BRIGITTE CALLS ME BABY
LA NUOVA FIRMA DI ATO RECORDS ANNUNCIA L'ALBUM DI DEBUTTO
THE FUTURE IS OUR WAY OUT
IN USCITA IL 2 AGOSTO
IL SINGOLO DI DEBUTTO
“WE WERE NEVER ALIVE”
DISPONIBILE ORA
Brigitte Calls Me Baby, quintetto di Chicago della ATO Records, annuncia oggi il suo album di debutto per l'etichetta, The Future Is Our Way Out, in uscita il 2 agosto. Registrato in parte presso l'RCA Studio A di Nashville con il precedente collaboratore e produttore vincitore di 9 Grammy Dave Cobb (Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson, Chris Stapleton), The Future Is Our Way Out contiene anche una selezione di canzoni autoprodotte dal cantante Wes Leavins e dai suoi compagni: i chitarristi Jack Fluegel e Trevor Lynch, il bassista Devin Wessels e il batterista Jeremy Benshish. Con le sue meditazioni poetiche sul desiderio, l'ansia e le complessità dell'impermanenza, il disco rappresenta una potente evoluzione dell'EP di debutto This House Is Made Of Corners di Brigitte Calls Me Baby, che ha ottenuto il plauso di NPR, FLOOD, WXPN e NME, secondo i quali i “romantici di Chicago regalano i brividi di un'epoca passata”.
Oggi esce anche il singolo principale “We Were Never Alive”, con ritmi da brivido e linee di chitarra spettrali che si incontrano in una contemplazione gloriosamente cupa della mortalità. “Devin ha scritto la musica di questa canzone e mi è piaciuta molto la sua drammaticità, quindi l'obiettivo era quello di far coincidere la drammaticità con il testo”, dice Leavins. "È diventata una canzone su come, nel grande schema dell'esistenza, il tempo in cui siamo vivi sia così breve e insignificante. A un certo punto, dopo che te ne sei andato, quando anche tutti quelli che ti conoscevano se ne sono andati, è quasi come se non fossi mai esistito".
In choosing a title for the full-length debut, Brigitte landed on a phrase Leavins impulsively scrawled onto a white t-shirt as a teenager and continued to revisit over the years, eventually transforming it into a lush and cinematic pop song. “I want to be earnest even when it’s uncomfortable, and write unapologetically about things like my intense fear of death,” says Leavins. “‘The Future is Our Way Out’ is about that fear, but it’s also about hoping there might be something beyond death, a way out of all the mess and the sadness that plagues us in life.
As The Future is Our Way Out unfolds, Brigitte Calls Me Baby explores the extremities of their genre with the jittery post-punk of “Fine Dining” to the stark and sleepy serenade of the album-closing “Always Be Fine.” On “Too Easy,” the band slips into a moment of new-wave majesty built on skittering guitar tones and darkly throbbing beats, with Leavins’ voice taking on a near-operatic grandeur as he questions the reliability of memory and the durability of love.
Since the release of the band’s debut EP This House Is Made of Corners, which shines with its pounding rhythms and shimmering guitar tones, Brigitte Calls Me Baby has achieved major feats such as performing on national TV. They also took the stage as part of NPR’s World Cafe (who hailed Leavins’ “swoon-worthy voice and on-stage swagger that suggests he was always destined for bright lights and throngs of screaming fans”). The band has also kept up a relentless touring schedule, routinely captivating crowds with live favorites and touring behind legends and those in the making - the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Strokes, The Last Dinner Party, and more.
This year, after two sold-out hometown dates at Chicago’s Lincoln Hall and their first-ever performances at Summerfest and Lollapalooza in August, the band will head out on a string of headlining tour dates with stops in Austin, TX and Washington, D.C. before a series of shows with the Airborne Toxic Event continuing into the fall.
With their name nodding to frontman Wes Leavins’ teenage pen-pal correspondence with iconic French actress Brigitte Bardot, the Chicago-based five-piece emerged in early 2023 and soon scored a breakout hit with “Impressively Average”—a sublimely shimmering anthem that shot to the Top 10 at Triple A radio, setting the band on a swift rise that’s recently included embarking on a headline tour with sold-out dates across the country. Now, with their debut LP, The Future Is Our Way Out, Brigitte Calls Me Baby share a body of work that ingeniously spans genres and eras, merging the lavish romanticism of mid-century pop with the frenetic energy and spiky intensity of early-millennium indie-rock. Centered on Leavins’ hypnotically crooning vocal work, the result is a rare convergence of sophistication, style, and unabashed sincerity.
The band’s unusual path began when frontman and songwriter Wes Leavins moved from Texas to Chicago after high school. After arriving in Chicago, he joined forces with bassist Devin Wessels, drummer Jeremy Benshish, and guitarists Trevor Lynch and Jack Fluegel; and the group began gigging locally when Graceland came calling. Leavins was recruited to record music for Baz Luhrmann's 2022 film Elvis. While on set, he met the Grammy-winning producer Dave Cobb (Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile) and the two hit it off.
