Dictaphone Blues Album Release Tour
On Monday 9 April, Auckland powerpop psych trio Dictaphone Blues unleash to the world a new offering - Beneath The Crystal Palace, their second album and the follow-up to their stunning debut On The Down And In; a dreamscape with tales of friendship, heartache, technological armageddon and inner peace.
Beneath The Crystal Palace has been three years in the making.
Jangling pop melodies, snarling guitars, spacey, lazy tambourines and the psychedelic clatter combine to make a powerful album featuring the #1 alt airplay single Cliché and new single Radio Heart.
Beneath The Crystal Palace was recorded in the Mt Eden Gentlemen's Club, a converted studio which was formerly a swinging 1920s dance hall. Steeped in history and pulsing with character, the location was fitting as the Auckland based trio hunkered down in the punishing winter of 2011, burrowed deep and creating songs from the comfort of their dressing gowns and slippers.
It also features vocal injections from friends throughout the record, including Princess Chelsea, Jonathan Brunette, Lawrence Arabia, Ryan McPhun (The Ruby Suns), Jacob Moore (The Checks), Lee Devenish and The Unfaithful Ways.
The band will be hitting the road in early April to support the release.
TOUR DATES
Thursday 5 April
Dux Live, Christchurch
Saturday 7 April
Chicks Hotel, Port Chalmers
Friday 13 April
Cabana Bar, Napier
Saturday 14 April
Space Monster, Wanganui
Friday 20 April
Mighty Mighty, Wellington
Saturday 21 April
St Peter's Hall, Paekakariki
Friday 27 April
Static, Hamilton
Saturday 28 April
The Kings Arms, Auckland
