HOLYSONS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM & TOUR

Emil Amos, world renowned as drummer of the illustrious experimental rock groups Om and Grails, has an increasingly prolific, though relatively unknown, solo career under the moniker HolySons. Home recording over 1000 songs since the project's inception in 1992, Amos has spent the better part of the last two decades honing his song writing and production skills over a wide swath of genres in a mission to capture his internal world sonically. Only a handful of shows have ever been played under the name (including opening stints for Quasi, Devendra Banhart, Will Oldham, J Mascis, Daniel Johnson, and a show at a community center in Dharmasala, India) and none of the records have been traditionally promoted, developing a dedicated underground fan-base through word of mouth alone.

Survivalist Tales is HolySons' 9th record, and represents the apex of Emil Amos' obsession to push stylistic genres to their breaking point while wrenching psyche-anthems out of the darkest frontiers of self-confrontation. The songs are a seemingly impossible blend of nightmarish Blade Runner-esque moog music with the darkest side of 70's easy-listening psyche and feature some of the most unabashedly soaring choruses Amos has ever put to tape. Combining avant-sound collage with lyrics culled from the hard-won truths of self-exploration, Survivalist Tales builds a beautiful imagining of future music. For the first time ever Amos is poised to present the project publicly; the upcoming tour supporting Scout Niblett can legitimately be described as HolySons' first tour.

TOUR DATES (all dates with Scout Niblett)

9/27/2010 Chicago IL Double Door
9/30/2010 Kalamazoo MI The Strutt
10/1/2010 Hamilton ON This Ain't Hollywood
10/2/2010 Toronto ON The Garrison
10/3/2010 Montreal Qc La Sala Rossa
10/4/2010 Winooski VT The Monkey House
10/5/2010 Brooklyn NY Knitting Factory
10/6/2010 New York NY Mercury Lounge
10/7/2010 Philadelphia PA M Room
10/8/2010 Baltimore MD Metro Gallery
10/9/2010 Chapel Hill NC Nightlight