Civil Twilight's STORY OF AN IMMIGRANT Debuts at No. 1; Fall Tour Dates Set!

Civil Twilight's new studio album Story of an Immigrant debuted #1 on Billboard's Heatseeker and New Alternative album charts. The album is available worldwide on Wind-up Records now. Throughout the summer, the band is playing intimate venues and sharing stages with acts such as The Gaslight Anthem, Cold War Kids and Lord Huron, before heading out on a full headline U.S. fall tour. Please see dates below with more to be announced soon.

Civil Twilight's Steven (lead vocals, bass and piano) and Andrew McKeller (guitar), Richard Wouters (drums) and Kevin Dailey (keys and guitar) spent one month recording Story Of An Immigrant with Ben H. Allen (Gnarls Barkley, Bombay Bicycle Club, Cut Copy) at Maze Studios in Atlanta. Of the title track and album theme, frontman McKeller says "this song both lyrically and musically seemed to set the course for the new music we were writing. It was the first song written for the new record where we all collectively went, 'I like this. Let's keep going in this direction.' We think musically it very naturally links our past with where we're headed -- and lyrically it's in many ways the story of our lives, our band, and our journey."

The band recently performed on VH1's "Big Morning Buzz" (http://on.vh1.com/1HyJE6C) and live with Utopiafest at this year's SXSW Festival (http://bit.ly/1BHo1lg).

Civil Twilight started as brothers Steven and Andrew McKellar explored their father's jazz collection and listened to their classically trained mother play piano in Cape Town, South Africa. In 1996, Andrew launched a teenaged band with help from his high school classmate, drummer Richard Wouters. The bandmates relocated to Los Angeles in August of 2005 where they co-produced their debut record, Human (2007). Several songs from the album were featured in prime-time television shows, including "One Tree Hill," "House," "Star Crossed" and "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles." Shortly after their debut release, the band moved to Nashville and signed with Wind-Up Records in 2008. After re-releasing their self-titled LP in 2010, the band's debut single, "Letters from the Sky," reached #5 on the Alternative radio charts and remained in the Top 10 for six months of the year selling over 200,000 copies.

In 2012, Wind-Up Records released Civil Twilight's Holy Weather. The band headlined a U.S. tour with Morning Parade as an opener and supported two months with Mutemath. Past tour mates have also included Florence & The Machine, Young The Giant, Jimmy Eat World, Of Monsters and Men and Neon Trees. Civil Twilight has played the main stage at festivals such as Bonnaroo, Hangout, Voodoo, Austin City Limits, VH1 Best Cruise Ever, Milwaukee Summerfest, Kirstenbosch (Cape Town) and Rocking the Daisies (Cape Town). Their most recent single "Fire Escape" charted Top 20 Alternative and received extensive coverage on MTV, Vh1 and Fuse.

CIVIL TWILIGHT SUMMER TOUR DATES

*with Cake
†with In The Valley Below and Cold War Kids
‡with Cold War Kids, Gaslight Anthem, Cake, Airborne Toxic Event and more
§with Delta Rae
**with Lord Huron
††with Delta Rae, JD McPherson, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Kopecky and Humming House
‡‡with festival lineup to be announced

July 22 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
July 23 Columbus, OH LC Pavilion*
July 24 Clifton Park, NY Upstate Concert Hall†
July 25 Buffalo, NY Canalside Buffalo with WLKK‡
July 27 Toronto, ON Rivoli§
July 28 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
July 29 Indianapolis, IN Radio Radio
July 31 St. Paul, MN Turf Club
August 1 Milwaukee, WI Shank Hall
August 3 Omaha, NE Slowdown**
August 6 Colorado Springs, CO Black Sheep
August 7 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
August 9 Kansas City, MO The Record Bar
September 10 Nashville, TN Live on the Green††
September 12 Oceanside, CA City of Oceanside: Pier Plaza‡‡
September 13 Sterling Heights, MI 89X Chill On The Hill‡‡

CIVIL TWILIGHT FALL HEADLINE TOUR DATES

September 23 Austin, TX The Parish
September 24 San Antonio, TX Sam's Burger Joint
September 25 Dallas, TX Dada
September 26 Tulsa, OK The Vanguard
September 30 Roswell, NM Pecos Flavors Winery
October 3 Santa Ana, CA The Constellation Room
October 6 West Hollywood, CA The Roxy Theatre
October 8 Reno, NV Cargo: Whitney Peak Hotel
October 9 Sacramento, CA Harlow's
October 10 San Francisco, CA Brick & Mortar Music Hall
October 12 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios
October 13 Seattle, WA The Crocodile
October 14 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret
October 15 Spokane, WA The Bartlett
October 20 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall

Photo by Mason Poole

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