Leif Vollebekk – Blood Brother

Labels:Secret City Records
Number of Tracks:2
Total Time:00:08:14
From the Album:Blood Brother
Formats:AAA,College,Non-Commercial,NPR,Rock,Rock – Specialty
Available Date & Time: Oct 15 2019 14:16:00 EDT
Impact Date: Oct 15 2019 00:00:00

LEIF VOLLEBEKK PREMIERES VIDEO FOR
"BLOOD BROTHER" VIA BROOKLYN VEGAN

 

U.S. TOUR STARTS DECEMBER 3rd
BOSTON, WASHINGTON, PHILADELPHIA SOLD-OUT

 

"NEW WAYS" OUT NOW VIA SECRET CITY RECORDS

 

★★★★ 1/2 – Exclaim!
★★★★ 1/2 – Narc Magazine
★★★★ – The Independent UK
★★★★ – Uncut
★★★ 1/2 – Rolling Stone France

 

Leif Vollebekk has unveiled the cinematic new video for “Blood Brother” – filmed in the early morning light on top of a London atop of double decker bus. The song is from his recently released and lauded album New Ways. Leif was just included in NPR’s Heavy Rotation for November and his biggest tour ever is underway now with eight sold-out shows so far. The U.S. run begins December 3 and a number of dates (his biggest venues yet) have sold-out, including Boston, Philadelphia and D.C. 
See full itinerary below.

 

Watch the “Blood Brother” video HERE
 

HIGHLIGHTS

 

• Current support on over 30 stations including KCRW, KTBG, KXT, KRML, KSMF, Colorado Sound, Maine Public Radio, WXPN, WYEP, WTMD, WNRN, WCNR, World Café, WYCE, WBJB, WFHB

• Over 5 million streams for "New Ways”

• Radio sessions confirmed at WYCE, WTTS and WCBE

KCRW "Song of the Day" feature and KCRW "Morning Becomes Eclectic" session confirmed

WXPN "Free At Noon" Live concert and World Café interview confirmed

Paste session confirmed

 

Praise for New Ways

 

"Pensive and restless, blossoming with stream-of-consciousness verses that bear the marks of long nights spent alone on the road" – New York Times

 

“New Ways is an album confident in its vision and powered by terrific songwriting” – WXPN

 

“Unhurried observational vividness…. the bittersweet lilt of his voice all tangled up in blue”
– Uncut, 8 out of 10

 

"A transformative journey sweeping the depths of the soul" – Atwood Magazine

 

“His most elegant album yet” – Rolling Stone France

 

"Vollebekk’s signature is creating melancholy, yet delightful R&B-tinged folk songs and New Ways does not waver from this standard" – Bandcamp Essential releases

 

“It’s slow, sensuous and utterly beguiling…brilliant, an unforeseen shift in direction”
– Thank Folk For That

 

4 out of 5 stars – Independent UK

 

9 out of 10 stars – Exclaim!

 

“The poetic Canadian composer deepens grooves and strips his instrumental palette to piano, bass, percussion, and tasteful washes of guitar and violin for this soulful rumination on love”
– Pasadena Weekly, 4 out of 5 stars

 

TOUR DATES

12/2 – Toronto, ON @ Mod Club SOLD-OUT
12/3 – Ann Arbor, MI @ The Ark
12/4 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Listening Room
12/6 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
12/7 – Indianapolis, IN @ LoFi
12/8 – Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups
12/10 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
12/11 – Boston, MA @ Great Scott SOLD-OUT
12/13 – Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live Upstairs SOLD-OUT
12/14 – Washington, DC @ Songbyrd SOLD-OUT
1/14 – Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
1/17 – Santa Cruz, CA @ Catalyst Atrium
1/19 – Sacramento, CA @ Harlows
1/20 – San Francisco, CA @ Swedish American Hall
1/22 – Eugene, OR @ Wildcraft Cider Works
1/23 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
1/24 – Seattle, WA @ Columbia City Theatre
1/25 – Vancouver, BC @ Imperial SOLD-OUT
1/26 – Saskatoon, SK @ Winterruption Festival
3/13-22 – Austin, TX @ SXSW

 

Listen / buy the album here: https://found.ee/NewWays
All tour tickets available here: https://www.leifvollebekk.com/tour/
 

Contacts

Jennifer Daunt, Dauntless:  jen.daunt@gmail.com  – ***-***-****
Graham MacRae, A Man A Plan A Canal: graham@amanaplanacanal.com – ***-***-****
Magali Ould, Secret City Records: magali@secretcityrecords.com – 1-***-***-****

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