“We play music we would want to hear if we were in the crowd watching us. It’s not so much a throwback, trying to sound vintage or old school. I just think we’re hitting at the right time when people are tired of overproduced, computerized, formula-based music.”
Such are the confessions of GRAVEYARD guitarist Jonatan Ramm, whose every wail on the band’s third studio album, Lights Out, tells a impassioned story.
Go to PremierGuitar.com and read up on Ramm’s treasured 1968 Gibson SG Special, how Black Sabbath’s “The Wizard” – off the 1970 self-titled debut album – changed his life, and why guitarists must patiently wait for the spot in a song where you’re most needed.
GRAVEYARD recently announced their headlining U.S. tour for 2013 in support of Lights Out, which launches on January 23rd in Boston, Massachusetts and features special appearances in two markets from The Devil’s Blood and Royal Thunder. Confirmed dates are:
01/23/13 Royal Boston – Boston, MA
01/24/13 Underground Arts – Philadelphia, PA
01/25/13 Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY
01/26/13 Black Cat – Washington, D.C.
01/27/13 Music Hall of Williamsburg – Brooklyn, NY
01/29/13 The Orange Peel – Asheville, NC
01/30/13 Exit/In – Nashville, TN
01/31/13 The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
02/01/13 The Hi-Tone Café – Memphis, TN
02/02/13 The Firebird – St. Louis, MO
02/04/13 The Shelter – Detroit, MI
02/05/13 Lincoln Hall – Chicago, IL
02/06/13 7th Street Entry – Minneapolis, MN
02/08/13 Larimer Lounge – Denver, CO
02/09/13 Urban Lounge – Salt Lake City, UT
02/11/13 The A Club – Spokane, WA
02/12/13 Wonder Ballroom – Portland, OR
02/13/13 Neumos – Seattle, WA *featuring The Devil’s Blood and Royal Thunder*
02/15/13 Slim’s – San Francisco, CA
02/16/13 Slim’s – San Francisco, CA
02/17/13 El Rey Theatre – Los Angeles, CA
02/18/13 The Casbah – San Diego, CA
02/19/13 The Crescent Ballroom – Phoenix, AZ
02/21/13 Emo’s East – Austin, TX
02/22/13 Granada Theater – Dallas, TX
02/23/13 Fitzgerald’s – Houston, TX *featuring The Devil’s Blood and Royal Thunder*
Additional shows will be announced soon.
Lights Out was produced, recorded, and mixed in 100% analog by Don Alsterberg (Gonzales, Junip, Soundtrack Of Our Lives, The International Noise Conspiracy) at Don Pierre Studios in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Pick up your copy at the Nuclear Blast Webshop (http://store.nuclearblastusa.com/Search/graveyard), your local independent retailer (http://www.recordstoreday.com/Item/9003886505) , on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/lights-out/id566459024), or Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Lights-Out-Graveyard/dp/B00969LVJK). You’ll be glad you did.
