ACCLAIMED SINGER/SONGWRITER BRIAN FALLON UNVEILS “FORGET ME NOT”, FIRST SINGLE FROM UPCOMING ALBUM, SLEEPWALKERS, OUT FEBRUARY 9
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ACCLAIMED SINGER/SONGWRITER BRIAN FALLON UNVEILS “FORGET ME NOT”, FIRST SINGLE FROM UPCOMING ALBUM, SLEEPWALKERS, OUT FEBRUARY 9
2018 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR INCLUDES STOP IN TORONTO ON APRIL 24
27 OCTOBER 2017 (Toronto, ON) – Today, Brian Fallon unveils "Forget Me Not", the first official single from his upcoming solo album, SLEEPWALKERS due out February 9 via Island Records/Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company. The '60s pop-inspired track is available to stream/purchase online now, and the album is available for pre-order exclusively at the Official Brian Fallon Store, with the inclusion of pre-sale access to Fallon's upcoming 2018 North American tour.
"I was thinking how every song doesn't have to be so serious," Fallon says. "It can just be fun. It can just be a song that I would want to play live. 'Forget Me Not' came out in just a couple of minutes and actually ended up being pretty serious - it seems my subconscious had other plans."
Accompanied by his high-energy backing band, The Howling Weather, Fallon will celebrate the announcement of SLEEPWALKERS with a sold-out pair of limited capacity live dates in New York and Los Angeles this November, before kicking off their major North American Tour. With dates running from March 27 through to late May, including a stop in Toronto at The Danforth Music Hall on April 24, fan pre-sales begin next week on Tuesday, October 31, after which all remaining tickets will be released to the general public on Friday, November 3. In 2018, Fallon and The Howling Weather will also embark on a European headline tour, supported by special guest Dave Hause through February and March. Full list of dates and ticket information available online here.
SLEEPWALKERS see’s Brian Fallon once again pushing timeless rock 'n' roll into the modern era, recasting British Invasion rock, first generation UK punk, and American pop and soul into a near irresistible sound he's dubbed - with a nod and a wink towards The Who - as "Heavy R&B". Recorded earlier this year at New Orleans' Parlor Recording Studio with producer Ted Hutt - the man behind the board for The Gaslight Anthem's 2008 breakthrough, THE '59 SOUND - the album is yet another sterling example of Fallon's always adventurous artistry. His sound is fueled by the New Jersey-based tunesmith's interest in the Vox Continental, the distinctive organ used by favorite artists spanning The Animals and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers to The Specials and Elvis Costello and the Attractions. As emotionally powerful as it is musically exultant, SLEEPWALKERS proves Brian Fallon is at the very top of his game, pushing and kicking the rock 'n' soul sounds he grew up on into the future now as ever.
Known far and wide as singer/guitarist of The Gaslight Anthem, as well as such outfits as The Horrible Crowes and Molly & The Zombies, Fallon made his solo debut with 2015's masterful PAINKILLERS. The album - which includes the hit singles, "A Wonderful Life" and "Painkillers" - drew widespread critical applause upon its release, with Entertainment Weekly acclaiming Fallon as "a first-rate songwriter with a dozen tunes that wax philosophical about love and the human condition - the dude's like a modern day Nietzsche with a sleeve tattoo."
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