Back home in the Netherlands. First day of our new record cycle/new line up. Things feel really good. We can’t wait to get this show on the road!
Megafaun is:
Brad Cook
Phil Cook
Joe Westerlund
New album: 9.20.11
→ Shows
→ Contact
→ Merch Table
Bumped to Business class! Holy leg room! Arriving in Europe rested!
Gearing up to fly to Europe tomorrow! It’s been one full year since our last tour there. We’re deeply indebted to Motorco Music Hall for their hospitality during our rehearsal week. Thank you guys for everything! Thanks to you, we feel fully prepared to hit the road with these new tunes and a new member!
Listen to our new song, “State/Meant”
Hey everyone! We hope you get a chance to check out this next jam from our new record. It’s called “State/Meant”, and we should probably come clean about the fact that this is the only song on the record that uses Philly’s banjo. ;) Enjoy!
State/Meant by Megafaun via Hometapes
Megafaun North America & Europe Tour Dates Announced!
We are so very pleased to announce Fall tour dates in North America and Europe! Follow the links to buy tickets online. So excited to see you all!!
2011 European Tour
- 08/31/11 - Deventer, Netherlands @ Burgerweeshuis
- 09/01/11 - Brussels, Belgium @ Botanique
- 09/02/11 - London, UK @ The Lexington
- 09/03/11 - Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
- 09/04/11 - Larmer Tree Gardens, UK @ End Of The Road Festival
- 09/05/11 - Paris, France @ Cafe de la Danse
- 09/06/11 - Middelburg, Netherlands @Avonduren
- 09/07/11 - Cologne, Germany @ King Georg
- 09/08/11 - Hamburg, Germany @ Astra Stube
- 09/09/11 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ Musik Loppen
- 09/11/11 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso
- 09/12/11 - Tilburg, Netherlands @ Incubate
2011 North American Tour*
- 09/22/11 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
- 09/23/11 - Washington, DC @ Red Palace
- 09/24/11 - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
- 09/25/11 - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
- 09/27/11 - Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Tavern
- 09/28/11 - Chicago, IL @ Schubas
- 09/29/11 - Madison, WI @ High Noon
- 09/30/11 - Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center
- 10/01/11 - Omaha, NE @ Waiting Room
- 10/04/11 - Seattle, WA @ Tractor
- 10/05/11 - Vancouver, BC @ Electric Owl
- 10/06/11 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
- 10/07/11 - San Francisco, CA @ Cafe DuNord
- 10/08/11 - Los Angeles, CA @ Satellite
- 10/09/11 - Santa Monica, CA @ McCabes
- 10/10/11 - San Diego, CA @ Casbah
*Doug Paisley to support from 9/24 - 10/10
MEGAFAUN: album cover, track list, and first single from Megafaun
The first song you reveal from an album — from a band like Megafaun, from an album like Megafaun — says something. How do you tune the world to Phil Cook, Joe Westerlund, and Brad Cook, to the vastness of their minds, to the sheer nature of time?
Process, songcraft, and toss-and-turn emotion collided when Megafaun’s Joe Westerlund looped together field recordings from his travels in Bali and rural North Carolina: a round-robin of gamelan, ambient sounds, frogs, and cicadas underpin a hauntingly indelible piano melody and a hypnotic beat. Then there are the voices.
This song stopped us dead in our tracks, encapsulating the Megafaun we know and the Megafaun we’ve yet to hear. In between? Well, that’s Megafaun, out September 20, 2011.
The cover art was created by none other than Aaron Draplin.
Check out the premiere on Pitchfork this morning.
And talk about premieres:
We are excited to announce the first child of Megafaun’s Phil Cook and his wife Heather, born last night in Durham, NC!
Megafaun Megafaun
- Real Slow
- These Words
- Get Right
- Hope You Know
- Isadora
- Second Friend
- Resurrection
- Kill The Horns
- Scorned
- Serene Return
- You Are The Light
- State/Meant
- postscript
- Everything
View the album teaser video right here.
Megafaun will be released in Europe in September by Crammed Discs.
Whoa universe! Hello old friend! (Taken with Instagram at Festival for the Eno River)
Our self-titled full-length will be released September 20th
