Today marks the release of You Blew It! ‘s 3-song EP, and their first release for Jade Tree,Pioneer of Nothing. The EP has won praise everywhere from Entertainment Weekly who said “the band sets aside the crunchy guitars for a tender, sugar-sweet ballad” to Pitchforkwho called the tracks “You Blew It!’s version of perfect indie rock”. The EP has also won praise from outlets such as Stereogum, Spin and Exclaim! and is now available via Jade Tree.
The past year has been a whirlwind for the Florida quintet who released their critically-acclaimed sophomore album Keep Doing What You’re Doing last January. The past 12 months also saw the release of their Weezer cover EP You Blue It as well as tours across the globe with the likes of Say Anything, The Front Bottoms and Modern Baseball. Pioneer of Nothing shows a marked maturation from the band, who have very much maintained their anthemic rock sensibilities but have also added a new sense of intimacy and stripped-down immediacy to their songs. The new EP has already won early praise from a wide variety of outlets including Pitchfork, Stereogum and Spin.
You Blew It! are set to embark on their first North American headlining tour, sponsored by Jukely, this week and will be bringing Tiny Moving Parts, Rozwell Kid and Sorority Noise along for the ride. Kicking off January 29th, the dates see the band traversing the continent for the following 5 weeks (all tour dates below). Tickets for all shows are on-sale now at http://youblewitfl.com.
In addition to the upcoming tour dates, You Blew It! will be playing a number of in-store performances. An exclusive retail-only variant (hand painted and numbered jackets with vellum overlay, limited to 100) of Pioneer of Nothing will be sold at the locations below, with more stores to be announced.
In-stores:
1/27 Orlando, FL @ Park Ave Records (Record Release Show)
2/14 Chicago, IL @ Reckless Records
2/22 Asbury Park, NJ @ Holdfast Records
Tour Dates:
1/29/2015 – San Antonio, TX @ Tequila Room^
1/30/2015 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk^
1/31/2015 – Dallas, TX @ Club Dada^
2/02/2015 – Albuquerque, NM @ Duke City Sound Stage^
2/03/2015 – Phoenix, AZ @ Underground^
2/04/2015 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo^
2/05/2015 – San Diego, CA @ VooDoo Room^
2/06/2015 – Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction^
2/07/2015 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill^
2/08/2015 – Sacramento, CA @ Cafe Colonial^
2/10/2015 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Loading Dock^
2/11/2015 – Denver, CO @ Marquis Theatre^
2/12/2015 – Lawrence, KS @ Jackpot Music Hall^
2/13/2015 – St. Louis, MO @ The Demo^
2/14/2015 – Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen^
2/15/2015 – Lansing, MI @ Mac’s Bar^
2/16/2015 – Toronto, ON @ Hard Luck^
2/17/2014 – Buffalo, NY @ Waiting Room^
2/18/2014 – Pittsburgh, PA @ The Smiling Moose^
2/19/2015 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Barbary#
2/20/2015 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall#
2/21/2015 – Boston, MA @ Middle East Upstairs#
2/22/2015 – Asbury Park, NJ @ Asbury Lanes^
2/23/2015 – Washington, DC @ DC9^
2/24/2015 – Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter^
2/25/2015 – Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall^
2/26/2015 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade – Purgatory^
2/27/2015 – Orlando, FL @ Will’s Pub^
2/28/2015 – Cape Coral, FL @ Nice Guys Pizza^
3/01/2015 – Miami, FL @ Anonymous Guitars^
^ = w/ Tiny Moving Parts. Rozwell Kid
# = w/ Tiny Moving Parts, Rozwell Kid, Sorority Noise