Smoke Fairies Play Rockwood Music Hall June 21

By: Jun. 08, 2011
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British duo Smoke Fairies' release their first U.S. full-length debut on June 14. The 11 track Through Low Light and Trees album highlights the harmonies of small town best mates Jessica Davies and Katherine Balmire and is produced by Head (known for his work with PJ Harvey and others). Recently, the duo released a double a-side single "Hotel Room/Strange Moon Rising" only in the U.S. for Record Store Day through 453 Records. Smoke Fairies do will an East Coast run of solo dates before touring this summer with Rasputina. (Please see dates below and on back).

In their native England, Smoke Fairies self released several singles prior to their debut and were first introduced to American audiences with their 7" Gastown/River Song on Jack White's Third Man Records. When White first heard Smoke Fairies, he offered to produce and play drums in his Nashville Studio with fellow Dead Weather/Raconteur band mate Jack Lawrence.

Smoke Fairies have toured the U.S. with Laura Marling, played SXSW in 2010 and New York's CMJ, where Time Out New York noted they were one of the "Top 5 Must See Bands" of the Festival. The duo recently released Ghosts: A Compilation of A-Sides, B-Sides and an EP from the Recent Past also exclusively to the American market for Record Store Day last year.

For Through Low Light and Trees, Smoke Fairies retreated to Sawmills studio in rural Cornwall to work with Head. The album caught press attention in the U.K with The Sun calling the record "a smorgasbord of nature imagery and fable-like fantasy" while The Guardian wrote "this album is enchanting."

Smoke Fairies U.S. Tour Dates
June 20 Passim Folk and Cultural Center Boston, MA
June 21 Rockwood Music Hall New York, NY
June 22 Rock Shop Brooklyn, NY
July 29 Key Club * Los Angeles, CA
July 30 SLO Brewing Co * San Luis Obispo, CA
July 31 Great American Music Hall * San Francisco, CA
August 4 WOW Hall * Eugene, OR
August 5 Doug Fir Lounge * Portland, OR
August 6 Tractor Tavern * Seattle, WA
August 8 The Railyard * Billing, MT
August 11 Bourbon Theater * Lincoln, NB
August 12 Blue Moose Tap House * Iowa City, IA
August 13 7th Street Entry * Minneapolis, MN
August 14 Shank Hall * Milwaukee, WI
August 16 Underground * Sandusky, OH
* Rasputina Dates




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