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Backwoods Payback Announce January Tour Supporting Royal Thunder

As they continue to support late-2016’s Fire Not Reason (review here), Pennsylvania-based trio Backwoods Payback will hit the road for 11 shows alongside Royal Thunder this coming January. Most of the gigs are in the Southeast, but the tour starts out in Philly and hits Brooklyn before dipping back down the Eastern Seaboard to hit Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri and so on, and in addition to Royal Thunder and Backwoods Payback, the first four nights of the stint are set to feature Heavy Temple as well, which only bolsters the bill as far as I’m concerned.

I was lucky enough to see guitarist/vocalist Mike Cummings, bassist Jessica Baker and drummer Erik Larson perform earlier this year at Roadburn 2017 (review here) as part of their European tour with New Hampshire riffwreckers Scissorfight, and of the many times I’ve been fortunate to see them play, I can’t recall one where they sounded so completely on-all-cylinders. The material on Fire Not Reason is a joy of heavy rock combined with raw hardcore, metal and other elements, and their presentation has never been so tight. Am I telling you outright it’s worth showing up to see them play? Yes, yes I am.

They announced the tour thusly:

royal thunder backwoods payback poster

Greetings from the other side of Halloween!

Lots about to be happening in the Backwoods Payback camp. We are hitting the road this coming Jan 2018 for a run of shows supporting ROYAL THUNDER! Heavy Temple will be jamming the first four shows with us as well.

1/18 – Philadelphia PA, Kung Fu Necktie
1/19 – Brooklyn NY, St Vitus
1/20 – Lancaster PA, Lizard Lounge
1/21 – Richmond VA, Strange Matter
1/22 – Charlotte NC, The Milestone
1/23 – Johnston City TN, The Hideaway
1/24 – Nashville TN, The End
1/25 – Jackson MS, CS’S
1/27 – Birmingham AL, The Nick
1/28 – Atlanta GA, The Earl
1/29 – Raleigh NC, Slims (just Backwoods Payback)

We were also just announced as a part of the Maryland Doom Fest taking place June 22/23/24 2018 in Frederick MD alongside some old friends in The Obsessed, Windhand, Weedeater, Lightning Born, Caustic Casanova and a TON more!

Some cool stuff should be hitting the digital shelves before the end of the year too…keep your eyes peeled

See you on the road,

bp

BACKWOODS PAYBACK:
Jessica Baker – Bass
Mike Cummings – Guitar/vocals
Erik Larson – Drums

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Backwoods Payback, “You Don’t Move” official video

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One Response to “Backwoods Payback Announce January Tour Supporting Royal Thunder”

  1. jonnee2002 says:

    saw them play the black heart desertfest earlier this year very tight band, wanted to tickle mikes crusty beard when they played Dirge but in this age of inappropriate behaviour it might’ve seemed….inappropriate.

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