Jennifer Finch, longtime bassist of the great veteran grunge-punk band L7, passed away in July at the age of 59, just a few days after she revealed her brain cancer diagnosis. Just a couple of months before Finch's death, L7 announced plans for their final tour. At Finch's request, the band is going ahead with that tour, which starts on Tuesday in San Diego. Today, L7 have shared a new song in advance of that tour kickoff.
Jennifer Finch originally left L7 in 1996, and the band kept going with a couple of other bassists before breaking up. One of them was Janis Tanaka, a former member of bands like Courtney Love and Kat Bjelland's short-lived '80s group Pagan Babies. Tanaka was in L7 for a couple of years before serving a long tenure as a member of Pink's touring band. She was in L7 in 2003, when they wrote and recorded the demo for "Loma Linda," their hooky and anthemic new single. In a press release, bandleader Donita Sparks says:
I was searching the band’s archives and came across this unfinished track from when Janis was in the band. It still sounded rather fresh and very L7 so we recorded new vocals with new lyrics and some other additional tracks and cranked it out in a couple of days ahead of this upcoming tour.
Below, check out "Loma Linda" and the dates for L7's Last Hurrah tour.
TOUR DATES:
10/06 - San Diego, CA @ Casbah ^
10/08 - San Diego, CA @ Casbah ^
10/09 - Phoenix, AZ @ Walter Studio ^
10/10 - Tucson, AZ @ La Rosa ^
10/12 - Austin, TX @ Emo's Austin ^
10/13 - Dallas, TX @ The Echo Lounge & Music Hall ^
10/14 - Houston, TX @ House of Blues Houston ^
10/16 - Nashville, TN @ Cannery Hall ^
10/17 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade ^
10/19 - Charlotte, NC @ Neighborhood Theatre ^
10/21 - Washington, DC @ The Howard Theatre ^
10/22 - Philadelphia, PA @ Brooklyn Bowl ^
10/23 - Harrisburg, PA @ XL Live ^
10/24 - New York, NY @ Knockdown Center ^
10/26 - Boston, MA @ The Wilbur ^
10/27 - Cleveland, OH @ Globe Iron ^
10/29 - Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall ^
10/30 - Grand Rapids, MI @ The Big Room ^
10/31 - Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew's Hall ^
11/01 - Chicago, IL @ The Vic Theatre *
11/03 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line *
11/04 - Kansas City, MO @ Warehouse on Broadway *
11/06 - Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall *
11/07 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge *
11/08 - Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Hall *
11/10 - Seattle WA @ The Showbox *
11/11 - Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre *
11/13 - San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom *
11/14 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern *
^ with Vial
* with NOBRO
