[Cover photo credit to David Astorga]
Vancouver, BC-based band Rare Americans have announced new album You’re Not A Bad Person, It’s Just a Bad World, due out July 21st, 2022 on EMPIRE. They’ve also shared the EP’s lead single “Love Is All I Bring” along with a post apocalyptic animated music video for the song. They have big tour plans, including embarking soon on a UK and European tour, and hitting the States this Fall for a large run.
Rare American’s James Priestner talks about the new single:
I live in Vancouver, and there is always rumblings of a catastrophic storm that is supposed to hit the west coast of Canada within the next 50 years. I live right near the water and have always wondered, what would it be like to live through such a storm? With that in mind, I just decided to try and write a song about from my perspective. The destruction, the helplessness, the willingness to doing anything to help others survive. It’s a scary thought, but a very real one, and that’s where this song came from.
Rare Americans are known for their use of visual media to tell the stories behind their songs, resulting in the creation of an animated universe. Recently, Rare Americans announced an investment in this approach, launching Crooked City Studios in partnership with the award-winning Toronto based independent animation studio Solis Animation. The two parties had already collaborated on 16 animated narrative music videos for Rare Americans and have big plans for the future together, including two original animation projects “Crooked City” and “Brittle Bones Nicky”.
2022 Tour Dates:
JUNE
11 – Bratislava, SK @ Tehelne Pole Stadium (Lovestream Festival)
12 – Berlin, DE @ Privatclub
13 – Cologne, DE @ Blue Shell (Low Ticket Warning)
15 – Munich, DE @ Orangehouse
16 – Hamburg, DE @ Nochtpeicher
17 – Hradec Králové, CZ @ Rock For People
19 – Landgraaf, NL @ Pinkpop Festival
21 – Leuven, BE @ Het Depot
22 – Paris, FR @ La Maroquinerie
24 – Manchester, UK @ Night & Day Café (SOLD OUT)
25 – Birmingham, UK @ O2 Institute 3 (SOLD OUT)
27 – London, UK @ Camden Assembly (SOLD OUT)
28 – London, UK @ Camden Assembly (2nd Show Added! Low Ticket Warning)
29 – Dublin, IE @ Grand Social
SEPTEMBER
07 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos
08 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
10 – Sacramento, CA @ Goldfield Midtown
11 – San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop (Popscene)
14 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theater
15 – San Diego, CA @ Voodoo Room
17 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
18 – Tucson, AZ @ Hotel Congress
20 – Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf
21 – El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace
23 – San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger
24 – Austin, TX @ Antone’s
25 – Dallas, TX @ Trees
27 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall Downstairs
28 – New Orleans, LA @ The Parish
29 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
30 – Orlando, FL @ The Social
OCTOBER
01 – Miami, FL @ Gramps
04 – Durham, NC @ Motorco
07 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
08 – Washington, DC @ Union Stage
09 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry
10 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Thunderbird Music Hall
12 – Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
13 – Columbus, OH @ The Basement
15 – Detroit, MI @ El Club
16 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
18 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
20 – Omaha NE @ Slowdown
22 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
24 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
25 – Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory
