Bell Witch announce huge European tour for spring
Bell Witch have announced a huge European tour that will run from March through to May, including stops in countries that the band has not previously performed in. The extensive run is in support of the band’s most recent album, Future’s Shadow Part 1: The Clandestine Gate which was announced last April alongside an exclusive full album set at Roadburn festival in The Netherlands. The band returned to Europe in August and September for a string of dates and are now preparing for a eight week reprise. Support for the shows will come from Fvnerals, Knoll, The Keening and Thantifaxath at different points throughout the tour.
All shows on this tour will have a visual accompaniment created by photographer / director and frequent collaborator Bobby Cochran. Adding an extra layer of complexity to the live show, the visuals enhance the themes inherent to the music. A clip of Bobby‘s visuals can be viewed HERE:
Of their upcoming tour, Bell Witch comment:
“We are excited to return to Europe this spring. Sharing The Clandestine Gate on tour has been transcendent and we’re looking forward to performing in places both familiar and new to us.”
Future’s Shadow Part 1: The Clandestine Gate is an epic single 83-minute track — a composition that pulses and breathes on a filmic timeframe. It constitutes the first chapter in a planned triptych of longform albums, collectively called Future’s Shadow. The expansive scale of Future’s Shadow gave renowned Pacific Northewestern duo Bell Witch more leeway to plumb themes that have long percolated throughout their work. The concept of eternal return — that time doesn’t end and death doesn’t punctuate life, but both go on forever in an infinite loop no one can remember — inflected the development of The Clandestine Gate after Desmond encountered the idea in Nietzche’s book The Gay Science. The glacially paced films of 20th century Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky similarly supplied a framework for the movements of The Clandestine Gate and Future’s Shadow as a whole. Simple actions — carrying a candle across a room, tossing a metal nut into an overgrown field — carry life-and-death weight, a strategy echoed in Bell Witch‘s suspension of minimal melodies across planetary expanses.
Bell Witch Live Dates:
March 28 – Dresden, DE – Chemiefabrik *
March 29 – Bremen, DE – Zollkantine *
March 30 – Copenhagen, DK – Alice CPH *
March 31 – Oslo, NO – Inferno Fest
April 1 – Göteborg, SE – Musikens Hus *
April 2 – Aarhus, DK – Radar *
April 4 – Oberhausen, DE – Ebertbad *
April 5 – Diksmuide, BE – 4AD *
April 6 – Brighton, UK – The Arch ^
April 7 – Bristol UK – Exchange ^
April 9 – Dublin, IE – Academy 2
April 10 – Limerick, IE – Dolan
April 12 – Glasgow, UK – Room 2 ^
April 13 – Manchester, UK – Rebellion ^
April 14 – Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club ^
April 15 – London, UK – The Dome ^ +
April 16 – Namur, BE – Belvedere
April 17 – Eindhoven, NL – Effenaar
April 19 – Tours, FR – Le Temps Machine
April 20 – Paris, FR – Petit Bain =
April 21 – Nantes, FR – Le Ferrailleur =
April 22 – Toulouse, FR – Le Rex =
April 23 – Portugalete, ES – Groove #
April 24 – Barroselas, PT – SWR Fest
April 26 – Madrid, ES – Nazca #
April 27 – Barcelona, ES – Sala Upload #
April 28 – Grenoble, FR – Le Ciel #
April 29 – Martigny, CH – Caves Du Manoir #
April 30 – Luzern, CH – Sedel #
May 2 – Wien, AT – Arena #
May 3 – Budapest, HU – A38 #
May 4 – Zagreb, HR – AKC Attack #
May 6 – Sofia, BG – Club Singles #
May 7 – Istanbul, TR – Babylon #
May 9 – Thessalonki, GR – Eightball Club #
May 10 – Athens, GR – Temple #
May 11 – Larissa, GR – Skyland #
May 13 – Caserta, IT – Lizard #
May 14 – Pescara, IT – Scumm #
May 15 – Ravenna, IT – Bronson #
May 16 – Treviso, IT – Altroquando #
May 17 – Linz, AT – STWST #
May 18 – Brno, CZ – Kabinet Muz #
* with FVNERALS
^ with Knoll
+ with Esoteric
= with Thantifaxath
# with The Keening
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