Alabaster DePlume TOUR DATES // big stretch in USA, four shows w/ Bon Iver in EU, and Pitchfork Fest at KOKO in London // + new track OUT TODAY
((( photo by Chris Almeida )))
Alabaster DePlume ON TOUR
!!! UK, EU, and USA !!!
We are excited today to share this load of live dates for the pertinacious poet/ performer/ singer/ songwriter/ saxist/ humanist/ Alabaster DePlume, including a run of concerts in EU supporting Bon Iver (!), a mondo show at KOKO in London for Pitchfork Festival (!!), and a longitudinally expansive tour of the United States (!!!). Dates and tickets below, with more to be announced soon:
UK & EU DATES
24 May 2023 - Falmouth, UK @ Cornish Bank - Tickets
25 May 2023 - Stroud, UK @ Jazz Stroud - Tickets
27 May 2023 - Liege, Belgium @ Jazz a Liege - Tickets
6 Jun 2023 - Tilburg, The Netherlands @ 013 Poppodium [supporting Bon Iver] - Tickets
10 Jun 2023 - Alentejo, Portugal @ Waking Life - Tickets
14 Jun 2023 - Vienna, Austria @ Open Air Arena Wien [supporting Bon Iver] - Tickets
15 Jun 2023 - Zurich, Switzerland @ The Hall [supporting Bon Iver] - Tickets
19 Jun 2023 - Bonn, Germany @ Kunst!Rasen [supporting Bon Iver] - Tickets
23 Jun 2023 - Somerset, UK @ Park Stage, Glastonbury
7 Jul 2023 - Rotterdam, The Netherlanda @ North Sea Jazz - Tickets
9 Jul 2023 - Lausanne, Switzerland @ Festival de la Cité
14 Jul 2023 - Ghent, Belgium @ Boomtown - Tickets
15 Jul 2023 - Paris, France @ Paris Jazz - Tickets
5 Aug 2023 - Eigg, Scotland @ Howlin' Fling - Tickets
11 Aug 2023 - Dorset, UK @ We Out Here - Tickets
19 Aug 2023 - Buckinghamshire, UK @ Stowaway - Tickets
20 Aug 2023 - Brecon Beacons, Wales @ GreenMan - Tickets
10-Nov-2023 - London, UK @ KOKO, Pitchfork Music Festival
US DATES
26 Aug 2023 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Getty - Tickets
27 Aug 2023 - Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon - Tickets
29 Aug 2023 - San Diego, CA @ Whistle Stop -Tickets
30 Aug 2023 - Ojai, CA @ Deer Lodge - Tickets
1 Sep 2023 - Modesto, CA @ The Speakeasy at Greens on Tenth - Tickets
2 Sep 2023 - San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel
5 Sep 2023 - Portland, OR @ Polaris Hall - Tickets
6 Sep 2023 - Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern
8 Sep 2023 - Boise, ID @ Neurolux - Tickets
10 Sep 2023 - Denver, CO @ Ophelia's
15 Sep 2023 - Chicago, IL @ Co-Prosperity Sphere - Tickets
16 Sep 2023 - Chicago, IL @ Co-Prosperity Sphere - Tickets
17 Sep 2023 - Toronto, ON @ Rivoli - Tickets
18 Sep 2023 - Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz - Tickets
22 Sep 2023 - Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere Hall - Tickets
Follow Alabaster on Bandsintown for up-to-date tickets & info here
Alabaster DePlume
Salty Road Dogs Victory Anthem
Digi double single out NOW
Also today... "Child Playing in the Forbidden Ruins," the digital-only B-side to Alabaster's new flexidisk Salty Road Dogs Victory Anthem, is out on all digital music platforms. As with the A-side single, Alabaster is joined by what he calls “one of the most creative yet resilient groups I’ve put together” - Rozi Plain on bass, drummer Momoko Gill and Conrad Singh on guitar.
About the song, Alabaster says: “Looking inward, we can meet sometimes with parts of ourselves that are in ruins, and seemingly forbidden. But upon giving ourselves agency to be who we are, we can find ourselves like naughty children, who have given ourselves permission, and sneaked into those forbidden places, to find what’s there.”
Listen to "Child Playing in the Forbidden Ruins" and "Salty Road Dogs Victory Anthem" here
Going Toward The Fear
Alabaster DePlume on Embracing Vulnerability, Community, and Courage.
In an interview originally aired on Dublab (and transcribed for the first edition of our zine Tracing The Lines), Contact Wave dives into the world Alabaster DePlume, a musician whose journey has been shaped by personal transformation and a deep connection to community. Among other things, Alabaster shares insightful anecdotes from his time as a mental health support worker, revealing how it informed his artistry and approach to leadership.
((( photo by Chris Almeida )))
***also available***
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Alabaster DePlume - GOLD
2xLP, CD, Digital album
"[DePlume] delivers a serene reminder of what matters most" - Pitchfork
"DePlume is a fixture on the London avant-jazz scene whose greatest value is openness" - NPR
"He’s a garrulous, heart-on-sleeve rabble-rouser, an anti-cynic keen to reduce the fourth wall to rubble." - The Observer
Deluxe Double Vinyl
GOLD comes on two 140-gram vinyl LPs (pressed by Pallas in Germany) inside a heavyweight reverse-board gatefold jacket stamped with metallic gold foil (!!!) and flooded black inner pockets, plus a two-sided insert sheet, IARC obi strip, and dome-patterned inner-sleeves.
Distribution via RedEye for US, Canada, North & South America
GOLD is also available on Compact Disc (in a deluxe 4-panel digipack), and Classic Black Vinyl (same specs as listed above). Retailers in the United States or Canada or anywhere else inside of North, South and Central America... Please reach out to your sales rep at RedEye Worldwide if you are interested in making wholesale purchases of this album, or any other album in our catalog. Don't yet have a RedEye rep? Please just reach out to us and we'll get you hooked up!
Distribution via !K7 for Europe, UK, Australia, and ROW
On all the same formats mentioned above, this album will be distributed by our good friends at !K7 and their various territory partners in Europe, UK, Australia, and everywhere else in the world outside of North & South America.
If you are a retailer or store with questions about wholesale or are just looking to get some of our records... we'd like to make things as easy for you as possible, please do not hesitate to reach out!!!
