SUBTLE WITH TV ON RADIO

Subtle

You don’t know Subtle do you? Well don’t sweat it, that’s what we’re here for. After Beck asked them to be his backing band (they said no to pursue their own sound) and TV on the Radio enlisted them to open the upcoming tour, we figured it was well past time to shed some light on Subtle.

Since it’s genesis in 2001, Oakland-based sextet Subtle has been home-recording its way to the far side of song. Drawing from a diverse palette of instruments: sampler, synth, guitar, cello, winds, electronic and acoustic drums, and the unmistakable voice and prose of Doseone, the band fashions a self-sampled and live-mic’d honest to genreless music.

For Subtle, the last twelve months have been nothing short of life changing. Surviving through and recovering from a terrible tour van accident last February has led the Subtle6 to their most adventurous and clear-hearted achievement, the soon to be released for hero : for fool. A contiguous and conceptual work of album as art, picking up and running away with the motifs and musical arrangements of a new white and their four self-released season themed EP’s. for hero : for fool boldly follows the B-movie dreams and midday terrors of a working-class poet, born of raw raps and the somewhat vacuum times of the last quarter century…

Subtle hits the stage this spring touring the U.S.of A. and Europe in stride. Not to be missed, their live performance parallels and elaborates on the complex and natural lengths of their recorded material. With painted backdrops, stage props and a whole lot of middleclass mojo, it is in the midst of live performance that Subtle’s works of song complete themselves.

Before joining TVOTR, Subtle are in the midst of a string of headlining dates. Subtle also have an East Coast tour in the works for late March, as well as a stop at SXSW.

SUBTLE TOUR DATES
01.17 | San Diego, CA | Casbah
01.18 | Visalia, CA | Howie and Son’s
01.19 | Los Angeles, CA | Troubadour
01.20 | San Francisco, CA | Bottom of the Hill
01.21 | San Francisco, CA | Bottom of the Hill
01.23 | Bellingham, WA | Nightlight Lounge
01.24 | Vancouver, British Columbia | Richards on Richard’s
01.25 | Victoria, British Columbia | Lucky Bar
01.26 | Seattle, WA | Neumos
01.27 | Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
03.01 | Providence, RI | Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel *
03.02 | Boston, MA | TBA *
03.03 | Montreal, Quebec | Olympia Theatre *
03.04 | Toronto, Ontario | Kool Haus *
03.06 | Cleveland, OH | Agora Theatre & Ballroom *
03.08 | Indianapolis, IN | Vogue Theater *
03.09 | Louisville, KY | Brown Theatre *
03.10 | Columbia, MO | Blue Note *
03.12 | Chicago, IL | Metro *
03.13 | Chicago, IL | Metro *
03.14 | Minneapolis, MN | TBA *
03.15 | Minneapolis, MN | First Avenue *
03.16 | Milwaukee, WI | TBA *
03.17 | Kansas City, MO | Harrah’s Voodoo Lounge *
03.19 | Denver, CO | Ogden Theatre *
03.20 | Salt Lake City, UT | Urban Lounge *
03.23 | Portland, OR | Roseland Theatre *
03.24 | Vancouver, British Columbia | Commodore Ballroom *
03.25 | Seattle, WA | Moore Theatre *
* with TV on the Radio