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All Them Witches Post “1×1” Video; Announce Spring US Tour

Posted in Bootleg Theater on November 25th, 2019 by JJ Koczan

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Brutal, harsh, and dark with manic flashes of color and the band themselves sped up and slowed down, thrashing about and tearing at themselves amid some sort or other form of depicted ritual in the woods, drummer Robby Staebler‘s video for All Them Witches‘ recently-unveiled single “1×1” (discussed here) does nothing if not capture the mood of the song. He, along with guitarist Ben McLeod and bassist/vocalist Charles Michael Parks, Jr., are currently on tour in Europe with Ghost and Tribulation, and they’ve newly announced a Spring run of mostly East Coast dates that will follow a festival stop in Mexico City this March. They’ve also got three hometown shows in Nashville to round out the year from Dec. 27-29. No substitute for staying busy.

The loneliness, intensity and seething feeling of “1×1” is writ large throughout the song, and I don’t feel particularly compelled to wax poetic about it, but I’ll say it’s the outright heaviest thing I’ve heard from All Them Witches since they signed to New West Records in 2015 ahead of releasing that Fall’s Dying Surfer Meets His Maker (review here), 2017’s Sleeping Through the War (review here) and 2018’s ATW (review here), but neither are they attempting to recapture the vibe of 2013’s Lightning at the Door (review here), instead incorporating the lessons they’ve learned since about crafting an atmosphere and blending that with a hard-hitting riff and amorphous melody and shouts of “I can’t wait to be defeated!” and “I can’t wait to throw this all away!” amid other proclamations. It is brutal.

And though the lyrics are easily read as a statement on touring life, or the band itself, the one constant with All Them Witches has always been change, and I’d no more expect what they do next to sound like “1×1” than I expected “1×1” to sound like it does coming off ATW. Their recorded material has always been about capturing a moment in time. So here’s one.

Enjoy:

All Them Witches, “1×1” official video

The video for our single, 1X1 premiered. It stars Emmy-award winning actress, Drea de Matteo, and was directed by our drummer, Robby Staebler.

We’ve added new Spring tour dates including two festivals: Vive Latino (Mexico City, MX) and Shaky Knees (Atlanta, GA).

Full list of dates below.

Single available now: https://geni.us/ATW1X1?track=yt

ON TOUR with Ghost and Tribulation
NOV 25 – Black Box Pangea – Kobenhavn, Denmark
NOV 28 – Hartwall Arena – Helsinki, Finland
NOV 30 – Spodek – Katowice, Poland
DEC 1 – Universum – Prague, Czech Republic
DEC 3 – BSA – Budapest, Hungary
DEC 4 – Mo?vara – Zagreb, Croatia
DEC 5 – Palabam – Mantova, Italy
DEC 6 – Halle 622 – Zürich, Switzerland
DEC 8 – Palau Sant Jordi – Barcelona, Spain
DEC 10 – Altice Arena – Lisboa, Portugal
DEC 11 – WiZink Center – Madrid, Spain
DEC 13 – Zenith Of Strasbourg – Strasbourg, France
DEC 14 – Stattbahnhof – Schweinfurt, Germany
DEC 15 – Zenith – München, Germany
DEC 17 – Rockhal – Esch Sur Alzette, Luxembourg
DEC 18 – Zenith Nantes Metropole – Saint-herblain, France
DEC 19 – Zénith de Toulouse – Toulouse, France
DEC 27 – Exit/In – Nashville, TN
DEC 28 – Exit/In – Nashville, TN
DEC 29 – Exit/In – Nashville, TN

SPRING 2020 DATES
MARCH 14 – Vive Latino – Mexico City, MX
MARCH 15 – Vive Latino – Mexico City, MX
APRIL 17 – Ottobar – Baltimore, MD
APRIL 18 – Space Ballroom – Hamden, CT
APRIL 19 – The Met – Pawtucket, RI
APRIL 21 – 3S Artspace – Portsmouth, NH
APRIL 22 – Gateway City Arts – Holyoke, MA
APRIL 23 – Asbury Lanes – Asbury Park, NJ
APRIL 24 – Mr. Smalls Theatre – Pittsburgh, PA
APRIL 25 – Blind Pig – Ann Arbor, MI
APRIL 26 – Woodward Theatre – Cincinnati, OH
APRIL 28 – Skully’s – Columbus, OH
APRIL 29 – The Burl – Lexington, KY
MAY 1 – Shaky Knees Music Festival – Atlanta, GA
MAY 2 – Shaky Knees Music Festival – Atlanta, GA
MAY 3 – Shaky Knees Music Festival – Atlanta, GA

