THE SWORD Head For Low Country In September
By
Larry Petro,
News Monkey
Friday, August 12, 2016 @ 7:05 AM
New Offering Out September 23rd
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Following 9 months of touring in support of the album, High Country, THE SWORD returned to the studio to experiment with a stripped down acoustic presentation of the High Country songs. The result, produced by bassist Bryan Richie and mixed by J. Robbins, is Low Country which will see a worldwide release on September 23rd. The album features cover art by Richey Beckett. High Country debuted at #14 upon release in August 2015. The band hit the road immediately following the release doing an extensive tour of Europe and the UK, followed by two full American/Canadian tours and a tour of Australia.
To support Low Country the band will be heading out as direct support for the OPETH tour September 29th to October 26th. Bracketing the OPETH tour will be 10 headline shows. The first leg, September 23-28 will feature RUBY THE HATCHET as support. The second leg, October 28th through November 1st will feature C AVERAGE as support. The complete dates for THE SWORDs Low Country tour are below.
THE SWORD Low Country Tour Dates:
9.22 New Orleans, LA Gasa Gasa *
9.23 Birmingham, AL Saturn *
9.24 Nashville, TN Exit/In *
9.25 Charlotte, NC The Underground *
9.26 Raleigh, NC Lincoln Theater *
9.28 Richmond, VA The Broadberry *
9.29 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE ^
9.30 Silver Spring, MD The Fillmore ^
10.1 New York, NY Radio City Music Hall ^
10.2 Boston, MA House of Blues ^
10.4 Montreal, QC Metropolis ^
10.5 Toronto, ON Massey Hall ^
10.7 Detroit, MI The Fillmore ^
10.8 Akron, OH Good Year Theater at East End ^
