“‘Blue as Your Blood’ [is] a stunning centerpiece on the upcoming masterpiece—yes, masterpiece—L
“[The Walkmen’s] music has remained steady as their popularity’s swelled.
Now it feels like their moment: They’ve just signed to hot-handed label Fat Possum with what may be their best album to date.”—GQ
Critically acclaimed rock band The Walkmen will perform on the “Late Show with David Letterman” January 6 in support of their Fat Possum Records debut Lisbon. The band also recently taped a performance for PBS’ Sun Studios Sessions; the performance airs in select markets through January 4.
After completing a successful North American run and appearances on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” and “Last Call with Carson Daly,” the Walkmen capped 2010 with performances in New York City at Terminal 5 and Washington, DC at the 9:30 Club. The band is set to tour the southeastern United States in early 2011, please see below for a complete list of dates.
Lisbon continues to garner critical acclaim, topping many year-end best-of lists. Named the #2 album of 2010 by The Onion, Lisbon is amongst the top records of 2010 according to outlets including NPR’s “All Songs Considered,” Pitchfork, SPIN, Filter, Under the Radar, Aquarium Drunkard and Gorilla vs. Bear. Scanning over 13,000 units in its first week of release, Lisbon entered the chart at #27 making it the band’s highest debut on the Billboard Top 200.
The Walkmen’s fifth album, Lisbon was recorded over a two-year period in Philadelphia and Brooklyn. A few songs that helped establish the record’s tone were written during several inspiring and successful trips to Lisbon, Portugal. You & Me engineer Chris Zane (Passion Pit, Les Savy Fav, Tokyo Police Club) worked with the band from August to February, and then in March of 2010 the band traveled to south Dallas to finish the album with John Congleton (St. Vincent, Explosions in the Sky).
Having grown up playing together in various bands since the fifth grade including New York’s Jonathan Fire*Eater and Boston’s The Recoys, the Walkmen broke through in 2002 with their debut album Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me is Gone. 2004’s Bows & Arrows featured indie rock anthem “The Rat” which Pitchfork recently named the #20 song of the decade. In 2006 the band recorded a song-by-song cover of Harry Nilsson and John Lennon’s 1974 classic Pussy Cats as a farewell to their Harlem studio space Marcata.
THE WALKMEN TOUR
January 12 Cat’s Cradle Carrboro, NC
January 13 Variety Playhouse Atlanta, GA
January 14 Grey Eagle Asheville, NC
January 15 Exit In Nashville, TN
March 2 One Eyed Jack’s New Orleans, LA
March 3 Fitzgerald’s
March 4 Stubb’s Bar-B-Que Austin, TX
March 5 Granada Theater Dallas, TX
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