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Civil Twilight, originally from South Africa, and now Nashville based, are living proof of what happens when you stop worrying about being the chosen one and make music built on both the roots that grew you and the love that keeps you thriving every day.
Civil Twilight’s songs embrace every corner of human emotion, balancing delicate, poetic lyrics with sweeping arrangements that touch all the senses: a phrase to make you think; a rolling drumbeat you can feel in your bones; a guitar vamp as illustrative as a picture; a shimmer of keys whose light can nearly be seen and heard.
The same goes for their most recent release – a gorgeous, goose-bump giving acoustic rendition of their album, Story of an Immigrant, which premiered via Billboard. “It was a lot of fun breaking these songs down to their core, stripping them naked and giving them a new outfit,” singer Steven McKellar tells Billboard. “To see what else we could bring out of them and what else they could say. These versions allow the listener a closer look and hopefully a more intimate experience of the original album.”
Available via Wind-up Records and one year since the release of the original record, the acoustic record also features three bonus tracks, “Letters from the Sky” and “Save Yourself”, plus an ethereal cover of Billy Idol’s “Dancing With Myself,” that premiered a few weeks prior via Consequence of Sound.
Following appearances at Bonnaroo and Firefly this Summer, the band will continue across the country on a headlining tour this July. With a handful of upcoming shows with Andrew McMahon and the Wilderness, the band also announce today that they will be direct support for Nothing But Thieves this Fall. The tour sees them travel to Canada, down the west coast of America through the Pacific North West and into Southern California, with another leg in October that brings them to the East Coast and into the South.
UPCOMING TOUR DATES:
* with Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
**with Nothing But Thieves
7/19 The Old Rock House – St Louis MO
7/20 Schubas Tavern – Chicago IL 7/21 Wooly’s – Des Moines IA * 7/22 The Blue Note – Columbia MO * 9/14 Vancouver BC @ Vogue Theatre** 9/16 Edmonton AB @ The Starlite Ballroom** 9/17 Calgary, AB @ Commonwealth** 9/19 Seattle, WA @ Neumos** 9/20 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom** 9/22 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall** 9/23 Santa Ana, Ca @ Constellation Room** 9/24 San Diego, CA @ House of Blues Voodoo Room** 10/21 Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry** 10/22 Pittsburg, PA @ Stage AE** 10/23 Washington, DC @ Rock n Roll Hotel** 10/25 Nashville, TN @ Exit In** 10/26 Charlotte, NC @ The Underground** 10/28 Birmingham, AL @ Saturn** 10/30 Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West** 11/01 Orlando, FL @ The Social** |
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