Last year, the Brooklyn-bred indie band Phosphorescent, led by Matthew Houck put out a fantastic album called To Willie. The record was a collection of lesser-known but fantastic Willie Nelson covers and received much praise in the blogosophere, the indie-world and from the red headed stranger himself. On May 11, Phosphorescent will release a new album titled Here's to Taking It Easy. What's more, the band will also be touring with British soft-rock sensation David Gray, opening a huge number of shows.
Listen to a new song off the upcoming album "It's Hard to Be Humble (When You're From Alabama)by copying this link into your web browser "http://downloads.pitchforkmedia.com/Phosphorescent%20-%20It%27s%20Hard%20To%20Be%20Humble%20%28When%20You%27re%20From%20Alabama%29.mp3
Here's to Taking It Easy:
01 It's Hard to Be Humble (When You're From Alabama)
02 Nothing Was Stolen (Love Me Foolishly)
03 We'll Be Here Soon
04 The Mermaid Parade
05 I Don't Care if There's Cursing
06 Tell Me Baby (Have You Had Enough)
07 Hej, Me I'm Light
08 Heaven, Sittin' Down
09 Los Angeles
Phosphorescent:
03-03 New York, NY - Joe's Pub
03-11 Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theatre *
03-12 New Orleans, LA - Mahalia Jackson Theatre for the Performing Arts *
03-13 Austin, TX - Hogg Memorial Auditorium *
03-14 Austin, TX - Hogg Memorial Auditorium *
03-16 Grand Prairie, TX - Nokia Theatre Grand Prairie *
03-17 Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theatre *
03-19 St. Louis, MO - Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center *
03-20 Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theatre *
03-21 Cleveland, OH - Playhouse Square at State Theatre *
03-23 Cincinnati, OH - Taft Theatre *
03-24 Indianapolis, IN - Murat Theatre *
03-26 Louisville, KY - Louisville Palace Theatre *
03-27 Columbus, OH - Ohio Theatre *
03-29 Buffalo, NY - UB Center for the Arts *
03-31 Baltimore, MD - Lyric Opera House *
04-01 Montclair, NJ - Wellmont Theatre *
04-03 Providence, RI - Providence Performing Arts Center *
04-05 Albany, NY - The Egg at Hart Theatre *
04-06 Wallingford, CT - Oakdale Theatre *
04-07 Portland, ME - Merrill Auditorium at City Hall *
04-09 Durham, NC - Durham Performing Arts Center *
04-10 Atlanta, GA - Atlanta Civic Center Theatre *
04-11 Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium *
04-13 Clearwater, FL - Ruth Eckerd Hall *
04-14 Miami Beach, FL - Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theatre *
04-15 Orlando, FL - Hard Rock Live *
* with David Gray
Here's a sweet video of "Reasons to Quit" off of To Willie.
