychedelic folk music and has since become a collection of five friends with so much vibe you would think they had been playing together for the last decade of their twenty-something lives. And in fact, some of them have been. Shortly after returning from Palestine where he had been teaching children the joys of music, lead guitarist and multi-instrumentalist
Blake Luley again met up with songwriter Carl Creighton in his home state of Minnesota. By way of a mini tour, Luley and Creighton returned to New York City and began to look for like minded musicians to help expand the sound they had developed together.
Despite living in the capital of cool known as Brooklyn, the search for what would become the rest of Howth ultimately ended with two of New Jersey native Luley's high school band mates, Neil Acharya (bass, vocals, saxophone) and Miles Waltuck (drums), and Luley's girlfriend, Aviva Stampfer (vocals, keyboard), herself a transplant from Portland. The years of rapport between these individuals is immediately apparent and has become a hallmark of the music they create, most recognizably in Howth's debut as a quintet, Newkirk. Recorded in Waltuck's basement and slated for release in May 2012 by Mecca Lecca Recording Co., Newkirk retains the intimate songwriting of Creighton while capturing five talented musicians having the time of their lives with their closest friends.
Howth has shared the stage with such incredible artists as:
AU, Lianne La Havas, Night Moves, Soft Black,
Christopher Paul Stelling, Capybara, Skeletons, Spanish Prisoners, You Can Be A Wesley, Capybara,
Leverage Models, Unicycle Loves You,
Spirit Animal, Friend Roulette, Empires, Said The Whale
For the first time since expanding from a duo to quintet, Howth is hitting the road. Ambitiously traveling coast to coast in a month, this will be the first chance for fans outside the Northeast to see the powerful live band whose performances have been captivating unsuspecting local audiences.
US TOUR
7/24- Brooklyn, NY @ Public Assembly w/ Mornin' Old Sport, Matty Fasano
7/27- Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell's w/ Miracles of
Modern Science, Vows
7/28- Philadelphia, PA @ Venue TBA
7/29- Washington DC @
Velvet Lounge w/
Double Saginaw Familiarity, Orchard Wall, This Old Ghost
7/30- Richmond, VA @ The Camel w/ This Old Ghost, Apache Radio, Kindling Kind
7/31- Chapel Hill, NC @ Nightlight w/ Baobab, Virgins
8/2- Athens, GA @ Flicker Bar w/
Black Moon
8/4- Austin, TX @ Lambert's w/ Royal Forest
8/6- Tempe, AZ @ Long Wong's
8/7- Los Angeles, CA @ Lot 1 w/ Steffaloo
8/8- Oakland, CA @ Actual Cafe w/ Birdseye
8/11- Portland, OR @ Badlands *Acoustic Afternoon BB-Q!*
8/11- Portland, OR @ Alberta St. Pub w/
David Ramirez
8/12- Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern
8/14- Boise, ID @ Red Room
8/15- Denver, CO @ Unit E w/ Rubedo
8/16- Kansas City, MO @ The Record Bar w/ Secret Cities,
Spirit Is The Spirit
8/17- St. Paul, MN @ Wild Tymes
8/18- Milwaukee, WI @ Venue TBA *Battlecry Presents…*
8/19- Chicago, IL @ Schuba's
8/20- Rock Island, IL DAYTROTTER!
8/21- Grand Rapids, MI @ DAAC w/ Chanical Fields, Big Dudee Roo
8/23- Toledo, OH @ Ottawa Tavern
8/24- Pittsburgh, PA @ Howlers Coyote Cafe w/ Too Young, Butter Birds
8/25- Brooklyn, NY @ Cameo Gallery w/ Home Video, Port St. Willow
Howth
Newkirk
Released: 5.1.12
Click here for full album stream: https://bit.ly/PP0yB1
01 Deep In My Heart
02 Snowbank
03 Only Right Turns
04
Belly Of The Beast
05 A Lie
06 Wind Blows Cold
07 Grand Marais
08 Honey
09 Keep Me Away From The Mirror
10 Out In Eagan
