Hear latest
single “Today Is The Day” from Oakland-based band’s second album now.
“Tango” arrives August 5th.
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Steel Cranes (L-R): Amanda Schukle, Tracy Shapiro. Photo credit: Russ Wright.
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Hear
“Pretty” from Tango by Steel Cranes
via SF
Weekly. See the video at PureVolume
or via the links below!
[MP3]: http://www.fanaticpromotion.com/projects/steelcranes-tango/mp3/steelcranes-pretty.mp3
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[VIDEO]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdkL88CIes4
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“Rollicking drums and bass collide with
salacious guitar licks.” – SF Weekly
“The video for ’Pretty’
was partially inspired and brought to life courtesy of Tinder,” says Tracy Shapiro
(vocals, guitar), one half of the Oakland-based band, Steel Cranes, which also includes Amanda Schukle (drums, bass, guitar, keys.) “We created a profile
saying I was in town shooting a music video,” Shapiro continues. “I put a few band photos on it, wrote that I was looking
for someone to play my boyfriend in a video, and within a few hours, we found
our future guest star. He came over to Amanda’s
house the next day and shot every scene in one take.”
Described by MTV
as possessing “the slo-mo heaviness of a 2,000-pound pendulum,” Oakland-based
band, Steel Cranes is offering up an
evolution of that sound on its upcoming new album Tango (August 5th, Mister White Tights Records.) Steel Cranes will launch a six-week
tour in support of Tango in Tucson, AZ on August
4th. See below for a full itinerary with additional dates to be
announced.
Tango is a more dynamic take on the “grit” and “raw,
relentless power” that MAGNET and Bitch respectively called out in their
2013 coverage of Ouroboros, the debut Steel
Cranes album. With a vision for the sound of Tango that was more
expansive, Shapiro and Schukle were initially stalled when
considering the logistics of accomplishing these time-consuming sonic
refinements in a studio environment. It soon became clear that the best option
was to record and mix the record themselves.
“Amanda has
been recording her own music for years, and she began obsessively learning more
about recording and mixing,” Shapiro
remembers. “As soon as we decided to do
everything ourselves, the control freaks in us were unleashed!”
This education ultimately yielded the more passionate
and layered version of the Steel Cranes
sound that is heard on Tango. Once freed from the confines of creative
deadlines and traditional studio environments, Shapiro and Schukle took
full advantage of their new work paradigm.
“We wanted time and space to let ourselves stretch in
new ways,” Shapiro says. “In ways
that don’t come easy when you’re aware of how much it costs to spend three
hours experimenting with the fucked-up tones on your old Casio keyboard.” Most
of all, a year (versus five days spent recording Ouroboros) meant more of everything that made the first Steel Cranes album special.
Tango by Steel
Cranes arrives on August 5th,
2016. The latest single from Tango is “Today Is The Day,” recently premiered via Verbicide.
Tracy Shapiro and Amanda Schukle are available for
interviews. Contact
Josh Bloom at
Fanatic for more information.
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Steel Cranes – On Tour
08/04 Tucson, AZ @
Flycatcher
08/05 Phoenix, AZ @ Rips Bar
08/06 Los Angeles, CA @ Redwood Bar & Grill
08/07 San Diego, CA @ Tower Bar
08/09 San Luis Obispo, CA @ SLO Donut Co.
08/10 Fresno, CA @ Dynamite Vinyl
08/12 Santa Cruz, CA @ The Crepe Place
08/13 Oakland, CA @ The Golden Bull
08/14 Pacifica, CA @ Winters Tavern
08/16 Ashland, OR @ Club 66
08/17 Eugene, OR @ The Boreal
08/18 Portland, OR @ World Famous Kenton Club
08/19 Seattle, WA @ Blue Moon Tavern
08/20 Olympia, WA @ McCoy’s Tavern
08/21 Tacoma, WA @ Real Art Tacoma
08/22 Boise, ID @ High Note Cafe
08/24 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
08/26 Denver, CO @ Lion’s Lair
08/27 Omaha, NE @ Barley Street Tavern
08/28 Lincoln, NE @ Vega
08/30 Iowa City, IA @ Gabe’s
08/31 Minneapolis, MN @ Amsterdam Bar
09/02 La Crosse, WI @ Root Note
09/03 Madison, WI @ BOS Meadery
09/06 Milwaukee, WI @ Linneman’s
09/07 Chicago, IL @ Township
09/08 Bloomington, IN @ The Back Door
09/09 Evansville, IN @ PG
09/10 St. Louis, MO @ Schlafly’s Tap Room
09/11 Columbia, MO @ Cafe Berlin
09/12 Lawrence, KS @ Jackpot Saloon
09/14 Wichita, KS @ Kirby’s Beer Store
09/15 Norman, OK @ Red Brick Bar
09/16 Albuquerque, NM @ Burt’s Tiki Lounge
09/17 Santa Fe, NM @ Boxcar
08/05 Phoenix, AZ @ Rips Bar
08/06 Los Angeles, CA @ Redwood Bar & Grill
08/07 San Diego, CA @ Tower Bar
08/09 San Luis Obispo, CA @ SLO Donut Co.
08/10 Fresno, CA @ Dynamite Vinyl
08/12 Santa Cruz, CA @ The Crepe Place
08/13 Oakland, CA @ The Golden Bull
08/14 Pacifica, CA @ Winters Tavern
08/16 Ashland, OR @ Club 66
08/17 Eugene, OR @ The Boreal
08/18 Portland, OR @ World Famous Kenton Club
08/19 Seattle, WA @ Blue Moon Tavern
08/20 Olympia, WA @ McCoy’s Tavern
08/21 Tacoma, WA @ Real Art Tacoma
08/22 Boise, ID @ High Note Cafe
08/24 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
08/26 Denver, CO @ Lion’s Lair
08/27 Omaha, NE @ Barley Street Tavern
08/28 Lincoln, NE @ Vega
08/30 Iowa City, IA @ Gabe’s
08/31 Minneapolis, MN @ Amsterdam Bar
09/02 La Crosse, WI @ Root Note
09/03 Madison, WI @ BOS Meadery
09/06 Milwaukee, WI @ Linneman’s
09/07 Chicago, IL @ Township
09/08 Bloomington, IN @ The Back Door
09/09 Evansville, IN @ PG
09/10 St. Louis, MO @ Schlafly’s Tap Room
09/11 Columbia, MO @ Cafe Berlin
09/12 Lawrence, KS @ Jackpot Saloon
09/14 Wichita, KS @ Kirby’s Beer Store
09/15 Norman, OK @ Red Brick Bar
09/16 Albuquerque, NM @ Burt’s Tiki Lounge
09/17 Santa Fe, NM @ Boxcar
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Steel Cranes
Tango
(Mister White Tights Records)
August 5th, 2016
Track Listing:
1. Ebb
4. Her
5. Sandglass
6. Happy
7. Take Me Down
8. What Am I Doing Here
9. The Poet
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Steel Cranes Links
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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion
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