Frontier Ruckus Coming To The Southgate House Revival on 2/23

Frontier Ruckus
Frontier Ruckus

Photo by Noah Elliott Morrison

Frontier Ruckus
2/23/17
Southgate House Revival, 111 E 6th St, Newport, KY
7:30pm doors, 8:30pm show, Buy Tickets

Frontier Ruckus shares a brand new track, “Positively Freaking,” from their forthcoming album Enter The Kingdom, out February 17 on Sitcom Universe (USA)/Loose Music. The track premiered yesterday on Paste who called it “a short and sweet bit of songcraft with an upbeat bounce that belies the depth of its message.”

Stream “Positively Freaking” on Paste or SoundCloud

Enter the Kingdom is Frontier Ruckus’s most lush record to date. The album serves as an almost desperate invitation into the band’s most recurrent setting: the suburban American household. It is immediately apparent, however, that the emphasis this time is not so much on idyllic nostalgia but the very real and present tense disintegration of a personal kingdom once thought permanent. Songwriter Matthew Milia has explained the album as a rather literal depiction of his father losing his job and relying on disability checks to retain a tenuous grasp on his childhood home. The specificity with which this is conveyed to the listener is harrowing at times, though never in full abandonment of a dark and balancing sense of humor. Although the lyrics are intrinsic to Frontier Rucks’ songcraft, the songwriting is second to none, with sophisticated, catchy tunes and lush harmonies, honed by Wilco drummer Ken Coomer’s deft production skills. Full tracklisting and album art are below. For more information on the album, pre-order and tour dates visit http://www.frontierruckus.com/.

Enter The Kingdom Tracklisting
1. Visit Me
2. Gerunds
3. 27 Dollars
4. Our Flowers Are Still Burning
5. Positively Freaking
6. Sarah Springtime
7. Since Milford
8. Gauche
9. Nothing is Working
10. If You Can
11. Enter the Kingdom

This month the band will set off on a string of North American tour dates across the Midwest and East Coast. The tour kicks off on Feb 17 in Kalamazoo, MI at Old Dog Tavern the night before their record release show at The Loving Touch in Ferndale, MI. The tour will take them through Atlanta, DC, Philly before ending in New York at the Mercury Lounge. Tour dates are below, but for more information and tickets, please visit http://www.frontierruckus.com/tour/.

Frontier Ruckus Tour
Feb 17 – Old Dog Tavern – Kalamazoo, MI
Feb 18 – The Loving Touch – Ferndale, MI
Feb 21 – Beachland Tavern- Cleveland, OH
Feb 22  – Thirty One West – Newark, OH
Feb 23  – Southgate House Revival – Newport, KY
Feb 25 – Vinyl – Atlanta, GA
Feb 26 – The Evening Muse – Charlotte, NC
Feb 27 – DC9 – Washington, DC
Feb 28 – Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, PA
Mar 1 – Club Café – Pittsburgh, PA
Mar 3 – Mercury Lounge – New York, NY
 
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