Eight Bells Announce West Coast Tour
Look, I know this isn’t the hugest list of dates as Oregon’s Eight Bells join Year of No Light and Marissa Nadler for a handful of shows on their respective tour, but if you take nothing else from this — and hey, I’m not gonna see these gigs either — take the urging to check out Eight Bells‘ was-awaited-now-I’m-just-glad-it’s-here 2022 album, Legacy of Ruin (review here). That record’s ultra-creative view of Pacific Northwestern black metal — itself something of a legacy at this point — blends doom and imported progressivism and refuses to serve any ends of craft other than its own.
I know it’s hard and there’s a lot of stuff out there — you might say I’m reviewing 50 records this week and another 50 next week — but if you can latch onto what Melynda Jackson and Eight Bells are doing, give the album the attention it demands and deserves, it will only be to your benefit. Headphones if you got ’em. That’s my piece and I’ve said it.
Dates follow, as per PR wire:
EIGHT BELLS announce North American live dates for August 2022
EIGHT BELLS have announced seven shows for the US and one in Canada to take place this August. The tour kicks off at the Shakedown in Bellingham, WA (US) on August 12 and runs through on the West Coast until a final show in Eugene, OR at John Henry’s on the 20th of August. EIGHT BELLS will be joining MARISSA NADLER at the first fie dates and by the fourth show YEAR OF NO LIGHT come on board and stay on for two more gigs. In Eureka, CA the avant-garde doom project will be playing alongside NAN ELMOTH and WILUTIS while the final concert happens with FELLED and REDIVIUS on stage.
EIGHT BELLS comment: “We are very pleased to announce that we are joining Marissa Nadler and Year Of No Light for selected West Coast gigs as they make their way to Psycho Las Vegas this summer.”, singer and guitarist Melynda Jackson writes “We hope to see some buddies and make new friends on our first tour since the world ended. More local bands joining us will be announced shortly. See you on the road!”
Tickets are available through this link: https://linktr.ee/melyndajackson
EIGHT BELLS will be touring in support of their latest album “Legacy of Ruin”, which hit the stores on February 25, 2022.
EIGHT BELLS Live US 2022
12 AUG 2022 Bellingham, WA (US) Shakedown + Marissa Nadler
13 AUG 2022 Vancouver, BC (CA) Wise Hall – + Marissa Nadler
14 AUG 2022 Tacoma, WA (US) Alma + Marissa Nadler
15 AUG 2022 Seattle, WA (US) Chop Suey + Marissa Nadler + Year Of No Light
16 AUG 2022 Portland, OR (US) Mississippi Studios + Marissa Nadler + Year Of No Light
18 AUG 2022 San Francisco, CA (US) Bottom of the Hill + Year Of No Light
19 AUG 2022 Eureka, CA (US) Siren Song Tavern + Nan Elmoth + Wilutis
20 AUG 2022 Eugene, OR (US) John Henry’s + Felled + Redivivus
Line-up
Melynda Jackson – guitar, vocals
Matt Solis – bass, harmonies
Brian Burke – drums
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