Philly rockers Sheer Mag bottled the lightning of their early singles when they released their debut full-length Need to Feel Your Love in 2017. Now, the band are back with a follow-up.
The album is titled A Distant Call and features 10 new tracks from the group. This time around, they've almost arrived at a concept album.
"We've been waiting to write these songs since we started the band and we were able to take these experiences and build a story out of them," frontwoman Tina Halladay said in a press release.
The album's songs follow a story arc related to Halladay's real life, when she was laid off from a job and dealt with the death of her father.
"We're talking about how late capitalism alienates and commodifies whatever is in its path without using the term 'late capitalism,'" guitarist and co-writer Matt Palmer added.
A Distant Call will arrive on August 23 via the band's own label Wilsuns RC. Before then, you can watch the lyric video for "Blood from a Stone" below.
You can also find the band's full tour itinerary, which includes Canadian shows in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, down below.
A Distant Call:
1. Steel Sharpens Steel
2. Blood From A Stone
3. Unfound Manifest
4. Silver Line
5. Hardly To Blame
6. Cold Sword
7. Chopping Block
8. The Right Stuff
9. The Killer
10. Keep On Runnin
Tour dates:
06/22 Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Live
06/24 Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
06/25 Olympia, WA - Capitol Theater
06/26 Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater
06/28 Reno, NV - Holland Project
06/29 Las Vegas, NV - American Legion Hall
06/30 Santa Ana, CA - Observatory
07/02 Los Angeles, CA - Zebulon
07/03 San Diego, CA - Irenic
07/05 Fresno, CA - Strummers
07/06-07 Oakland, CA - Burger Boogaloo
08/30 Kingston, NY - BSP Kingston
08/31 Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
09/01 Montreal, QC - La Sala Rossa
09/03 Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace
09/04 Detroit, MI - Deluxx Fluxx
09/05 Columbus, OH - Ace of Cups
09/06 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
09/07 Madison, WI - The Terrace at UW-Madison
09/08 Minneapolis, MN - Turf Club
09/09 Des Moines, IA - Vaudeville Mews
09/10 Omaha, NE - The Slowdown
09/12 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
09/13 Salt Lake City, UT - Diabolical Records
09/14 Boise, ID - The Olympic
09/16 Vancouver, BC - The Biltmore
09/21 San Jose, CA - The Ritz
09/22 Los Angeles, CA - The Teragram Ballroom
09/24 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress
09/26 Austin, TX - Barracuda
09/27 San Antonio, TX - Paper Tiger
09/28 Houston, TX - The Satellite
09/29 New Orleans, LA - Santo's
10/01 Birmingham, AL - Saturn
10/02 Atlanta, GA - 529 Club
10/03 Asheville, NC - The Mothlight
10/04 Durham, NC - Motorco Music Hall
10/05 Washington, DC - The Black Cat
10/09 Brooklyn, NY - Elsewhere
10/11 Boston, MA - The Sinclair
10/25 Amsterdam, NL - London Calling Festival
10/26 Aarhus, DEN - Tape
10/27 Copenhagen, DEN - Loppen
10/29 Hamburg, DE - Molotow
10/30 Berlin, DE - Zukunft am Ostkreuz
11/02 London, UK - Mirrors Festival
11/04 Manchester, UK - Yes
11/05 Dublin, IR - Grand Social
11/06 Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club
11/08 Kortrijk, BE - Sonic City 2019
11/09 Benidorm, ESP - Primavera 20th Aniv, Weekender
The album is titled A Distant Call and features 10 new tracks from the group. This time around, they've almost arrived at a concept album.
"We've been waiting to write these songs since we started the band and we were able to take these experiences and build a story out of them," frontwoman Tina Halladay said in a press release.
The album's songs follow a story arc related to Halladay's real life, when she was laid off from a job and dealt with the death of her father.
"We're talking about how late capitalism alienates and commodifies whatever is in its path without using the term 'late capitalism,'" guitarist and co-writer Matt Palmer added.
A Distant Call will arrive on August 23 via the band's own label Wilsuns RC. Before then, you can watch the lyric video for "Blood from a Stone" below.
You can also find the band's full tour itinerary, which includes Canadian shows in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, down below.
A Distant Call:
1. Steel Sharpens Steel
2. Blood From A Stone
3. Unfound Manifest
4. Silver Line
5. Hardly To Blame
6. Cold Sword
7. Chopping Block
8. The Right Stuff
9. The Killer
10. Keep On Runnin
Tour dates:
06/22 Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Live
06/24 Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
06/25 Olympia, WA - Capitol Theater
06/26 Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater
06/28 Reno, NV - Holland Project
06/29 Las Vegas, NV - American Legion Hall
06/30 Santa Ana, CA - Observatory
07/02 Los Angeles, CA - Zebulon
07/03 San Diego, CA - Irenic
07/05 Fresno, CA - Strummers
07/06-07 Oakland, CA - Burger Boogaloo
08/30 Kingston, NY - BSP Kingston
08/31 Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
09/01 Montreal, QC - La Sala Rossa
09/03 Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace
09/04 Detroit, MI - Deluxx Fluxx
09/05 Columbus, OH - Ace of Cups
09/06 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
09/07 Madison, WI - The Terrace at UW-Madison
09/08 Minneapolis, MN - Turf Club
09/09 Des Moines, IA - Vaudeville Mews
09/10 Omaha, NE - The Slowdown
09/12 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
09/13 Salt Lake City, UT - Diabolical Records
09/14 Boise, ID - The Olympic
09/16 Vancouver, BC - The Biltmore
09/21 San Jose, CA - The Ritz
09/22 Los Angeles, CA - The Teragram Ballroom
09/24 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress
09/26 Austin, TX - Barracuda
09/27 San Antonio, TX - Paper Tiger
09/28 Houston, TX - The Satellite
09/29 New Orleans, LA - Santo's
10/01 Birmingham, AL - Saturn
10/02 Atlanta, GA - 529 Club
10/03 Asheville, NC - The Mothlight
10/04 Durham, NC - Motorco Music Hall
10/05 Washington, DC - The Black Cat
10/09 Brooklyn, NY - Elsewhere
10/11 Boston, MA - The Sinclair
10/25 Amsterdam, NL - London Calling Festival
10/26 Aarhus, DEN - Tape
10/27 Copenhagen, DEN - Loppen
10/29 Hamburg, DE - Molotow
10/30 Berlin, DE - Zukunft am Ostkreuz
11/02 London, UK - Mirrors Festival
11/04 Manchester, UK - Yes
11/05 Dublin, IR - Grand Social
11/06 Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club
11/08 Kortrijk, BE - Sonic City 2019
11/09 Benidorm, ESP - Primavera 20th Aniv, Weekender
