Nik Freitas Adds More Dates!

After Finishing Up His tour With Rilo Kiley, Nik Freitas Continues His Summer Trek Across Country! New Gigs Added With Maria Taylor & Johnathan Rice! Nik Will Be Out Playing Songs From His Just Released Gem Sun Down (Team Love).


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"The Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter spools pensive roots rock into impressive new album, Sun Down."

All The Way Down (mp3)

Sun Down (mp3)

ABOUT "SUN DOWN"

Nik Freitas' Team Love debut Sun Down - equal parts wry, warm and sonorous - is the end product of several years of ups and downs. Freitas writes, plays, engineers and produces every note on his records. Not that he's got a lot of expensive gear. A visit to his Poppy Peak studio/shed reveals that Nik is working low-budget minor miracles, The kind of miracles one receives via hundreds of hours on Craigslist. Sun Down will hit stores this spirng. .

One listen to Sun Down and you know you're hearing a certain hard-won grace.It all began several years ago for Freitas, when a co-worker sold him an antique piano that was "used by a street musician before the dawn of the Casio." Nik taught himself how to play the thing, and it became the cornerstone of his three earlier records, Here's Laughing at You, Heavy Mellow and Voicing the Hammers. Nik lent his guitar skills to the upcoming Conor Oberst solo record and often plays with the Mystic Valley band.

Sun Down is a succinct, concentrated record that will take the listener from Paul Simon's Graceland to David Bowie's Hunky Dory. Each song - each moment - is endowed with a striking mix of self-possession and gravity. There is no reaching, no going for the gold, just ten lovely four minute thesis statements.

Tour Dates:

Tue-Jun-10 Austin, TX Emos Lounge
Wed-Jun-11 Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon
Thu-Jun-12 Birmingham, AL Workplay
Fri-Jun-13 Atlanta, GA Smith's Olde Bar
Sat-Jun-14 Athens, GA Caledonia Lounge
Sun-Jun-15 Charleston, SC Village Tavern
Mon-Jun-16 Carborro, NC Cat's Cradle
Wed-Jun-18 New York, NY Knitting Factory
Thu-Jun-19 Washington, DC Rock and Roll Hotel
Fri-Jun-20 Philadelphia, PA The Barbary
Sat-Jun-21 Kingston, NY Free Wall Street Party
Mon-Jun-23 Boston, MA The Paradise
Tue-Jun-24 Hamden, CT The Space
Thu-Jun-26 Toronto, ONT El Mocambo
Fri-Jun-27 Detroit, MI Magic Stick
Sat-Jun-28 Chicago, IL Beat Kitchen
Sun-Jun-29 Chicago, IL Belmont Art and Music Fest
Mon-Jun-30 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
Tue-Jul-01 Omaha, NE Waiting Room
Wed-Jul-02 Denver, CO The Hi-Dive
Thu-Jul-03 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
Fri-Jul-04 Boise, ID Neurolux
Sat-Jul-05 Portland, OR Doug Fir
Sun-Jul-06 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern
Wed-Jul-09 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill
Thu-Jul-10 Visalia, CA Cellar Door
Fri-Jul-11 Los Angeles, CA Echoplex
Sat-Jul-12 Sonoma, CA Gundlach Bundschu Winery