aaamusic | On 21, Jun 2011

“The most sonically expansive album of the band’s career…” – Uncut

“Dynamite Steps, his strongest, most widescreen set since the Whigs’ mid-’90s heyday…” – Spin

“Unleashing a persona that’s part barroom romantic, part serial killer, Greg Dulli’s Twilight Singers project has now eclipsed his Nineties soul-grunge outfit Afghan Whigs.” – Rolling Stone

The Twilight Singers shall release new single ‘Blackbird and the Fox’ on August 8th and have also added two headline UK shows to their European tour this summer. Joining performances at major festivals including Glastonbury, Pukkelpop, Oxegen and T In The Park, the band will also play The Garage in London and Liquid Rooms in Edinburgh on August 24th and 25th respectively.

The Twilight Singers upcoming single and tour is in support of the band’s critically acclaimed new album Dynamite Steps (Sub Pop). Clearly the next chapter in an already long and stellar career for lead singer Greg Dulli, Dynamite Steps has been one of the best-reviewed albums of his lengthy career on both sides of the Atlantic.

Since the late 1980’s Greg Dulli has been a musical force to be reckoned with; rising to fame as the magnetic leader of the Afghan Whigs during the 80’s & 90’s. When the Whigs split up at the end of the decade, Dulli followed his muse and began to innovatively fuse indie, soul and electronic sounds in his post-Whigs collective The Twilight Singers.

Speaking on new single ‘Blackbird and the Fox’, Dulli explains the song’s origins; “I wrote the song during the Station fires in California in Fall of 2009. There was a strangely beautiful haze of smoke covering the city and the sunsets were spectacular which belied the devastation that the fires were wreaking. I saw the song as an inner dialogue between instinct and conscience and it haunted me for months.”

The legacy of The Twilight Singers continues into a new decade with the triumphant Dynamite Steps. The record shall be brought to life across Europe this summer, so be sure not to miss the band on the following dates;

THE TWILIGHT SINGERS – UK TOUR DATES
25/06/11 – Glastonbury
09/07/11 – Kinross, UK – T in the Park
24/08/11 – London, Garage
25/08/11 – Edinburgh, Liquid Rooms
26/08/11 UK – Leeds Festival
28/08/11 UK – Reading Festival