YOB Announce End-of-Year West Coast Dates; Euro Tour Starts Oct. 5
So, unless they post a new video or something or start announcing their inevitable Spring 2019 plans, this is probably the last time I’ll post about YOB before we get to the year-end lists in December. I feel compelled to point out the fact that they’re fucking amazing. Fact? Yes. Fact. It’s established. It’s not like gravity, which is a theory just waiting to be disproved. It’s a fact. Undeniable. They’re a special band. They’re almost certainly the best of their generation, and the innovations in style and form they’ve brought to doom have only made it and listeners richer for their advent. I’m sorry. If you can’t dig on YOB, I’ve got nothing for you.
I guess that’s what I want to say about it. Their latest album, Our Raw Heart (review here), well, if you haven’t heard it, it’s down there at the bottom of this post. But you’ve heard it. I’m actually dying to get to the year-end poll and see how they do against the behemoth that is Sleep. I think they’ve got a shot.
Either way, YOB will round out their year doing what they’ve done a whole lot of in 2018 already: touring. And hey, look at that! The West Coast stint is presented by Gimme Radio, which is a thing I’m on. Good to see the name getting out there, especially on something it’s so easy to wholeheartedly endorse.
Poster and info from the PR wire:
YOB: Announce End of 2018 West Coast Tour Dates; European Headlining Tour Begins Next Week
Our Raw Heart is out now on CD/2xLP/Deluxe 2xLP Boxset/CS/Digital
YOB returns to North American highways once more before the end of 2018, adding a half-dozen date trek up and down the North American West Coast including a performance Decibel Magazine’s Metal & Beer Fest on Dec. 2 at the Wiltern. Gimme Radio presents the non-Decibel shows.
The new round of tour dates are:
December 1 San Francisco, CA Slim’s ^
December 2 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern (Decibel Metal & Beer Fest)
December 5 Seattle, WA Neumo’s #
December 7 Vancouver, BC Astoria #
December 8 Bellingham, WA Shakedown #
December 9 Portland, OR Star Theatre #^
# – with Thrones
^ – with Khorada
The dates follow an extensive European tour, which kicks off next week in Germany and includes an Oct. 13 performance at Desertfest.
YOB Tour Dates:
October 5 to November 13 w/ Wiegedood (except *)
October 5 Karlsruhe, Germany Jubez
October 6 Nijmegen, Netherlands Soulcrusher
October 7 Bristol, UK The Fleece
October 9 Glasgow, UK Stereo
October 10 Leeds, UK Brudenell Social Club
October 11 Manchester, UK Gorilla
October 13 Antwerp, Belgium Desertfest *
October 14 Cologne, Germany Gebaeude9
October 16 Hamburg, Germany Molotow Club
October 17 Copenhagen, Denmark Vega
October 18 Gothenburg, Sweden Sticky Fingers
October 19 Stockholm, Sweden Kraken
October 20 Oslo, Norway Blä
October 21 Helsingfors, Finland Tavastia *
October 23 Paris, France Petit Bain
October 24 Feyzin, France L’Epicerie Moderne
October 25 Cenon, France Le Rocher De Palmer
October 26 Bilbao, Spain Santana 27
October 27 Porto, Portugal Hard Club
October 28 Madrid, Spain Caracol
October 29 Barcelona, Spain Boveda
October 31 Langenthal, Switzerland Old Capitol
November 1 Milan, Italy Santeria Social Club
November 2 Bologna, Italy Freakout Club
November 3 Martigny, Switzerland Caves Du Manoir
November 4 Bregenz, Austria Between
November 6 Vienna, Austria Arena
November 7 Budapest, Hungary Robot
November 8 Leipzig, Germany UT Connewitz
November 9 Warsaw, Poland Hydrozagadka
November 10 Kraków, Poland Soulstone Gathering Festival
November 11 Berlin, Germany Musik & Frieden
November 13 Athens, Greece Kyttaro Live Club *
YOB is:
Mike Scheidt – Guitar, Vocals
Aaron Rieseberg – Bass
Travis Foster – Drums
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