NEWS:Vancouver's Five Alarm Funk Release New Album 'Rock the Sky' May 11 and Announce Supporting Tour Dates
Vancouver-based Five Alarm Funk are pleased to announce that their fourth studio album, Rock The Sky,
will be released May 11, 2012. The ten-piece ensemble will be taking
their new tracks, and of course old favourites, on the road with a
cross-Canada tour which promises their always energetic, eclectic, and
jaw dropping live sets. What more can be expected from a stage packed
with ten seasoned musicians blending their sounds together into an
orchestral funk rock?
With a Pegasus emblazoned on the cover, Rock The Sky boasts the most rock influence of Five Alarm Funk
to date, with the entire album fueled by percussion and held together
by relentless horn assault. The band cites influences from Iron Maiden
to Parliament being fused together in their music lab to create the new
tunes this time around, and as always their recorded products deliver on
the energy front. Rock The Sky has big shoes to fill this year with Five Alarm Funk's last release, Anything is Possible,
being dubbed 'Instrumental Recording of the Year' at the 2011 Western
Canadian Music Awards, and earning a 4.5 out of 5 star rating from
ChartAttack.com, calling it a, 'potent mind altering substance.'
With an extreme passion for the art, it's no surprise that Five Alarm Funk
have been going strong for six years, four albums, and over 400 live
gigs boasted on their musical resume. Festival dates have included
Toronto Jazz Festival, Ottawa Blues Fest, and Summer Meltdown in
Washington state, not to mention countless sold-out shows at the
Commodore Ballroom in their home city of Vancouver and many treks across
Canada and south of the border to the United States.
TOUR DATES (*more to be announced here)
Apr. 27 @ Tractor Tavern, SEATTLE
Apr. 28 @ Jazzbones, TACOMA
Apr. 29 @ Doug Fir Lounge, PORTLAND
May 5 @ Wild Buffalo House of Music, BELLINGHAM, WA
May 11 @ The Rickshaw, VANCOUVER
May 17 @ Canmore Hotel, CANMORE, AB
May 19 @ The Pyramid, WINNIPEG
May 24 @ Casbah, HAMILTON
May 25 @ Paddy Flaherty's, SARNIA
May 26 @ Lee's Palace, TORONTO
May 31 @ Le Divan Orange, MONTREAL
June 6 @ Crock's, THUNDER BAY
June 10 @ Open Sky Music Festival, EDMONTON
June 11 @ Wild Bill's, BANFF
June 22 @ Kamloops Convention Centre, KAMLOOPS
June 23 @ Spirit Bar, NELSON, BC
Aug. 5 @ Kaslo Jazz Festival, KASLO, BC
Aug. 18 @ Salmon Arm Roots & Blues, SALMON ARM, BC
Apr. 28 @ Jazzbones, TACOMA
Apr. 29 @ Doug Fir Lounge, PORTLAND
May 5 @ Wild Buffalo House of Music, BELLINGHAM, WA
May 11 @ The Rickshaw, VANCOUVER
May 17 @ Canmore Hotel, CANMORE, AB
May 19 @ The Pyramid, WINNIPEG
May 24 @ Casbah, HAMILTON
May 25 @ Paddy Flaherty's, SARNIA
May 26 @ Lee's Palace, TORONTO
May 31 @ Le Divan Orange, MONTREAL
June 6 @ Crock's, THUNDER BAY
June 10 @ Open Sky Music Festival, EDMONTON
June 11 @ Wild Bill's, BANFF
June 22 @ Kamloops Convention Centre, KAMLOOPS
June 23 @ Spirit Bar, NELSON, BC
Aug. 5 @ Kaslo Jazz Festival, KASLO, BC
Aug. 18 @ Salmon Arm Roots & Blues, SALMON ARM, BC
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