Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker will kick off their tour this May. Camper Van Beethoven then heads over the pond for their first European tour since 2005 in support of their recent album "La Costa Perdida". CVB unveiled their new video for the track "Someday Our Love Will Sell Us Out". Get a first look below!
Alternative rock pioneers Camper Van Beethoven have returned with a new album, La Costa Perdida, their 429 Records debut. The lineup, featuring Victor Krummenacher (bass, baritone guitar), Greg Lisher (guitars), David Lowery (guitars and vocals), Chris Pedersen (drums), Jonathan Segel (violin , guitar , mandolin, organ , backing vocals) and Michael Urbano (drums and percussion), have reunited and created their most cohesive album yet.
Produced by the band, this album, their eighth studio album and first since 2004, is steeped in their connection to Northern California, specifically the areas where the band members first nurtured their musical talents Redlands, Santa Cruz and San Francisco. With a geographical jumping off point, the band fills in the dramatic, joyous, interpersonal and psychological aspects of the locales as only CVB can. The ten tracks on La Costa Perdida were recorded in the Oakland home studio of Jonathan Segel.Says Victor Krummenacher: "The coolest part was that everything flowed from the fact that these distinctive musicians and personalities sat in the living room. Our music now sounds like four people are writing it. The songs have great energy, but we re more relaxed and stately and a lot more confident. The songwriting here has elements of vintage Camper along with grown-up Camper."
Also led by Camper Van Beethoven's frontman David Lowery, Cracker will be joining most of CVB's run of spring & summer U.S dates. Cracker has been described as a lot of things over the years: alt-rock, Americana, insurgent-country, and have even had the terms punk and classic-rock thrown at them. But more than anything Cracker are survivors. Cofounders Lowery and Johnny Hickman have been at it for over 20 years now - amassing nine studio albums (their most recent, 2009's critically acclaimed Sunrise In The Land Of Milk And Honey), multiple gold records, thousands of live performances, hit songs ("Low," "Euro-Trash Girl" and "Get Off This" to name just a few) that are still in current radio rotation around the globe, and a worldwide fan base - that despite the major sea-changes within the music industry - continues to grow each year. Along with longtime drummer Frank Funaro (since 1998'sGentleman's Blues) and bassist Sal Maida (since 2006's Greenland), this uniquely American band has no intentions of slowing down.
CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN / CRACKER 2013 TOUR DATES:
May 4 Beale Street Music Festival, Memphis TN (Cracker only) May 9 The Firebird, St. Louis MO (Camper Van Beethoven only) May 10 The Cubby Bear, Chicago IL May 11 Majestic Theatre, Madison WI May 12 The Intersection, Grand Rapids MI May 16 State Theatre, Falls Church VA
May 17 Earthfest Pre-Party, Cavern Club @ Hard Rock Cafe, Boston, MA (Cracker only)
May 18 Earthfest, Hatch Memorial Shell, Boston, MA
May 26 Mishawaka Amphitheatre, Bellvue CO (Cracker only w/ Roger Clyne & Peacemakers and The Hickman Dalton Gang) May 24 Barkley Ballroom, Frisco CO (Cracker only) Jun 14 The Bluebird Theatre, Denver CO Jun 15 Whittle The Woods, Craig CO (Cracker only) Jun 21 The Windjammer, Isle Of Palms SC (Cracker only) Jun 22 Athfest, Athens GA (Cracker only) Jul 19 Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz CA
Sep 12 Campout 9 at Pappy & Harriet's - Pioneertown CA
[more dates to be announced]
CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN 2013 EUROPEAN TOUR DATES: May 29 Dingwalls - London England May 30 The Haunt - Brighton England May 31 Deaf Institute - Manchester England Jun 01King Tut's Wah Wah Hut - Glasgow, Scotland Jun 02 Musikbunker- Aachen Germany Jun 03 Brotfabrik - Frankfurt Germany Jun 05 Chelsea - Vienna Austria Jun 06 Feierwerk - Munich Germany Jun 07 The Palace - St Gallen Switzerland Jun 08 Museumskeller - Erfurt Germany Jun 09 Privatclub - Berlin Germany Jun 10 Nachtasyl - Hamburg Germany