Slow Dancer Heads to Seattle Next Month on First North American Tour

Melbourne, Australia's Slow Dancer - aka the singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Simon Okely - is thrilled to be following the June release of his ATO Records debut In A Mood with his first-ever headlining North American tour, with hise debut Canadian show at O Patro Vys in Montreal, QC on September 23rd.

Opening the run of fall dates will be Petal, aka the Run For Cover Records up-and-comer Kiley Lotz. Petal has spent the last two years touring with Pinegrove, Julien Baker, Pity Sex, Kevin Devine and Beach Slang and is putting out a new 7" on September 15. Slow Dancer will also be sharing the stage with ATO label mates Margaret Glaspy at sets in Boston and Holyoke, Massachusetts.

Okely began writing as Slow Dancer in 2014, naming the project after a lyric from a song on Surrender that was "essentially an instruction manual for slow dancing with someone who is experiencing apathy. I really liked the sentiment, and thought it fit quite well with the overall sound." The record elevated him to a Triple J Artist To Watch and one of NME's 20 Bands You Need To Check Out.

SLOW DANCER - NORTH AMERICA TOUR 2017
9/18 - New York, NY - Mercury Lounge &
9/21 - Boston, MA - The Sinclair #
9/22 - Holyoke, MA - Gateway City Arts #
9/23 - Montreal, Canada - O Patro VYS &
9/27 - Toronto, Canada - The Drake Hotel &
9/29 - Chicago, IL - The Hideout &
9/30 - Minneapolis, MN - Icehouse &
10/3 - Seattle, WA - Barboza &
10/4 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge &
10/7 - San Francisco, CA - Café du Nord &
10/9 - Los Angeles, CA - The Resident &
10/10 - Los Angeles, CA - The Hotel Café &

& with Petal
# with Margaret Glaspy

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