Back to Forever, produced by Garret "Jacknife" Lee (R.E.M., Snow Patrol, Silversun Pickups), is every bit as frank as 2010's Catching A Tiger, but reflects an added objectivity and depth. In short, the Quad City native has grown into the Mezcal-and-cigarettes voice that that was so riveting on her debut album. The first taste of the new album came earlier this year when the song "Shameless" was posted as a free download and Lissie has now followed that with a video for the song "Further Away (Romance Police)" - which MOJO called"brilliant". This song is already a Top 20 hit in the UK, where BBC Radio 2 put it on the "A List" and named it "Record of the Week". Lissie will be performing this song on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on Wednesday, October 9.
Lissie was in town last weekend for a show at Central Park (video from the show follows) with City and Colour and, on November 21, Lissie will kick off a North American tour at Adelaide Hall in Toronto. The headline run will include a show at Webster Hall in New York City (November 25) and an evening at The Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles (December 9). Kopecky Family Band and Purple Apple will be supporting as noted on the itinerary below. Tickets go on sale to the general public this Friday, September 27, at www.lissie.com/gigs.
LISSIE - FALL 2013 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
Oct 5 - Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Music Festival
Oct 12 - Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Music Festival
Nov 21 - Toronto, ON, Canada @ Adelaide Hall
Nov 22 - Boston, MA @ Royale Night Club *
Nov 24 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club *
Nov 25 - NYC @ Webster Hall *
Nov 27 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theatre ^
Nov 29 - Chicago, IL @ Park West ^
Nov 30 - Minneapolis, MN @ Skyway Theatre ^
Dec 2 - Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre *
Dec 3 - Salt Lake City, Utah @ Urban Lounge *
Dec 5 - Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile *
Dec 6 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom *
Dec 7 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent *
Dec 9 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre *
Dec 11 - San Diego, CA @ House of Blues *
Dec 12 - Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory *
* Kopecky Family Band supporting
^ Purple Apple supporting
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