Santa Monica, CA (Top40 Charts/ Billy Brown official website) Massachusetts singer/songwriter and musician, Billy Brown, announced today that he will kick off his first solo tour with a show at The
Middle East in Cambridge, MA on Wednesday, April 13th, along with a preview of Billy's first solo album. The album, "Best Of Tragedies," is set for release in
September of this year, but those attending the shows on this tour will have a chance to snatch up a preview EP. The self-titled EP will feature four songs from the upcoming album and will only be available on this tour. Brown will be touring with War of Words as a solo acoustic act. War of Words just released their LP, "Dimworld Act 3," which Brown produced.
Billy's first solo record "Best Of Tragedies" was co-produced by Shawn Harris (The Matches, Maniac) and features lots of people in more successful bands playing various instruments. This is not a punk record, but more of a melancholy, acoustically driven record. The songs cover such lighthearted topics as death, addiction, self-destruction, and self-loathing. It's great music to wallow in self-pity with, in the dark, by yourself.
The illustrations for both the EP and the upcoming LP were created by award-winning illustrator Emily Flake, best known for her comic strip "Lulu Eightball," as well as her illustrations for The New Yorker and other major publications.
Billy Brown has been a staple of the Boston punk rock scene for years. Some of the bands Billy has played in are Crash and Burn, Deadly Sins, Ashers, and Shoot The Hostages. He has also filled in on guitar for The Unseen and The Pinkerton Thugs. Over the years he has toured extensively in North America and Europe with a lot of well-known bands that are probably in your record collection, providing that you have good records.
As 2011 unfolds, Billy Brown will be announcing more shows and events in support of the upcoming release of "Best Of Tragedies."
See Tour Dates Below
Find out more, download press photos and sample the new album at:
https://www.reverbnation.com/billybrownmusic or https://www.facebook.com/billybrownmusic
For more information on Billy Brown contact: Colleen Murray at: [email protected]
Billy Brown Spring 2011 Tour Dates
April 13 The Middle East Upstairs w/Capital Radio, Heartbreak Blvd.-Cambridge, MA
April 14 The Box w/Jenn Kitten, Buffalo Gals-Providence, RI
April 15 Legion Bar w/Oscar Albis Rodriguez-Brooklyn, NY
April 17 Sewercide Mansion w/Andy the Doorbum and TBA-Charlotte, NC
April 18 Motorco Music Hall w/Mixtapes, and local headliner-Durham, NC
April 19 The Get Down-Asheville, NC
April 20 529 club -Atlanta, GA
April 21 1982-Gainesville, FL
April 22 Shantytown Pub-Jacksonville, FL
April 23 T.W. Boons w/The Weathers-Greenwood, SC
April 26 Reggie's 42nd Street Tavern-Wilmington, NC
April 27 The Black Cat Lounge-Fayetteville, NC
April 28 Empire w/Joe McMahon (Smoke or Fire)-Richmond, VA
May 1 Home Sweet Home-Manhattan, NY
More dates to come
