Friday, February 15, 2019

Chris Welch and The Cicada Killers bring Texas soul influenced by James Brown, Roy Orbison, Alex Chilton on upcoming new release.

“A unique place of soul, shimmy, and shake,” says Elmore Magazine. Hear band’s fiery music industry commentary “Borrowed Repertoire” now.

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Chris Welch and The Cicada Killers (L-R): Clint Sawyer, Holly Manning, Dave Huff, Patrick Newkirk, Chris Welch, Kelly Evans. Photo by Aubrey Mortensen.

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Hear “Borrowed Repertoire” by Chris Welch and The Cicada Killers at Elmore Magazine or at the links below!




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Chris Welch and The Cicada Killers – Live

02/23/2019: Denton, TX @ Dan’s Silver Leaf (Record Release Show)
03/22/2019: Tulsa, OK @ Mercury Lounge

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 Welch straddles the line between country and soul in a similar vein to how Mr. Orbison did it.” – Ghost of Blind Lemon

Denton, Texas is the home of Chris Welch & The Cicada Killers, introduced as the “fabulous Cicada Killers” on “Cicada Sweat,” the James Brown-inspired opening track of Shook, the north Texas band’s upcoming sophomore album, which follows-up its 2017 debut Faded & Frayed.

The pronouncement is the only vocal on the song, an improvisational moment that the band loved and kept, but it’s all that’s needed: The Cicada Killers’ unique brand of soul, shimmy, and shake speaks for itself.

Welch’s influences aren’t rooted only in Otis Redding, he also brings plenty of Alex Chilton, and even The Replacements song’ “Alex Chilton” to the party, fronting an indie-rock rave-up sound with the lived-in voice of a guy who went to one-too-many parties. Additional influences on the band include the Stax and Hitsville label rosters, along with Kris Kristofferson, Lou Reed, and Afghan Whigs.

The current single by Chris Welch & The Cicada Killers is “Borrowed Repertoire,” premiered this week by Elmore Magazine.

 ‘Borrowed Repertoire’ is our tongue-in-cheek, fiery commentary on the industry tending to promote image over artistry, and how it’s always a struggle to remain authentic,” Welch and bandmate Kelly Evans explain of the tune. “We talk a lot about the music industry’s changes in recent years and how it has even affected our community, since we've all lived in a music town for a long time, and have seen things like venues closing and great groups never getting any traction.”

Unlike the band’s debut album, The Cicada Killers approached the songwriting on Shook as a fully collaborative effort, recording in a marathon five-day session in early 2018 at Cool Devices Studio with Jeff Burke and Mark Ryan of legendary pop-punk band The Marked Men.

Shook by Chris Welch & The Cicada Killers arrives on Feb. 22, 2019. Chris Welch is available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.

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Chris Welch and The Cicada Killers
Shook
Goliad Media Group
(Feb. 22nd, 2019)
  

Track Listing:

01. Cicada Sweat
02. Want You Back
03. Ill-Dealt Hand
04. Shoenapper (STREAM | MP3 | VIDEO)
05. Knockin’
06. Black Dress
07. Borrowed Repertoire (STREAM | MP3)
08. Lie To Me
09. Stumbled
10. Objectify My Love
11. Shake ‘Em Down
12. Leaving Today

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Chris Welch and The Cicada Killers – Links


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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion


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