Punknews.org launches stream of Leatherface’s “The Stormy Petrel!”
February 24th 2010 Posted by admin
Punknews.org has launched a stream of the new album from Sunderland, UK’s Leatherface. You can head over to the band’s profile page to stream “The Stormy Petrel” in its entirety.
“The Stormy Petrel” is the band’s ninth full-length album and will be released by various labels worldwide. The North American LP/CD version will be released March 23rd via No Idea Records. Their version will feature an entirely different cover art and overall layout than the European, Japanese, and Australian versions released this week.
BYO Records released the band’s last album, Dog Disco, in 2004.
Leatherface formed in August 1988, and their music has often been described as a bastardized cross between Hüsker Dü and Motörhead. Though never attaining much more than a cult following outside their native country, the band has been cited as an influence by higher-profile band such as Hot Water Music, Dillinger Four, and Tiltwheel. Jack Rabid, music critic and publisher of the music magazine Big Takeover, once listed Leatherface’s 1991 release Mush as one of the fifty greatest punk albums of all time.
Leatherface recently flew over to Canada to start their Canadian/US tour, which concludes in an appearance at this year’s Harvest of Hope Fest in St. Augustine, FL. They will be joined on the road with Canada’s Yesterday’s Ring, with select shows featuring Bridge & Tunnel and The Riot Before. You can check out the dates by clicking “more” below.
LEATHERFACE CANADIAN/ US TOUR DATES
w/ Yesterday’s Ring
2/22 – Toronto, ON @ Wrongbar
2/23 – St. Catharines, ON @ L3 Night Club
2/24 – Toronto, ON @ Wrong Bar
2/25 – Ottawa, ON @ Babylon
2/26 – Chicoutimi, PQ @ Le Bunker
2/27 – Québec, PQ @ Le Cercle
2/28 – Montreal, PQ @ Foufounes Électriques
3/1 – Longueuil, PQ @ Brasserie Des Gaulois D’Amériques
3/3 – Kingston, ON @ The Mansion
3/4 – Allston, MA @ Harper’s Ferry
3/5 – Brooklyn, NY @ The Knitting Factory
3/6 – Asbury Park, NJ @ Asbury Lanes
3/7 – Philadelphia, PA @ Northstar Bar
3/8 – Richmond, VA @ The Canal Club
3/9 – Charlotte, NC @ The Milestone
3/10 – Chattanooga, TN @ JJ’s Bohemia
3/11 – Atlanta, GA @ The Drunken Unicorn
3/13 – Elkton, FL @ Harvest of Hope Fest
3/14 – Tampa, FL @ Crowbar
3/15 – Orlando, FL @ Backbooth
