Here’s a review and a few pics from last week’s countrified set at Club Nuggets, Lilla Hotellbaren, Stockholm courtesy of the Tune Of The Day blawgh!
There are a few tracks probably coming up on Youtube soon – otherwise your best bet is to go to the official Backdraft Facebook page and check out our cover of Roger Miller’s Uncle Harvey’s Plane! Or do that right here…
Also, unfortunately, we have had to cancel the two upcoming shows in Örebro and Ljusdal and will try to reschedule them for late summer/early fall. Apologies to all who expected us the weekend of the 27th/28th of May! Stay tuned to this page and Facebook for all the latest news.
On a brighter note, we’re working on a week’s worth of gigs in Spain in October, possibly along with other European dates, as well as a video for the forthcoming second single from This Heaven Goes To Eleven.
Idiot, the first single from Backdraft’s new album, This Heaven Goes To Eleven, is released today and can be streamed on our Myspace page! So, whatcha waiting for?!
Idiot has also been added to the rotation at Swedish web radio channel P3 Rockster!
“Although ‘Idiot’ is perhaps our most radio friendly song to date, the album as a whole is our most varied and eclectic so far”, says bass player Mats Rydström. “While some of our earlier material certainly had its’ tongue firmly planted in cheek, new songs like ‘Yesterdays & Tomorrows’, ‘E.C.G.T. Blues’ and ‘Wheel Of No Fortune’ also deal with the rougher realities of life, which we have only touched on in the past. I’d say that ‘This Heaven Goes To Eleven’ is definitely our most honest record.”, bass player Easy Rydstrom states.
Dangerdog Music Reviews has posted a 4 out of 5 and very comprehensive review of the upcoming, third Backdraft album, This Heaven Goes To Eleven, released next week on GMR Music.
”Backdraft’s This Heaven Goes to Eleven finds the band in good form: combining classic melodic hard rock with a bit of Southern rock. Backdraft is maturing and the result is positive and entertaining. American readers need to find the digital download: you will not be disappointed.”
To order your copy of This Heaven Goes To Eleven on 180 gram vinyl, in a gatefold sleeve, with bonus track Blue Sky, a complimentary CD version of the album – and for the first 25 orders – a free bag, please visit GMR Music’s web shop NOW!
This Heaven Goes To Eleven is out now and we celebrate that with a release party and concert, hosted by The.Blacklist, at Marie Laveau, Hornsgatan 66 in Stockholm, Sweden, Thursday, March 31st!
Doors open at 7:00 PM, it’s only 50 SEK to get in, so that you can spend the rest of your hard-earned cash drinkin’ and grabbing a copy or two of This Heaven Goes To Eleven – which will be available in the limited edition 180 gram gatefold vinyl (with bonus track, AND free CD copy of the album for your car, computer or whatever). We’ll also have two new t-shirts for sale!
Showtime is at 9:00 PM! We’ll play all of the new album, plus a few golden oldies.
Nick’s cymbals have been returned, thank you! He’s on the road at the moment with Bonafide – with whom he just released the Fill Your Head With Rock EP, and is about to embark on a long European tour before the release of the new Backdraft album in late March. Check the Bonafide tour dates here!
Backdraft’s new album, This Heaven Goes To Eleven, has been mastered, artwork by Charlie Granberg (of Hellsingland Underground fame) delivered, and is about to get printed shortly! We’re booking gigs for April and May as well as summer festivals at the moment – stay tuned for updates!