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BRIGITTE CALLS ME BABY 2024 TOUR DATES
6/21/24 - Lincoln Hall - Chicago, IL (SOLD OUT)
6/22/24 - Lincoln Hall - Chicago, IL (SOLD OUT)
6/27/24 - Summerfest - Milwaukee, WI
8/3/24 - Lollapalooza - Chicago, IL
9/7/24 - Fine Line - Minneapolis, MN
9/8/24 - High Noon Saloon - Madison, WI
9/10/24 - Resonant Head - Oklahoma City, OK
9/12/24 - Empire Control Room - Austin, TX
9/13/24 - White Oak Music Hall - Upstairs - Houston, TX
9/14/24 - Three Links - Dallas, TX
916/24 - Vinyl at Center Stage - Atlanta, GA’
9/17/24 - The End - Nashville, TN
9/18/24 - Upstairs at Avondale - Birmingham, AL
9/20/24 - Cat’s Cradle Back Room - Carrboro, NC
9/21/24 - XPoNential Music Festival - Camden, NJ
9/22/24 - The Atlantis - Washington, DC
9/25/24 - The Drake Underground - Toronto, ON
9/26/24 - The Stache at The Intersection - Grand Rapids, MI
9/27/24 - HI-FI Indianapolis - Indianapolis, IN
9/28/24 - Rose Bowl Tavern - Urbana, IL
10/1/24 - The Coast - Fort Collins, CO
10/2/24 - Fox Theatre - Boulder, CO
10/4/24 - Reverb Lounge - Omaha, NE
10/5/24 - The Raccoon Motel - Davenport, IA
10/7/24 - Paramount Theatre - Denver, CO *
10/8/24 - The Black Sheep - Colorado Springs, CO *
10/10/24 - Knitting Factory Concert House - Boise, ID *
10/11/24 - The Showbox - Seattle, WA *
10/12/24 - The Showbox - Seattle, WA *
10/13/24 - McMenamins Crystal Ballroom - Portland, OR *
10/15/24 - Ace of Spades - Sacramento, CA *
10/17/24 - The Warfield - San Francisco, CA *
10/19/24 - The Wiltern - Los Angeles, CA *
10/21/24 - Humphreys Concerts By The Bay - San Diego, CA *
*opening for Airborne Toxic Event
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LA NUOVA FIRMA DI ATO RECORDS ANNUNCIA L'ALBUM DI DEBUTTO
THE FUTURE IS OUR WAY OUT
IN USCITA IL 2 AGOSTO
IL SINGOLO DI DEBUTTO
“WE WERE NEVER ALIVE”
DISPONIBILE ORA
Brigitte Calls Me Baby, quintetto di Chicago della ATO Records, annuncia oggi il suo album di debutto per l'etichetta, The Future Is Our Way Out, in uscita il 2 agosto. Registrato in parte presso l'RCA Studio A di Nashville con il precedente collaboratore e produttore vincitore di 9 Grammy Dave Cobb (Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson, Chris Stapleton), The Future Is Our Way Out contiene anche una selezione di canzoni autoprodotte dal cantante Wes Leavins e dai suoi compagni: i chitarristi Jack Fluegel e Trevor Lynch, il bassista Devin Wessels e il batterista Jeremy Benshish. Con le sue meditazioni poetiche sul desiderio, l'ansia e le complessità dell'impermanenza, il disco rappresenta una potente evoluzione dell'EP di debutto This House Is Made Of Corners di Brigitte Calls Me Baby, che ha ottenuto il plauso di NPR, FLOOD, WXPN e NME, secondo i quali i “romantici di Chicago regalano i brividi di un'epoca passata”.
Oggi esce anche il singolo principale “We Were Never Alive”, con ritmi da brivido e linee di chitarra spettrali che si incontrano in una contemplazione gloriosamente cupa della mortalità. “Devin ha scritto la musica di questa canzone e mi è piaciuta molto la sua drammaticità, quindi l'obiettivo era quello di far coincidere la drammaticità con il testo”, dice Leavins. "È diventata una canzone su come, nel grande schema dell'esistenza, il tempo in cui siamo vivi sia così breve e insignificante. A un certo punto, dopo che te ne sei andato, quando anche tutti quelli che ti conoscevano se ne sono andati, è quasi come se non fossi mai esistito".
In choosing a title for the full-length debut, Brigitte landed on a phrase Leavins impulsively scrawled onto a white t-shirt as a teenager and continued to revisit over the years, eventually transforming it into a lush and cinematic pop song. “I want to be earnest even when it’s uncomfortable, and write unapologetically about things like my intense fear of death,” says Leavins. “‘The Future is Our Way Out’ is about that fear, but it’s also about hoping there might be something beyond death, a way out of all the mess and the sadness that plagues us in life.
