El Perro Announce Early 2024 European Touring
Back out they go. In October, funkified classic heavy rockers El Perro — founded and led by guitarist/vocalist Parker Griggs of Radio Moscow, with a lineup that now features Dorian Sorriaux (Blues Pills) also on guitar and Mucho Drums (Great Electric Quest) on, you guessed it, drums, percussionist Jeremy Davy and bassist Joaquin Escudero, formerly of Prisma Circus — completed a tour of the Midwest that I’m pretty sure was the last region of the States they had to check off their list after East and West Coast tours supporting their 2022 debut album, Hair Of… (review here), and I guess with that done, they’re free to head back to Europe after stints there the last two summers.
I’m a little curious to see when El Perro, whose lineup around Griggs has completely changed since the record, will get back to the studio. They’ve toured hard to support the record and spread the name, all that stuff, but especially with the players they have on board now, it might be worth their time and characteristic of their ’70s-rooted ethic on the whole, to get the lightning of their current stage show in the bottle of a studio recording, but that’s probably just me being greedy. Seems silly to say for an act who have one LP, but I’d take a live album from this band anytime they wanted to throw one out there, thanks. The Freak Valley set (review here) was certainly worth preserving, and it was recorded by Rockpalast, so it’s not like it’s some half-assed recording job, though I’ll admit I’d be up for hearing some unmixed, off-the-board, classic-bootleg-style stuff from El Perro as well. That wouldn’t work for every band, and I don’t think they’d actually do it, but it would be fun from them.
More, I guess, is what I’m looking for from El Perro. And here they are, with more. The announcement of the tour (which still has a couple TBAs; fests?) came through socials:
Europe! Super psyched to announce we will be returning early 2024! Marking tons of new territory this run, can’t wait to see y’all out there soon! Thanks to @soundofliberation for making it happen and @_anna_dina_ for the tour poster 🙌🏾
Dates!!!
2/16 Fulda, DE @kreuz
2/17 Jena, DE @kuba_jena
2/18 Utrecht, NL @dbs_utrecht
2/19 TBA
2/20 TBA
2/21 Bielefeld, DE @forum_bielefeld
2/22 Sittard, NL @poppodium_volt
2/23 Munster, DE Rare Guitar
2/24 Hannover, DE Faust
2/25 Berlin, DE @urban_spree
2/26 TBA
2/27 Koln, DE @clubvolta_cologne
2/28 Stuttgart, DE @goldmarks_stuttgart
2/29 Innsbruck, AT @pmk_ibk
3/1 Munchen, DE @feierwerk_
3/2 Bolzano, IT Pippo Stage
3/3 Bologna, IT @freakout_club
3/4 Zero Branco, IT @altroquandotreviso
3/5 Ilirska Bistrica, SI @mknz_ilirskabistrica
3/6 Belgrade, RS @anti_shop_elektropionir
3/7 Zagreb, HR @hardplace
3/8 TBA
3/9 Montreux, CH @nedmusicclub
3/10 Colmar, FR @legrillen
https://www.facebook.com/elperrotheband
https://instagram.com/elperrotheband
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https://www.alive-records.com/
Rockpalast should release that show for Record Store Day like they did for Stray Cats.