DT: MARCH 5, 2014
FM: ANGELA VILLANUEVA/BARI LIEBERMAN, MSO PR
REGGAE-INFLUENCED ROCKERS
IRATION
CONTINUE NATIONAL ‘AUTOMATIC’ WINTER TOUR WITH MANY SOLD-OUT SHOWS
BAND ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL SXSW SHOWS
NEW SINGLE AT RADIO
TITLE TRACK “AUTOMATIC”
REMIXED BY MULTIPLE GRAMMY AWARD-NOMINATED MARK NEEDHAM
IRATION performing at one of their back-to-back sell out shows at Boulder’s Fox Theatre.
Reggae-influenced rock band IRATION is in the midst of their national ‘Automatic’ Winter Tour, crisscrossing from coast-to-coast and selling out many shows along the way. The tour kicked off January 24 with a sold-out crowd in Ventura, CA and continued on to reach max capacity at venues in Fresno, CA, Petaluma, CA, Tahoe (Stateline), NV, Colorado Springs, CO, Cleveland, OH, Boston, MA, Asbury Park, NJ as well as back-to-back sell-out shows at Boulder’s Fox Theatre. Many of the remaining shows are on track to sell out as well with tonight’s Wilmington, NC show and the tour’s final show (3/22) at the 1700-capacity Grove of Anaheim in California already sold out. The Hawaiian-bred, Santa Barbara-based foursome is on the road in support of their third full-length album AUTOMATIC which was released last summer.
In addition to a successful national tour, IRATION—Micah Pueschel (Guitar/Vocals), Joe Dickens (Drums), Adam Taylor (Bass) and Cayson Peterson (Keyboards)–has just announced they will perform a pair of official SXSW showcases this month in Austin, TX. The first will take place Wednesday, March 12 at the Flamingo Cantina, set time is 11:59pm. More info on this show here: http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_MS26102. They will also take the stage the following night, Thursday, March 13 for the Jambase sponsored show at Tap Room at The Market; this set also begins at 11:59pm. More info on this show here: http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_MS28115. This news comes after the announcement that IRATION will perform this summer at the 5th Annual California Roots Music & Arts Festival happening May 23-25 in Monterey, CA and the Wakarusa Music Festival taking place June 5-8 in Ozark, AR. The band is also set to support their fellow Santa Barbara friends Rebelution at the Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa, CA for two shows this summer, August 9 and 10. Tickets for all IRATION shows–excluding the SXSW showcases–are available now at http://irationmusic.com/tour.
On the radio front, IRATION has just shipped their new single, the title track from the album, “Automatic.” The band solicited multiple Grammy Award-nominated engineer/mixer/producer Mark Needham (Imagine Dragons, Killers, Neon Trees, Walk the Moon, etc) to remix the track. The song has already started receiving spins at the following stations: WJSE 106.3FM Atlantic City, NJ, KCXX X103.9FM Riverside, CA, KJEE 92.9FM Santa Barbara, CA, KUCD 101.9FM Honolulu, HI, KTWN 96.3FM Minneapolis, MN and WRMR 98.7FM Wilmington, NC. Check out the track via a brand new lyric video featuring live footage here: http://smarturl.it/AutoRadioVideo. The song “Automatic” is especially important to the band as it’s an ode to their fans, a heartfelt thank you for the unwavering support they have felt throughout their career.
We’re gone travelling so far
Take us in your car
Bump it in the yard
We grow and bring it back to you
Never losing touch with what we’ve been through
Sometimes we get pulled away
Know that we’ll be back
Sorry for the delay
We are all about the luv
You give us the life that we all dreamed of
And we wanna give it back to you
I know that you can feel it too
–Lyrics from “Automatic”
2013 represented a period of growth for the band, with their career elevating to a new level. Armed with their third full-length album AUTOMATIC, IRATION further pushed their musical boundaries, with an emphasis on the craft of songwriting, while staying true to the sound their fans love. The band collaborated with Cage The Elephant guitarist Lincoln Parish who is featured on several tracks and helped co-produce select songs on the album along with long-time studio partner JP Hesser of Castaway 7 Studios in Ventura, CA.
AUTOMATIC is the band’s most successful release to date. The 16-track collection immediately shot all the way up to the #1 spot on both the Billboard and iTunes Reggae Albums charts, as well as #7 on the iTunes Overall Albums chart, #75 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and #17 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart. The album’s first official single “Back Around” enjoyed much radio success nationwide, reaching #1 on most stations’ playlists where it was added, including spending several weeks at #1 for San Diego’s 91X.
IRATION Tour Dates:
| Automatic Winter Tour | |||
| Wed | 3/5 | Wilmington, NC | Ziggy’s By The Sea |
| Thu | 3/6 | Tallahassee, FL | Club Rehab |
| Fri | 3/7 | Saint Petersburg, FL | Jannus Live |
| Sat | 3/8 | Pensacola, FL | Vinyl Music Hall |
| Sun | 3/9 | New Orleans, LA | House of Blues |
| SXSW Official Showcases | |||
| Wed | 3/12 | Austin, TX | Flamingo Cantina |
| Thu | 3/13 | Austin, TX | Tap Room at The Market |
| Festival Date: | |||
| Sat | 3/15 | Tempe, AZ | Tempe Beach Park |
| Automatic Winter Tour | |||
| Fri | 3/21 | Santa Cruz, CA | The Catalyst |
| Sat | 3/22 | Anaheim, CA | City National Grove of Anaheim |
| Festivals | |||
| Fri-Sun | 5/23-5/23 | Monterey, CA | California Roots Music & Arts Festival |
| Thu-Sun | 6/5-6/8 | Ozark, AR | Wakarusa Music Festival |
| Thu-Sun 7/31-8/3 | 7/31-8/3 | Garberville, CA | Reggae On the River |
| Supporting Rebelution | |||
| Sat | 8/9 | Costa Mesa, CA | Pacific Amphitheatre |
| Sun | 8/10 | Costa Mesa, CA | Pacific Amphitheatre |
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