The French Kicks will see their well-received second album for Vagrant Records, “Swimming” released in stores on May 20th. If you can’t wait you can get it now on iTunes
-upcoming dates in BOLD-
4/15 New York, NY Mercury Lounge
4/24 Washington DC Rock N Roll Hotel
4/25 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506
4/26 Atlanta, GA The Earl
4/27 Asheville, NC Grey Eagle
5/15 Portland, OR Doug Fir
5/16 Seattle, WA Chop Suey
5/18 San Francisco, CA The Independent
5/19 Sacramento, CA Blue Lamp
5/22 Los Angeles, CA The Echo [buy tickets]
5/23 San Diego, CA Casbah
5/28 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
5/29 Chicago, IL Double Door
5/30 Madison, WI High Noon
5/31 Minneapolis, MN 400 Club
6/02 Kansas City, MO Record Bar
6/04 Dallas, TX Granada Theater
6/05 Austin, TX Mohawk
6/06 Houston, TX Walter’s on Washington
6/07 Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon
6/09 Birmingham, AL The Bottletree
6/10 Nashville, TN Exit/In
6/11 Columbus, OH The Basement
“On this record, we hoped to capture the joy of friends playing together in a relaxed way. We used a lot of first and second takes and tried to preserve a sense of immediacy and discovery that comes from putting things down before you really have a chance to think too hard…” (Guitarist/Vocalist Josh Wise)
I got an advance copy in the mail and couldn’t stop listening to it. The first track, Abandon is a signpost of a great listening experience ahead and can be downloaded here. Overall the lush soundscape never floats too far away -as dream inducing records often do, but stays on the proper side of uplifting.
