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YOB ANNOUNCE SPRING 2019 TOUR WITH VOIVOD AND AMENRA OUR RAW HEART SURFACES ON NUMEROUS BEST OF LISTS INCLUDING NPR, ROLLING STONE, DECIBEL, REVOLVER, NOISEY, MASHABLE AND ARTFORUM |
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Dec. 18, 2018 – Oregon – YOB, who have enjoyed a remarkable 2018, will return to the road next Spring, bringing Voivod and Amenra along for the month-long trek across North America. The news arrives as Our Raw Heart continues to surface on a wide range of best of 2018 lists, nabbing the #1 spot in Decibel Magazine’s extensive year-end issue, as well as nods from NPR, Rolling Stone, ArtForum, Mashable, New York Magazine’s Vulture, Noisey, Treble and more. Consequence of Sound’s Heavy Consequence said of the album that they placed at the top of their 2018 countdown: “Our Raw Heart… possesses a serene almost uplifting quality,” while PopMatters, who also placed the release at the top of their Best Metal of 2018 list, said “… true art… offers us an insight into the most frightening of human emotions. Our Raw Heart acts as a portal to another’s pain…” |
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| Tickets, as well, as exclusive ticket and merch bundles, are on-sale now. The bundles, which can be found via yobislove.com/tour, includes an entry ticket, an exclusive t-shirt as well as the option of vinyl or CD versions of Our Raw Heart.
YOB Tour Dates (All dates with Voivod and Amenra except where noted): March 26 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line March 27 Chicago, IL Thalia Hall March 28 Columbus, OH Ace of Cups March 29 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop March 30 Toronto, ON Phoenix March 31 Buffalo, NY Town Ballroom April 2 Portland, ME Geno’s April 3 Boston, MA Royale April 4 Brooklyn, NY Warsaw April 5 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer April 6 Richmond, VA Broadberry April 7 Raleigh, NC Kings April 9 Knoxville, TN Concourse April 10 Atlanta, GA Masquerade (Hell) April 11 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jack’s April 12 Houston, TX Warehouse April 13 Austin, TX Barracuda April 14 Dallas, TX Gas Monkey April 16 Denver, CO Marquis Theater * April 18 Phoenix, AZ Club Red + April 19 San Diego, CA Brick by Brick + * – No Voivod + – YOB only YOB is Travis Foster (drums), Aaron Rieseberg (bass) and Mike Scheidt (vocals/guitar). “YOB’s eighth album, Our Raw Heart, is a riveting document of Scheidt’s year,” said Rolling Stone in an online feature. “A gauntlet of sickness and health, clarity and confusion, the record wrestles with mortality and ultimately perseveres.” Decibel Magazine, in their July cover story, said “one of the byproducts” of Scheidt’s illness “is a brilliant new album that takes the YOB blueprint of punishingly heavy, delightfully angular doom/sludge into unexplored areas of heart-breaking melody and triumphant resolve.” The album has won accolades from the Associated Press(“Yob… swing effortlessly between menacing distortion and hushed reverie”), NPR (“…the group’s sprawling gravity and thunderous majesty have taken an introspective turn…”), Pitchfork(“…metal that sounds sensuous, bellicose, and jubilant all at once”). |
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 Photo credit: Jimmy Hubbard
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