Written by: Paul Gleason
[Photo provided by Girlie Action Media, Marketing & Management]
Today Kylesa premiered the lead single – “Lost and Confused” – from their forthcoming seventh album, Exhausting Fire, which comes out on Season of Mist on October 2.
Well, that’s one, rather boring way, of saying it.
Another way is to say that Kylesa – who are inarguably one of the most daring and innovative rock and roll bands in the world – have offered us a preview of Exhausting Fire, a record that exudes creativity through songs that seamlessly blend psychedelic, progressive, post-punk, and classic rock while never losing their grounding in heavy metal.
As guitarist-singer Laura Pleasants says, “No band sounds like us and we don’t sound like any other band.”
“Lost and Confused” shows that Pleasants, guitarist-singer and producer Phillip Cope, and drummer Carl McGinley are back in a big way and that they’re all set to unveil their best album yet, one that somehow outdoes the classics, Static Tensions (2009), Spiral Shadow (2010), and Ultraviolet (2013).
While you wait for Exhausting Fire, listen to “Lost and Confused” and see Kylesa’s upcoming tour dates below.
8/29 in Durham, NC at Motorco
8/31 in Charlottesville, Va at The Southern
9/1 in New York, NY at Gramercy Theater
9/2 in Montreal, QC at Cafe Campus
9/3 in Toronto, ON at Mod Club Theater
9/4 in Chicago, IL at Reggie’s
9/5 in St. Louis, MO at Ready Room
9/6 in Louisville, KY at Zanzabar
9/7 in Augusta, GA at Sky City
10/6 in St. Petersburg, FL at State Theatre
10/7 in Miami, FL at Grand Central
10/8 in Orlando, FL at The Social
10/9 in Savannah, GA at Jinx
10/10 in Asheville, NC at New Mountain
10/13 in Columbus, OH at The Basement
10/14 in Grand Rapids, MI at Pyramid Scheme
10/16 in Cleveland, OH at Grog Shop
10/17 in Pittsburgh, PA at Altar Bar
10/19 in Boston, MA at Brighton Music Hall
10/20 in Philadelphia, PA at Black Box at Underground Arts
10/23 in Richmond, VA at The Broadberry
10/24 in Washington, DC at Rock & Roll Hotel
10/25 in Atlanta, GA at The Drunken Unicorn
11/6 in Pomona, CA at The Glass House
11/7 in Los Angeles, CA at The Fonda Theatre
11/8 in San Francisco, CA at The Fillmore
11/10 in San Diego, CA at The Irenic
11/11 in Phoenix, AZ at Club Red
11/13 in Austin, TX at Red 7
11/14 in Houston, TX at Warehouse Live
11/15 in Dallas, TX at The Prophet Bar
11/17 in Colorado Springs, CO at The Black Sheep
11/18 in Denver, CO at Summit Music Hall
11/19 in Salt Lake City, UT at The Complex
11/20 in Boise, ID at Neurolux
11/21 in Portland, OR at Hawthorne Theatre
11/22 in Seattle, WA at The Crocodile
