Album due on Bloodshot
– check out the video of the Wilco cover, below. Tour dates, too.
By Blurt Staff
Chicago
post-punk soul outfit JC
Brooks and the Uptown Sound, who recently signed to Bloodshot, will be
dropping their debut for the label, Want
More, on Oct. 25. The fiery combo is fresh off performances opening for
Robert Plant, Fitz and The Tantrums as well as a featured appearance at the
Wilco-curated Solid Sound Festival.
In fact, check ‘em covering Wilco’s classic track “I Am
Trying to Break Your Heart.” Good god, folks, this stuff will tear off your
shoelaces ‘n’ braces like nobody’s bizness.
JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound – JCBUS for brevity’s sake,
not to be confused with JSBX of course (although there might be some
comparisons to had) – serves up, in the
label’s words, an “11-song, sweat-filled house party featuring the band’s pure
and uncompromising soul music that ranges from dance-punk booty shakers and
garage rock thumps, to upbeat on-the-one workouts and aching R&B ballads.”
Now you know that
sounds like something right up Uncle Blurt’s alley, kids. The band will touring, like, forever starting next month, and all reports have ’em burning the house down, so don’t forget to wear flame-retardant attire.
Tracklisting:
Want More
Everything Will Be Fine
I Got High
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Don’t Lock the Door
Baaadnews
To Love Someone (That Don’t Love You)
I Can See Everything
Missing Things
Sister Ray Charles
Awake
Tour Dates:
|
9/21 |
El Sol |
Madrid |
SPAIN |
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9/22 |
Sala Lopez |
Zaragoza |
SPAIN |
|
9/23 |
Bam |
Barcelona |
SPAIN |
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9/24 |
Wah Wah |
Valencia |
SPAIN |
|
9/27 |
Blackbird |
Santander |
SPAIN |
|
9/28 |
Capitol |
Santiago |
SPAIN
|
|
9/29 |
Kafe Antzokia |
Bilbao |
SPAIN |
|
9/30 |
Helldorado |
Vitoria |
SPAIN |
|
10/1 |
Plateruena |
Durango |
SPAIN |
|
10/4 |
Lio Bar |
Brescia |
Italy |
|
10/5 |
Ciclamino Party |
Pietramurata (TN) |
Italy |
|
10/7 |
Circolo degli Artisti |
Roma |
Italy |
|
10/8 |
Tuan |
Fidenza |
Italy |
|
10/28 |
Double Door |
Chicago |
IL |
|
10/29 |
Freak Fest w/ Peter Bjorn and John |
Madison |
WI |
|
10/30 |
Cedar Cultural Center |
Minneapolis |
MN |
|
11/3 |
The Book & Stage at the Cosmopolitan |
Las Vegas |
NV |
|
11/4 |
The Book & Stage at the Cosmopolitan |
Las Vegas |
NV |
|
11/5 |
The Book & Stage at the Cosmopolitan |
Las Vegas |
NV |
|
11/7 |
The Doug Fir |
Portland |
OR |
|
11/8 |
The Triple Door |
Seattle |
WA |
|
11/10 |
Bottom of The Hill |
San Francisco |
CA |
|
11/11 |
Satellite |
Los Angeles |
CA |
|
11/14 |
The Crescent Ballroom |
Phoenix |
AZ
|
|
11/16 |
The Mohawk |
Austin |
TX |
|
11/29 |
Horseshoe Tavern |
Toronto |
Canada |
|
12/1 |
The Beachland Tavern |
Cleveland |
OH
|
|
12/2 |
The Basement |
Columbus |
OH
|
|
12/14 |
Black Cat |
Washington |
DC |
|
12/15 |
Kung Fu Necktie |
Philadelphia |
PA |
|
12/16 |
The Mercury |
New York |
NY |