All Them Witches is:
Charles Michael Parks, Jr – bass, vocals
Ben McLeod – guitar, vocals
Robby Staebler – drums, vocals

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All Them Witches Post New Single “1×1”; European Tour Starts Nov. 16

Posted in Whathaveyou on November 1st, 2019 by JJ Koczan

Well, hello there, new All Them Witches single. Wasn’t really expecting you until I guess two days ago when I stumbled on the social medias notification of your impending arrival. The Nashville three-piece are headed to Europe in a couple weeks to tour alongside Ghost and Tribulation, in what would seem to be a pretty big deal for all involved parties. It’s All Them Witches‘ second Euro run of the year, and unless I’m mistaken they were there for festivals and then some too — yup, they did Hellfest — so it’s not uncovered ground even if these are inevitably bigger venues and different circumstances. People like that Ghost band. They’re, like, a thing that people like.

Fair enough. As it happens, All Them Witches, as a band and in my experience of them as people, are a thing I like, so the new single “1×1” is among the most welcome news I’ve had in a while. The track would seem to take a somewhat grim lyrical view — if one imagines the lyrics to be about the touring experience also covered on their most recent album, 2018’s ATW (review here), it’s something of a surprise they’re hitting the road at all; hopefully that’s not the case — but one way or the other, it’s the heaviest tone I’ve heard from the band in at least the last half-decade, and bassist Charles Michael Parks, Jr. continues to grow ever more commanding as a singer. He shines here in subtle layers of harmonized vocal flourish — note that Parks, guitarist Ben McLeod and drummer/cover artist Robby Staebler are all credited with vocals — that, to All Them Witches fans, should be nothing less than a joy to behold, whatever the lyrical subject matter accompanying. In company with McLeod‘s all-in prog guitar solo, short but effective, and Staebler‘s recognizably fluid roll, they are an ever-changing, ever-growing unit who nonetheless remain uniquely their own.

If you’re still reading this and haven’t torn yourself from the verbiage to click play, hey, thanks. Otherwise, five of the best minutes of your day await you at the bottom of this post, and you might want to grab a download while you can, because All Them Witches have a habit of putting these things out on Bandcamp and then removing them and never talking about them again. Like a secret. Shhh.

Recording info and tour dates and such:

all them witches 1x1

1X1 by All Them Witches

Produced by All Them Witches Koo Koo

Recorded by Ben McLeod at The Church, Woodbury, TN
Assistant Engineering by Elad Shappiro
Mixed by Ben McLeod

Mastered by Mikey Allred at Dark Art Audio in Nashville, TN

All Them Witches w/ Ghost & Tribulation:
Sat 16 November – Nottingham (UK) – Motorpoint Arena
Sun 17 November – Cardiff (UK) – Motorpoint Arena
Mon 18 November – Glasgow (UK) – SSE Hydro
Wed 20 November – Dublin (Ireland) – 3Arena
Fri 22 November – London (UK) – Wembley SSE Arena
Sat 23 November – Leeds (UK) – Arena
Sat 30 November – Katowice (Poland) – Spodek
Sun 01 December – Prague (Czech Republic) – Universum
Tue 03 December – Budapest (Hungary) – BSA
Thu 05 December – Mantova (Italy) – PalaBam
Fri 06 December – Zurich (Switzerland) – Halle 622
Sun 08 December – Barcelona (Spain) – St. Jordi
Tue 10 December – Lisbon (Portugal) – Sala Tejo
Wed 11 December – Madrid (Spain) – Vistalegre
Fri 13 December – Strasbourg (France) – Zenith
Tue 17 December – Luxembourg (Luxembourg) – Rockhal
Wed 18 December – Nantes (France) – Zenith
Thu 19 December – Toulouse (France) – Zenith

Tickets for our 3 NIGHT STAND in Nashville at EXIT/IN are ON SALE NOW!

Dec 27 – https://bit.ly/2To3Qo6
Dec 28 – https://bit.ly/2YSu07z
Dec 29 – https://bit.ly/2YxYjRw

All Them Witches is:
Charles Michael Parks, Jr – bass, vocals
Ben McLeod – guitar, vocals
Robby Staebler – drums, vocals

http://allthemwitches.bandcamp.com/
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All Them Witches, “1×1”

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