Helen Money Announces September Tour Dates
Last time I tried to go to a show in New Haven, Connecticut, I couldn’t do it. It was a weekend night, and if you’ve never been to New Haven, it’s where Yale University is, so it’s kind of a weird vibe in the town in general. I don’t think that was at Cafe Nine, it was somewhere else, so I can’t speak to where this venue is in particular, but the point is Helen Money is fucking awesome and the fact that she’s playing with CT’s heaviest, Sea of Bones, only makes me feel like I should give that show a shot. Helen Money, aka Alison Chesley, is brilliant live — her latest album, 2016’s Become Zero (review here) was much the same. That record is streaming in full at the bottom of this post and I heartily recommend you take the time to click play if you never have.
She’s also in Brooklyn and Boston(-ish) and elsewhere and the whole round of performances kicks off with one at Reggies in Chicago with none other than Wovenhand. Chesley and David Eugene Edwards sharing a stage? Put out a record together, already. And by that I mean I wish they already had one.
From the PR wire:
Cellist Helen Money touring throughout the Midwest and East Coast this fall
Helen Money’s Become Zero out now
Late this summer and fall, Helen Money (cellist Alison Chesley) will be touring throughout the midwest and east coast, including shows with labelmates Thalia Zedek and Wrekmeister Harmonies.
Helen Money’s 2016 album Become Zero continued Chesley’s exploration of emotive and intense music. Written after the death of both of her parents, Become Zero amplified Chesley’s musical ferocity with palpable sadness and striking beauty. Using her extensively manipulated cello, Chesley joined forces once more with drummer Jason Roeder (Sleep, Neurosis), Rachel Grimes (Rachel’s) and collaborator and co-producer Will Thomas (who provides sound effects and samples) on an album that is incredibly personal and visceral.
Helen Money tour dates
Sep. 5 – Chicago, IL – Reggie’s w/ Wovenhand
Sep. 19 – Detroit, MI – Deluxx Fluxx
Sep. 20 – Syracuse, NY – Spark Art Space
Sep. 21 – Boston, MA – Midway Cafe w/ Thalia Zedek
Sep. 23 – Brooklyn, NY – Saint Vitus w/ Wrekmeister Harmonies
Sep. 24 – New Haven, CT – Cafe Nine w/ Sea of Bones
Sep. 26 – Philadelphia, PA – Ortliebs
Sep. 27 – Durham, NC – The Pinhook
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