Dry The River Announce Details Of Debut Album 'Shallow Bed'
Monday, 05 December 2011
Written by Jon Stickler
Dry the River have confirmed they will release their debut album 'Shallow Bed' on 5th March 2011.
The 11-track album was produced by Peter Katis (who has previously worked with The National and Interpol) at his Connecticut home-studio during the summer of 2011.
“We were looking for someone who could strike a balance between lo-fi and hi-fi,” says Peter Liddle, Dry the River’s lead singer. “We wanted to record the bulk of it to tape, to use analogue stuff in favour of computer wizardry where possible, but without it sounding like an old folk record. I think we tried to preserve the fragility and honesty of the more stripped down tracks, but still get the intensity of the live show across too - to marry those two aspects of our music without it sounding incongruous.”
'Shallow Bed' track-listing is as follows:
01. Animal Skins
02. New Ceremony
03. Shield Your Eyes
04. History Book
05. The Chambers & The Valves
06. Demons
07. Bible Belt
08. No Rest
09. Shaker Hymns
10. Weights & Measure
11. Lion’s Den
Dry the River will be releasing a single from the album, 'The Chambers & The Valves', on February 27th.
They have also announced details of a London headline show, their biggest to date, at the Electric Ballroom on Wednesday 2nd May 2012.
This show follows a recent run of headline dates which culminated in a sold-out performance at London’s Scala. The band also supported Bombay Bicyle Club on their U.K. tour and this summer saw them play some festival gigs on both sides of the Atlantic, highlights being their shows at SxSW in Texas, Reading & Leeds, Glastonbury and most recently, End of the Road and Bestival.
The band have additionally been announced to play a Q Now Session at XOYO in London on January 23rd 2012. Q Now Session Tickets are priced at £10.00.
Finally, the band have been confirmed as being one of 15 artists on the BBC Sound of 2012 shortlist. The top 5 will be announced in January 2012. Please visit www.bbc.co.uk/music/soundof/2012/artists for more details.
We don't run any advertising! Our editorial content is solely funded by lovely people like yourself using Stereoboard's listings when buying tickets for live events. To keep supporting us, next time you're looking for concert, festival, sport or theatre tickets, please search for "Stereoboard". It costs you nothing, you may find a better price than the usual outlets, and save yourself from waiting in an endless queue on Friday mornings as we list ALL available sellers!
