Lower Dens‘ Jana Hunter turns in a stunning vocal performance on the band’s new track “Ondine“, off their upcoming LP Escape from Evil, due out March 31st via Ribbon Music. Always a curious thing to behold with it’s uncanny register, here, Hunter seems in complete control, able to push her voice, instrument-like, into previously uncharted territory–as far as the band’s recorded output is concerned. And with this increasingly developed vocal facility, so comes a more clear-eyed lyrical approach that, while potentially less heady, is capable of direct emotive appeal. Hunter sings: “I think you’ll understand/The way I feel can’t be helped”, and while this song seems steeped in loss and regret, the experience of letting go, she later belts out the line “hold on” with an almost impossible, earth shaking passion.
Lower Dens kick off a string of US live dates later this week, with shows planned between April and August of this year. Check ’em out…
03-12 North Bethesda, MD – AMP
03-19 Florence, MA – 13th floor Lounge
03-20 Hudson, NY – The Half Moon
03-21 Winooski, NY – The Monkey House
03-22 Hamden, CT – The Space
03-31 Brooklyn, NY – Babys All Right (sold out)
04-01 Baltimore, MD – Floristree
05-08 Arden, DE – Gild Hall
05-09 Pittsburgh, PA – Carnegie Museum of Art
06-11 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg (Northside)
06-12 Philadelphia, PA – Voyeur
06-13 Washington, DC – Rock & Roll Hotel
06-15 Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle
06-16 Ferndale, MI – The Loving Touch
06-17 Toronto, ON – Legendary Horseshoe Tavern (NXNE)
06-19 Montreal, QC – Bar Le Ritz PDB
06-20 Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair
06-21 Providence, RI – Columbus Theatre
07-17 Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
07-21 Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
07-24 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
07-25 Vancouver, BC – Electric Owl
07-28 Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
07-29 Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge
08-04 Atlanta, GA – The Earl
08-05 Chapel Hill, NC – Kings Barcade
