Cortége Announce Summer Tour Dates
In between the last time I posted about a Cortége tour and this time, the Austin trio updated their lineup, not in terms of the personnel, but who’s doing what, and if you need an example of the consistently evolving creativity of the band, there you go. Sure, they’ve got their thing, nestled into the heavy Western style as they are, but I by no means expect that the EP they’ve got up next will be a carbon copy of what they did on Legends of the Desert Vol. 2 (review here), issued in 2021 through Desert Records and that’s more than just in arrangement.
No release date on the EP, and I’m not sure if a four-part EP means it’s four songs being released one at a time that will be compiled as an EP, or four EPs are themselves staggered, or what. Four seven-inches sold in a box? Hell if I know, but it’ll be fun to find out.
Until then, here’s the tour dates, courtesy of I think the PR wire:
Experience The Magic of CORTÉGE’s Summer Tour 2023: Get Ready to be Transported!
Post-Western, bootgaze trio Cortége are hitting the trails for the summer touring season with dates throughout the West Coast and Southwest! Fresh off recording a four-part EP to be released this year, as well as a Nathan Carson/Billy Anderson co-produced full-length album slated for 2024, Cortége is set to deliver another series of transportive musical experiences!
Dates for Summer Tour 2023 are as follows:
6/28 Tulsa, OK @ The Whittier
6/29 Wichita, KS @ Nortons Brewing Company
6/30 Omaha, NE @ Reverb Lounge
7/1 Denver, CO @ Squire Lounge
7/2 Fort Collins, CO @ Carnage V Fest
7/5 Boise, ID @ Neurolux
7/6 Spokane, WA @ Lucky You Lounge
7/7 Bellingham, WA @ The Shakedown
7/8 Tacoma, WA @ The Plaid Pig
7/9 Seattle, WA @ Substation
7/11 Portland, OR @ The Six Below Midnight
7/12 Portland, OR @ Bridge City Sessions
7/13 Eugene, OR @ John Henry’s
7/14 Pacifica, CA @ Winters Tavern
7/15 Lancaster, CA @ The Britisher
7/16 San Diego, CA @ The Bancroft
7/18 Las Vegas, NV @ The Griffin
7/19 Tucson, AZ @ Subspace
7/20 Albuquerque, NM @ Sister Bar
7/21 Juarez, MX @ Anexo Centenario
7/22 San Antonio, TX @ Faust Tavern
7/23 Austin, TX @ High Noon
The Austin, Texas-based ensemble. consisting of bass VI, trumpet, drums, tubular bells and lots of synthesizers, put out two twang drenched, chrome plated offerings on the independent Desert Records in 2022. Combining elements of drone, progressive rock and old school Western film score music, the band’s unique take on what could be considered the soundtrack to a high stakes shoot out on an otherworldly desert planet is not to be missed.
Desert Records released Cortége EP Chasing Daylight EP in early 2021. Legends of the Desert: Volume 2, a split release with The Penitent Man, hit the streets in June of 2021.
Cortége is:
Mike Swarbrick: Bass VI, Moog, Mellotron, Tubular Bells
Adrian Voorhies: Drums
April Schupmann: Trumpet, Percussion
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