I Am The Avalanche Announce Spring 2014 Album Release Tour Dates
Photo: Karen Seifert
New Album Wolverines in Stores and Online Via I Surrender Records on Tuesday, March 18
First Single, “The Shape I’m In,” Streaming on Esquire.Com ~ Album Pre-Order Now Available Through I Surrender Records
STREAM: “THE SHAPE I’M IN” (via Esquire)
New York City-based rock band I Am The Avalanche has announced its upcoming Spring 2014 headlining tour. Beginning with an in-store performance at Looney Tunes in West Babylon, Long Island on Monday, March 17, the East Coast, Midwest and West Coast tour will take in 18 evenings and visit major markets such as Chicago, IL on Saturday, March 22, Boston, MA on Wednesday, March 26, New York, NY on Friday, March 28, San Francisco, CA on Friday, April 11, Los Angeles, CA on Saturday, April 12, and culminate in a performance in San Diego, CA on Tuesday, April 15. Support on the tour will be provided by The Swellers, Diamond Youth, Turnover and Bellwether on select dates. Tickets for the upcoming tour will be on sale this Friday, January 17 and additional information can be found on the band’s official website.
I Am The Avalanche also recently announced its brand new full-length album titled Wolverines. Being released through I Surrender Records on Tuesday, March 18, Wolverines was produced and engineered by the band’s drummer Brett “The Ratt” Romnes at The Barber Shop Studios in Lake Hopatcong, NJ and mixed by Will Yip. Encompassing ten songs full of heart, ferocity, relentless passion and, of course, struggle, Wolverines follows the band’s sophomore album, the acclaimed Avalanche United (2011), and is now available to pre-order through I Surrender where vinyl and CD bundles are exclusively being offered.
Currently, Esquire.com is streaming the first track from Wolverines titled “The Shape I’m In,” whose lyrics, penned by singer Vinnie Caruana, were inspired by a serious physical injury he sustained last year while on tour, and the physical and emotional pain he had to grapple with and overcome. Stream “The Shape I’m In” HERE.
To the members of I Am The Avalanche ~ Vinnie Caruana (vocals), Brandon Swanson (guitar), Brett “The Ratt” Romnes (drums) and John Oliva (bass) ~ Wolverines is their most anthemic and cohesive full-length album to date and stands as a fitting body of work to the band’s natural progression. Their self-titled debut record, released in 2005, was the sound of a band finding themselves in the context of their scene that, through their associations, couldn’t help but define them, even if they didn’t want them to. The band’s second album, Avalanche United, was written across a long, drawn-out six-year period, and the uncertainty of their situation during that time pierces that particular record’s constructs.
There were no such problems with Wolverines, however ~ it’s a powerful record through and through, a complete set of songs that each play a specific and vital part on the album. “I think it’s our most well thought-out and least rushed record,” says Caruana. “Times spent at rock bottom and also feelings of personal triumph have shaped what I feel is the perfect record for us as a band and for our supporters as well.”
I Am The Avalanche will be making the following U.S. appearances during March and April:
WOLVERINES TOUR 2014
MARCH
17 – Long Island, NY – Looney Tunes (in-store)
18 – Rochester, NY – Bug Jar *
19 – Syracuse, NY – Lost Horizon *
20 – Pittsburgh, PA – Smiling Moose *
21 – Detroit, MI – Shelter *
22 – Chicago, IL – Subterranean *
23 – Cleveland, OH – Now That’s Class *
25 – Poughkeepsie, NY – The Loft *
26 – Boston, MA – Great Scott *
27 – Philadelphia, PA – Barbary *
28 – New York, NY – Marlin Room at Webster Hall (w/ The Swellers, Turnover, Bellwether)
29 – Asbury Park, NJ – Asbury Lanes (w/ The Swellers)
APRIL
08 – Seattle, WA – Vera Project #
09 – Portland, OR – Star Theater #
11 – San Francisco, CA – Thee Parkside #
12 – Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy #
13 – Anaheim, CA – Chain Reaction #
15 – San Diego, CA – Che Café #
* = w/ The Swellers and Turnover
# = w/ Diamond Youth and Turnover
Wolverines track listing:
01. Two Runaways
02. 177
03. The Shape I’m In
04. Young Kerouacs
05. Wolverines
06. Anna Lee
07. Save Your Name
08. Where Were You?
09. My Lion Heart
10. One Last Time