Here's a press release I sent out for the new Western Blot song, above, and the show we're playing next week that I posted a flyer for here a couple weeks ago:
Western Blot release new track, announce Baltimore show
Baltimore band to play hometown gig on August 6th, debut new song on compilation
Western Blot, the Baltimore-based band that began performing and releasing music in 2012, have announced an upcoming show at the Sidebar, and released a new song via a compilation of local bands. The Sidebar show, on August 6th, will also feature the bands Batworth Stone and The Woolly Moon, as well as the debut performance of the new band Soft Peaks.
"The Power Let Me Down" is the new Western Blot track recently made available for streaming and download, which made its debut on Flying Dog Music's Baltimore, Vol. 1compilation. The disc, released in May, was a joint venture between the Frederick, Maryland-based Flying Dog Brewery and the Charles Village-based Mobtown Studios. Western Blot's Al Shipley, who's work as a music critic has earned him something of a reputation as a Baltimore music expert, was involved in curating and sequencing the compilation along with Mobtown's Mat Leffler-Schulman, and "The Power Let Me Down" is one of several new tracks on Baltimore, Vol. 1, along with previously unreleased music from Mr. Moccasin and Repelican. Western Blot performed at Flying Dog's release party event for the compilation at the Ottobar in May, alongside other acts on the album including Among Wolves, Us And Us Only, and MacGregor Burns. Free copies of Baltimore, Vol. 1 will be available at Western Blot's August 6th Sidebar show.
"The Power Let Me Down" is the first Western Blot release to feature lead vocals by Andy Shankman, who plays guitar amd sings in the live incarnation of Western Blot. Shankman also leads his own band, Jumpcuts, which released its debut album,Electrickery, last year. Al Shipley played all the instruments and wrote the noisy, uptempo song, which was recorded at Mobtown Studios, during Western Blot's genesis as a solo studio project. "This whole band is about doing things the usual way when I feel like it, and then completely abandoning the norm when I feel like it," says Shipley. "I don't feel obligated to sing every song I write, and I can make the most aggressive rock music I want to make without picking up a guitar."
Live, Western Blot translates Shipley's synth-driven studio tracks to guitars with Shankman and John German. Since last year, the trio has played several shows at Baltimore venues like the Golden West Cafe and the Charm City Art Space, sometimes joined onstage by guests like bassist Tim Yungwirth (Your Solar, Armed Elephant), as well as vocalists Kathleen Wilson (Thee Lexington Arrows) and Scott Siskind (Vinny Vegas), who sang on Western Blot's debut "Button Masher" b/w "Child of Divorce" single. "I'm really happy that the three songs we've released so far sound like they could be by three different bands," says Shipley. "I don't want people to know exactly what to expect from us."
Tickets are available at MissionTix.com for Western Blot's August 6th show at the Sidebar. More live performances and new studio tracks will follow throughout the year, running up to the release of Western Blot's debut album in 2014.
"The Power Let Me Down" is the new Western Blot track recently made available for streaming and download, which made its debut on Flying Dog Music's Baltimore, Vol. 1compilation. The disc, released in May, was a joint venture between the Frederick, Maryland-based Flying Dog Brewery and the Charles Village-based Mobtown Studios. Western Blot's Al Shipley, who's work as a music critic has earned him something of a reputation as a Baltimore music expert, was involved in curating and sequencing the compilation along with Mobtown's Mat Leffler-Schulman, and "The Power Let Me Down" is one of several new tracks on Baltimore, Vol. 1, along with previously unreleased music from Mr. Moccasin and Repelican. Western Blot performed at Flying Dog's release party event for the compilation at the Ottobar in May, alongside other acts on the album including Among Wolves, Us And Us Only, and MacGregor Burns. Free copies of Baltimore, Vol. 1 will be available at Western Blot's August 6th Sidebar show.
"The Power Let Me Down" is the first Western Blot release to feature lead vocals by Andy Shankman, who plays guitar amd sings in the live incarnation of Western Blot. Shankman also leads his own band, Jumpcuts, which released its debut album,Electrickery, last year. Al Shipley played all the instruments and wrote the noisy, uptempo song, which was recorded at Mobtown Studios, during Western Blot's genesis as a solo studio project. "This whole band is about doing things the usual way when I feel like it, and then completely abandoning the norm when I feel like it," says Shipley. "I don't feel obligated to sing every song I write, and I can make the most aggressive rock music I want to make without picking up a guitar."
Live, Western Blot translates Shipley's synth-driven studio tracks to guitars with Shankman and John German. Since last year, the trio has played several shows at Baltimore venues like the Golden West Cafe and the Charm City Art Space, sometimes joined onstage by guests like bassist Tim Yungwirth (Your Solar, Armed Elephant), as well as vocalists Kathleen Wilson (Thee Lexington Arrows) and Scott Siskind (Vinny Vegas), who sang on Western Blot's debut "Button Masher" b/w "Child of Divorce" single. "I'm really happy that the three songs we've released so far sound like they could be by three different bands," says Shipley. "I don't want people to know exactly what to expect from us."
Tickets are available at MissionTix.com for Western Blot's August 6th show at the Sidebar. More live performances and new studio tracks will follow throughout the year, running up to the release of Western Blot's debut album in 2014.
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