Kentucky-based band Wayne Graham are coming to UK in November with three shows in Nottingham, Manchester and London. The dates are part of their European tour, which starts this month in support of their recently released album Bastion, which is out now on Hickman Holler Records/Thirty Tigers.
LISTEN TO BASTION HERE
Bastion is the ninth studio album from Wayne Graham – comprised of brothers Kenny and Hayden Miles (the band is named after both of their grandfathers, both coal miners) as well as José Oreta and Germany-based instrumentalist Ludwig Bauer.
For this record, the band welcome a sense of looseness, unraveling and a touch of the avant-garde as they continue to shift the New Appalachian movement forward with this seminal work, shaped by tradition (hymns, high and lonesome) but intent on breaking boundaries in the sonic landscape by experimenting with synths, production work and unexpected instruments like clarinets.
Of the opener ‘We Could’ve Been Friends’, Magnet Magazine praised the band’s “quirky Southern Boogie” and compared them to late period Wilco, while Holler claimed the record to be what it might sound like “if King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard ever made a cosmic country album.”
Applauded by American Songwriter for blending genres “seamlessly across nine tracks, pulling from indie, jazz, avant-garde improvisation, and Appalachian tradition to create an utterly unique sonic experience,” Bastion also earned acclaim and support from The Bluegrass Situation, Under The Radar, Spill Magazine, UNCUT, and more.
