Last year's excellent DSU was many listeners' introduction to the homespun charms of Alex Giannascoli, but it was actually already his sixth full-length. Still, it's been a big year for the 22-year-old singer-songwriter -- the success of DSU won him a lot of deserved attention, and now he's signed to Domino for the release of his upcoming seventh album Beach Music. Any worries that this newfound indie-fame would soften up his rough edges are immediately put to rest by the first few seconds of lead single "Bug." This is definitely the same Alex G we're dealing with -- spidery Pinback guitar lines, warbling keyboards, occasional pitch-shifted chipmunk vocals and all -- and "Bug" is another introverted pop gem that belies its LP's sunny title. Listen below.
Tour dates:
10/08 - New York, NY @ Baby's All Right
10/13 - Berlin, Germany @ Berghain Kantine
10/14 - Haldern, Germany @ Haldern Pop Bar
10/15 - Paris, France @ Le Pop Up du Label
10/16 - Rotterdam, Netherlands @ V11
10/17 - Brussels, Belgium @ Botanique Witloofbar
10/19 - Manchester, UK @ Night & Day
10/20 - London, UK @ 100 Club
10/22 - Columbus, OH @ Strongwater #
10/23 - Buffalo, NY @ Waiting Room #
10/24 - Toronto, ON @ Not Dead Yet #
10/25 - Grand Rapids, MI @ The Pyramid Scheme #
10/26 - Deklab, IL @ The House Cafe #
10/27 - Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club #
10/28 - Bloomington, IN @ The Bishop
10/29 - Nashville, TN @ The End #
10/30 - Memphis, TN @ Hi Tone Cafe $
11/01 - St. Louis, MO @ The Firebird $
11/02 - Kansas City, MO @ The Record Bar $
11/03 - Springfield, MO @ Outland Ballroom #
11/04 - Oklahoma City, OK @ 89th Street Collective #
11/05 - Dallas, TX @ The Door #
11/07 - San Antonio, TX @ The Paper Tiger &
11/09 - Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s &
11/11 - Atlanta Purgatory @ The Masqurade &^
11/12 - Durham, NC @ Duke Coffeehouse &^
11/13 - Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar &^
11/14 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church &^
# w/ Title Fight
$ w/ Spencer Raddcliffe
& w/ Girlpool
^ w/ Eskimeaux
Beach Music is out 10/9 on Domino, and you can pre-order it here.
