On the eve of their two-week tour of the Western United
States, Salem's Bend has teamed up with Ripple Music to release a live 2-song,
free download EP and and a brand new video for the A-side song, Cold Hand.
As main man Bobby Parker tells it, "Before we started
to work on the second album, we wanted to get a couple new songs out. “Cold
Hand” is a song that we jammed out together, and we have been playing it live
for the past several months. It’s fun to play, as it has a lot of
improvisational parts that we feel out as a band, so its never quite the same
twice. Because of that, we figured we’d record the song live to try to capture
that essence. Kevin is a great director/cinematographer and has some killer
film gear so we figured why not film it as well!
Since Cold Hand is such a long song, we figured we counter
that with a faster and shorter track for the B-side “Winter Sunn.” We wrote
this one really quickly together in the studio and recorded it the next week at
the same time we recorded Cold Hand, in the parking garage. We’re happy with
the way it turned out and think its a good counterpoint to the more epic
A-side."
Salem's Bend
are heading out on another summer tour of the Western US,
covering some new ground and new states this time. The first half (minus a few
dates on their own) will be with the Ripple Music labelmates, War Cloud, and the second half will be with
heavy San Jose
rippers KOOK. Kicking off the tour in
Vegas on July 12th with Ripple Music labelmates and road brothers The Rare
Breed for a rad show setup by Vegas Rock Revolution.
Check out the premiere of the new Live video for Cold Hand
on The Obelisk and be sure to check out the free 2-song Live EP download at the
Ripple Music Bandcamp.
List of dates is as follows:
July 12th – Las
Vegas, NV @ Backstage
Bar and Billiards w/ The Rare Breed
July 13th – Tempe,
AZ @ Yucca Tap Room
July 14th – Los Angeles, CA @ The Lexington
w/ War Cloud
July 15th – Atascadero,
CA @ Camozzi’s Saloon w/ War
Cloud
July 16th – San
Jose, CA @ The Ritz
w/ War Cloud and Kook
July 17th – Sacramento,
CA @ Blue Lamp w/ War Cloud
July 18th – San
Francisco, CA @ DNA
Lounge w/ War Cloud
July 19th – Eugene,
OR @ Old Nick’s Pub w/ KOOK
July 20th – Portland,
OR @ Highwater Mark w/ KOOK
July 21st – Seattle,
WA @ Lucky Liquor w/ KOOK
July 22nd – Kennewick,
WA @ Eagles Lodge 2485 w/ KOOK
July 23rd – Boise,
ID @ The Shredder w/ KOOK
July 24th – Reno,
NV @ Jub Jub’s w/ KOOK
Salem’s Bend is:
Bobby Parker – Guitar and Vocals
Kevin Schofield – Bass and vocals
Zach Huling – Drums
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