Sólstafir Launch US Tour with Pallbearer and Mortals
If you haven’t heard it yet, Sólstafir‘s 2014 outing, Ótta, is fricking brilliant. I won’t pretend to be Johnny Groundfloor with the Icelandic band, for whom this is album number five, but in terms of its patient melancholy and the masterful hand with which they guide the overarching atmosphere, there’s little I’ve heard this year that can really stand up to it. The four-piece begin a US tour tonight in Oklahoma City alongside Pallbearer and Mortals. They’ll hit Roadburn next year as well — they also played in 2012 — and having just finished a European tour at the end of November, they have another one on deck for early 2015, but whether you get to see them or not, Ótta (discussed here) is worth your time.
The PR wire sends notice:
SOLSTAFIR kick off US tour
Enigmatic Icelandic rock band SOLSTAFIR are kicking off their US tour tonight in Oklahoma City, OK. The band are touring the Western US with support from PALLBEARER and MORTALS. A full list of confirmed tour dates can be found below. SOLSTAFIR are touring in support of their critically acclaimed new album , ‘Otta’. The album, which has made Decibel’s top 40 albums of 2014, is streaming here, and is available now at the Season of Mist E-shop.
SOLSTAFIR has also recently announced new European tour dates in early 2015. Starting on January 27 the band will trek throughout the France, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Russia, and more.
SOLSTAFIR recently appeared on Icelandic national television’s Studio A program, performing two songs off ‘Otta’. Footage of the band playing Dagmál (at the 12:23 mark) and Rismál (at 32:40) can be found at the official Icelandic National Television’s Studio A website.
SOLSTAFIR has also announced their inclusion into Roadburn’s 2015 lineup, where the band will play alongside FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM, label mates FLOOR and DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT, and many more. More information about Roadburn Festival can be found here.
Updated SOLSTAFIR news will be made available at the Season of Mist website, and the SOLSTAFIR website, Facebook and Twitter pages.
SOLSTAFIR North American tour dates:
All dates with PALLBEARER and MORTALS:
12/2 Oklahoma City, OK @ The Conservatory
12/3 Albuquerque, NM @ Sister Bar
12/4 Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
12/5 Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy
12/6 San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
12/7 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
12/9 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
12/10 Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore
12/11 Seattle, WA @ Barboza
12/12 Boise, ID @ The Shredder
12/13 Salt Lake City UT @ Kilby Court
12/14 Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
12/16 Kansas City, MO @ The Riot Room
12/17 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock
12/18 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
12/19 St. Louis, MO @ Firebird
SOLSTAFIR 2015 European tour:
1/27 Paris (FR) @ Nouveau Casino
1/28 Nantes (FR) @ Le Ferrailleur
1/29 Toulouse (FR) @ Dynamo
1/30 Lyon (FR) @ CCO Villeurbanne
1/31 Aarau (CH) @ Kiff
2/1 Weinheim (DE) @ Cafe Central
2/2 Bochum (DE) @ Zeche
2/3 Hamburg (DE) @ Uebel & Gefährlich
2/4 København (DK) @ Pumpehuset
2/5 Göteborg (SE) @ Sticky Fingers
2/6 Oslo (NO) @ Rockefeller (+Black Debbath)
2/7 Stockholm (SE) @ Debaser Medis
2/9 Jyväskylä (FI) @ Lutakko
2/10 Tampere (FI) @ Klubi
2/11 Tallinn (EE) @ Tapper
2/12 Riga (LT) @ Melna Piektdiena
2/13 Vilnius (LV) @ New York
2/14 Minsk (RU) @ Republic
2/15 Moscow (RU) @ Volta
2/16 St. Petersburg (RU) @ Zal Ozhidaniya
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