Torngat releasing an album, playing NYC, SXSW, other dates

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Posted in music | tour dates on February 27, 2009

Torngat releasing an album, playing NYC, SXSW, other dates

by Andrew Frisicano

Torngat

Montreal instrumental trio Torngat will play a Thursday, April 2nd, NYC date at (Le) Poisson Rouge (tix, $10) to promote its new record La Petite Nicole, out March 10 on Alien8 Recordings. The dreamy, keyboard-driven follow-up to 2007's You Could Be is described as "a grittier, propulsive sounding record that more closely resembles the band's live sound..."

La Petite Nicole offers forays into dub-heavy elements of post rock as well hints of kraut rock and the occasional miniature freak-outs....One gets the feeling that the band is creating music for yet-to-be-made films...

The band's french horn/multi-instrumentalist Pietro Amato also performs with The Luyas, and Bell Orchestre who played last night at BAM in Brooklyn (pictures from that show are coming soon).

All Torngat tour dates, and a video from last year, below...

Minute By Minute, a Torngat video by Alison Davis

Torngat - 2009 Tour Dates
Thursday March 5th - Montreal @ Sala Rossa
Saturday March 7th - Quebec @ Le Cercle
Friday March 6th - Sorel @ Loup rouge
Thursday March 12th - Hamilton @ Casbah
Friday March 13th - Kingston @ The Grad Club
Friday March 20th - Austin @ El Sol y la Luna (SXSW )
Thursday 26th - Sherbrooke @ Le Téléphone Rouge
Friday March 27th - Sainte-Hyacinthe @ Le Zaricot
Thursday April 2nd - New York City @ (Le)Poisson Rouge
Thursday April 9th - Ottawa @ Zaphod

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