As The Future is Our Way Out unfolds, Brigitte Calls Me Baby explores the extremities of their genre with the jittery post-punk of “Fine Dining” to the stark and sleepy serenade of the album-closing “Always Be Fine.” On “Too Easy,” the band slips into a moment of new-wave majesty built on skittering guitar tones and darkly throbbing beats, with Leavins’ voice taking on a near-operatic grandeur as he questions the reliability of memory and the durability of love.
Since the release of the band’s debut EP This House Is Made of Corners, which shines with its pounding rhythms and shimmering guitar tones, Brigitte Calls Me Baby has achieved major feats such as performing on national TV. They also took the stage as part of NPR’s World Cafe (who hailed Leavins’ “swoon-worthy voice and on-stage swagger that suggests he was always destined for bright lights and throngs of screaming fans”). The band has also kept up a relentless touring schedule, routinely captivating crowds with live favorites and touring behind legends and those in the making - the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Strokes, The Last Dinner Party, and more.
This year, after two sold-out hometown dates at Chicago’s Lincoln Hall and their first-ever performances at Summerfest and Lollapalooza in August, the band will head out on a string of headlining tour dates with stops in Austin, TX and Washington, D.C. before a series of shows with the Airborne Toxic Event continuing into the fall.
With their name nodding to frontman Wes Leavins’ teenage pen-pal correspondence with iconic French actress Brigitte Bardot, the Chicago-based five-piece emerged in early 2023 and soon scored a breakout hit with “Impressively Average”—a sublimely shimmering anthem that shot to the Top 10 at Triple A radio, setting the band on a swift rise that’s recently included embarking on a headline tour with sold-out dates across the country. Now, with their debut LP, The Future Is Our Way Out, Brigitte Calls Me Baby share a body of work that ingeniously spans genres and eras, merging the lavish romanticism of mid-century pop with the frenetic energy and spiky intensity of early-millennium indie-rock. Centered on Leavins’ hypnotically crooning vocal work, the result is a rare convergence of sophistication, style, and unabashed sincerity.
The band’s unusual path began when frontman and songwriter Wes Leavins moved from Texas to Chicago after high school. After arriving in Chicago, he joined forces with bassist Devin Wessels, drummer Jeremy Benshish, and guitarists Trevor Lynch and Jack Fluegel; and the group began gigging locally when Graceland came calling. Leavins was recruited to record music for Baz Luhrmann's 2022 film Elvis. While on set, he met the Grammy-winning producer Dave Cobb (Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile) and the two hit it off.
PRE-ORDER/PRE-SAVE THE FUTURE IS OUR WAY OUT
BRIGITTE CALLS ME BABY 2024 TOUR DATES
6/21/24 - Lincoln Hall - Chicago, IL (SOLD OUT)
6/22/24 - Lincoln Hall - Chicago, IL (SOLD OUT)
6/27/24 - Summerfest - Milwaukee, WI
8/3/24 - Lollapalooza - Chicago, IL
9/7/24 - Fine Line - Minneapolis, MN
9/8/24 - High Noon Saloon - Madison, WI
9/10/24 - Resonant Head - Oklahoma City, OK
9/12/24 - Empire Control Room - Austin, TX
9/13/24 - White Oak Music Hall - Upstairs - Houston, TX
9/14/24 - Three Links - Dallas, TX
916/24 - Vinyl at Center Stage - Atlanta, GA’
9/17/24 - The End - Nashville, TN
9/18/24 - Upstairs at Avondale - Birmingham, AL
9/20/24 - Cat’s Cradle Back Room - Carrboro, NC
9/21/24 - XPoNential Music Festival - Camden, NJ
9/22/24 - The Atlantis - Washington, DC
9/25/24 - The Drake Underground - Toronto, ON
9/26/24 - The Stache at The Intersection - Grand Rapids, MI
9/27/24 - HI-FI Indianapolis - Indianapolis, IN
9/28/24 - Rose Bowl Tavern - Urbana, IL
10/1/24 - The Coast - Fort Collins, CO
10/2/24 - Fox Theatre - Boulder, CO
10/4/24 - Reverb Lounge - Omaha, NE
10/5/24 - The Raccoon Motel - Davenport, IA
10/7/24 - Paramount Theatre - Denver, CO *
10/8/24 - The Black Sheep - Colorado Springs, CO *
10/10/24 - Knitting Factory Concert House - Boise, ID *
10/11/24 - The Showbox - Seattle, WA *
10/12/24 - The Showbox - Seattle, WA *
10/13/24 - McMenamins Crystal Ballroom - Portland, OR *
10/15/24 - Ace of Spades - Sacramento, CA *
10/17/24 - The Warfield - San Francisco, CA *
10/19/24 - The Wiltern - Los Angeles, CA *
10/21/24 - Humphreys Concerts By The Bay - San Diego, CA *
*opening for Airborne Toxic Event
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