PJ BOND – Touring UK / Europe (March 16 – 29)
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* In support of You Didn’t Know I Was Alphabetical
* PJ tackles the Pink Couch
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New Jersey native PJ Bond – who for the past year has spent the majority of his days living out of his car, playing shows, crashing on couches and generally making a lot of new roommates – will embark on a month-long tour of the U.K. and mainland Europe beginning on Tuesday, March 16th.
Bond continues to tour in support of his latest full-length, You Didn’t Know I Was Alphabetical, which was released in late 2009 by Black Numbers in LP and CD format.
The ex-Outsmarting Simon front man has played in bands such as The Color Fred, Marigold and Communipaw, but in comparison to previous endeavors, Alphabetical is a decidedly more organic, homespun affair. It’s a heartfelt slice of creaky, back porch Americana tossed against a perfectly catchy pop backdrop. Still, Bond throws a little bit of everything into the mix, from rustic, up tempo alt-country rockers to haunting, melancholy acoustic offerings and sweetly infectious indie numbers.
Listen to “You, Too” (free mp3)
- A brilliant collection of songs ranging from Matt Pond PA to early Wilco folk-rockers. The whole album ebbs and flows from one emotional chord to another with ease. – Verbicide
- Bond’s eloquence and clarity approaches Paul Westerberg / Elliott Smith standards in terms of making the mundane sound essential, and vice versa. – No Depression
- Bond combines compelling storytelling sensibilities with sobering reflections, underpinned by lush melodies and more than a hint of melancholy. – Rock Sound
On a related note, Bond recently partook in the famed Pink Couch Sessions for the inimitable IfYouMakeIt.com. You can watch him perform the song “Baby Bones” here.
As always, if you’d like to attend a show or speak with PJ, drop me a line here.
Tour
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MAR 16 – London, England @ The Library
MAR 17 – Nottingham, England @ Chameleon Arts Cafe
MAR 18 – Manchester, England @ The Sweatbox
MAR 19 – Girvan, Scotland @ Z1 Youth Club
MAR 20 – Glasgow, Scotland @ The Black Sparrow
MAR 21 – Inverness, Scotland @ Madd Hatter’s
MAR 22 – Aberdeen, Scotland @ TBA
MAR 23 – Dunfermline, Scotland @ PJ Molloy’s
MAR 24 – Leeds, England @ Whiskey Wednesday / Santiago Bar
MAR 25 – Birmingham, England @ Stokholm House
MAR 27 – Wednesbury, England @ Addistock
MAR 28 – Swansea, England @ Mozart’s
MAR 29 – Cardiff, England @ TBA
MAR 31 – Bristol, England @ The Croft
APR 01 – Brighton, England @ Sanctuary Cella
APR 08 – Antwerpen, Belgium @ De Peylkoker
APR 09 – Holland @ TBA
APR 10 – Hillentrup, Germany @ Papiermuhle
APR 16 – Wiener Neustadt, Austria @ Triebwerk
APR 17 – Pollau, Austria @ Club 81
APR 19 – Graz, Austria @ Forum Stadtpark
APR 20 – Budapest, Hungary @ TBA
APR 21 – Vienna, Austria @ Loft
APR 22 – Vienna, Austria @ House Show
APR 23 – Regensburg, Germany @ Alte Malzerei
