Legendary 2-Tone artist, The Selecter have announced 7 dates in the US for this October celebrating over 35 years of their now classic album TOO MUCH PRESSURE plus sharing tracks from their latest album Subculture.
Whenever successful bands from the past reform they invariably start trading in nostalgia and become "heritage" acts. No one expects them to grow artistically or continue to excel at the same things that brought them popularity in the first place, but that's what The Selecter have done in the past few years. They've played at major festivals, headlined UK tours, toured the US, played at Coachella and recorded three studio albums, the latest of which, Subculture, was released to critical acclaim last fall in the US. In a time of global uncertainty, The Selecter continues to provide an optimistic soundtrack, as they once did 35 years ago and their message is as relevant as ever. The UK release of Subculture in June, 2015 landed the band in the Top 40 and earned them their largest sales week since cult-classic Celebrate The Bullet came out in 1981. In the US where the album dropped on October 2nd, the band was featured on NPR's Weekend Edition, "Decades On, The Selecter Maintains A Steady Groove And A Political Eye," their new album was favorably featured in Pitchfork's piece "Remembering the Real Lessons of 2 Tone Ska" and they chatted with VICE's Noisey for a piece that ran with an advance stream of the record, "The Selecter's Pauline Black on Bringing Diverse Two-Tone Music Since 1979." In addition, last year in an interview with 7x7 Magazine, Carrie Brownstein name checks The Selecter when asked what she's currently listening to and Gwen Stefani notes The Selecter as a big style and music influence in an In Style interview.The Selecter - "On My Radio" (1979) (HQ)
The Selecter - "Walk The Walk"
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