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Ian Svenonius preps solo debut and new Chain & The Gang LP (listen), touring

Seaport Music Festival 15th Anniversary
Ian Svenonius w/ The Make-Up @ Seaport Music Fest (more by Amanda Hatfield)

Ian Svenonius is a one-of-a-kind force and is worth catching in whatever incarnation he’s playing with, be it Chain and the Gang, The Make-Up (who just played Seaport Music Fest), or his solo project, Escape-Ism. For Escape-Ism, it’s usually just Ian, a tinny drum machine, a guitar and a cassette deck for some pure, mostly unfiltered Svenonius. His debut solo debut, Introduction to Escape-ism, which he calls “the found-sound dream drama starring Ian Svenonius,” is out November 10 via Merge and you can get a taste via an album commercial narrated by Ian, and “Almost No One (Can Have My Love).” Check those out below.

Ian’s got a few Escape-Ism shows on the horizon, though none currently scheduled for NYC, but including West Coast dates and a release show in Washington, DC. All dates are listed below.

But that’s not all. Chain and the Gang will release new album Experimental Music on September 29 via Radical Elite. Check out two songs from that below. No live dates for them as of now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayqFi6p7GJk

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Introduction to Escape-Ism tracklist:
Walking in the Dark 4:15
Lonely at the Top 3:23
Rome Wasn’t Burnt in a Day 4:16
Iron Curtain 4:19
Almost No One (Can Have My Love) 2:54
They Took the Waves 4:05
The Stars Get in the Way 3:25
I Don’t Remember You 1:56
Crime Wave Rock 2:47

ESCAPE-ISM – 2017 TOUR DATES
Oct 04 Rhizome Washington, DC
Oct 16 Barboza Seattle, WA
Oct 24 Whistle Stop San Diego, CA
Oct 25 Resident Los Angeles, CA
Nov 10 Metro Gallery Baltimore, MD

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Chain and the Gang – Experimental Music trackList
Experimental Music
Logic of Night
If I Was An Animal
Rome (Wasn’t Burnt in a Day)
Don’t Make Me Dream
Come Over
Three (Made a Fool Out of Me)
Temporary Insanity
Don’t Scare the Ghost Away
I Hate Winners