MARGOT AND THE NUCLEAR SO AND SO’S SHORT FILM TELL ME MORE ABOUT EVIL PREMIERES ON THE HUFFINGTON POST
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“A little introspective, mellow and sweet.”—USA Today
“This group is one of the best bands that you probably don’t know as well as you should.”—ABC News
“Their fifth album, Sling Shot To Heaven, finds them a band in the middle: somewhere between somber minor-key melodies and heavier, experimental rock. The connecting factor between the songs is the laconic, melancholy spirit Margot have perfected.”— Alternative Press
“‘Slingshot’ shows Margot and its rotating cast of characters evolving and maturing without compromising. The songs are a bit slower; but at the same time, the catchy tunes are still riddled with an inherent evil lurking in the lyrics.”— Metro Papers
“As [Richard] Edwards’ story-songs on Sling Shot play out as mind movies, it’s not difficult to hear everyone from John Cale to Ryan Adams to Jimmy Webb in the soundtrack. And yet, it’s always distinctly Margot.”—Magnet(8/10)
The Huffington Post is premiering Margot & The Nuclear So and So’s short film Tell Me More About Evil.According to frontman Richard Edwards, the film was “shot on 10 reels of Kodak 16mm film,” and “is a visual, alternate version of the new album consisting of stripped down performances and field recordings from an old La Blogotheque session a few years back.” The 45-minute film was initially screened to two sold out audiences at Cinema Borealis in Chicago, and is available on DVD via the band’s website. A vinyl edition of the film soundtrack is also in the works for release later this year. You can view the film via The Huffington Post HERE and YouTubeHERE.
In addition, Sling Shot to Heaven, the newest LP from Margot & The Nuclear So and So’s, is out now on Mariel Recording Company.
The album was recorded in the studio that the band built a decade ago with the advance received from their debut album, The Dust of Retreat. The entirety of the new release was recorded on 2” tape and produced by the band. Consistent with their successful approach of self-releasing music since 2008’s Animal! / Not Animal (Epic), Sling Shot to Heaven will be released on the band’s own label, Mariel Recording Company. Edwards’ goal for the band’s fifth album was to “make a record that came across like a sci-fi dream about my decade of touring and making records obsessively while slowly becoming an adult, or at least something vaguely resembling one.”
Margot & The Nuclear So and So’s formed in Indianapolis in 2004 as an umbrella under which a rotating group of friends could come together to record Edwards’ vast array of songs. They still travel in the black United school bus that they bought with that first advance and converted into a mobile home, complete with nine very hard wooden bunks. They remain as prolific as ever, recording an album a year since starting Mariel Recording Company in 2010, as well as releasing three 7”s, an EP, and three vinyl re-issues during the same span of time. The band members currently reside in Chicago and Indianapolis.
MARGOT AND THE NUCLEAR SO AND SO’S TOUR DATES
May 2 Hamden, CT The Space*
May 3 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom*
May 5 Washington, DC Rock and Roll Hotel*
May 6 Carrboro, NC Local 506*
May 7 Atlanta, GA Masquerade*
May 9 Nashville, TN Exit/In*
May 10 Newport, KY Southgate House Revival*
May 23 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall†
May 24 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry†
May 25 Omaha, NE Slowdown†
May 27 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge†
May 28 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge†
May 30 Boise, ID Neurolux†
May 31 Seattle, WA Crocodile†
Jun 1 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge†
Jun 3 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall†
Jun 4 Los Angeles, CA Bootleg†
Jun 6 San Diego, CA Casbah†
Jun 7 Santa Ana, CA Constellation Room†
Jun 8 Phoenix, AZ Crescent Ballroom†
Jun 10 Dallas, TX Club Dada†
Jun 11 Austin, TX Red 7†
Jun 13 Norman, OK Opolis†
Jun 14 St. Louis, MO Firebird†
Jun 27 Indianapolis, IN Old National Centre†
* with Empires and Kate Myers
†with Kate Myers
For tickets and to order Sling Shot to Heaven: http://margotandthenuclearsoandsos.com