Earthless, the rock trio hailing from San Diego is heading across North America this fall to celebrate the latest release of their new album, Black Heaven. The new tour will kick off late September on September 25th in Oregon and will continue making stops in cities such as Seattle, Portland, Salt Lake City, Denver, Vancouver, Oakland until wrapping up on October 14th. A few memorable stops along Earthless series of dates include a few festival appearances including Up and Downtown Music Festival and Desert Daze which is the band’s last stop on their tour.
Black Heaven, according to a recent press release, marked a shift for the band. It featured songs (four of the six tracks on the album) with vocals where earlier albums only featured occasional vocals. The album was recorded at Rancho de la Luna in Joshua Tree, California with Dave Catching of Eagles of Death Metal handling the production.
“It wasn’t a premeditated thing to do a record with vocals,” said Rubalcaba. “On the older records, Mike was responsible for a lot of the riffs that would start these jams, but on this one, Isaiah [Mitchell] really brought his own pizazz and flavor to it. I’d say that’s one of the major differences on this album: It has more of Isaiah‘s input. He took a risk bringing these ideas to us, not knowing if we’d like them. But as with everything we’ve done in the past, it felt very organic and natural.”
Earthless is an instrumental psychedelic rock band which formed back in 2001 and consists of members guitarist Isaiah Mitchell, bassist Mike Eginton and drummer Mario Rubalcaba. They have released five studio albums including their debut album, Sonic Prayer, which came out through Gravity Records in 2005. They released their second album, Rhythms from a Cosmic Sky a few years later in 2007 through Tee Pee Records. The band also have a few live albums in their discography including Live at Roadburn and Live at Tym Guitars, Brisbane Australia.
Fans can purchase the album, Black Heaven via Nuclear Blast.
Earthless Fall Your Tour Dates:
09/25/18 – Eugene, OR – Old Nick’s Pub
09/26/18 – Seattle, WA – Chop Suey
09/27/18 – Portland, OR – Dante’s
09/28/18 – Boise, ID – Neurolux
09/29/18 – Salt Lake City, UT – CRUCIAL FEST
09/30/18 – Denver, CO – Marquis Theatre
10/02/18 – Minneapolis, MN – Lee’s Liquor Lounge
10/03/18 – Winnipeg, MB – Park Theatre
10/05/18 – Saskatoon, SK – Amigos Cantina
10/06/18 – Edmonton, AB – UP & DOWNTOWN MUSIC FESTIVAL
10/07/18 – Calgary, AB – Dickens Pub
10/09/18 – Victoria, BC – The Copper Owl
10/10/18 – Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre
10/12/18 – Oakland, CA – Starline Social Club
10/13/18 – Long Beach, CA – Alex’s Bar
10/14/18 – Desert Daze – Desert Daze
Photo credit: Raymond Flotat
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