GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS SHARE VIDEO FOR
“PROMISE OF SPRING”
UNCERTAIN COUNTRY US TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED
AMERICAN TOUR DATES OCTOBER – NOVEMBER
NEW ALBUM OUT NOW: UNCERTAIN COUNTRY
DELUXE EDITION COMING SEPTEMBER 29
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Today Great Lake Swimmers release an official music video for the track “Promise of Spring” from their new album Uncertain Country. The new video joins four official videos for the album’s singles: “Uncertain Country,” “Swimming Like Flying,” “When The Storm Has Passed,” “Moonlight, Stay Above.” WATCH “PROMISE OF SPRING” The band also announces a new deluxe edition of Uncertain Country. Uncertain Country (Deluxe) will be released on September 29, 2023, and feature new acoustic versions of six album tracks: “Uncertain Country,” “When The Storm Has Passed,” “Swimming Like Flying,” “Riverine,” “Respect For All Living Things,” and “Flight Paths.” Next Wednesday, September 13, their eagerly awaited Uncertain Country Tour begins in Canada. On top of a run of Canadian dates from September through November, and a slate of Canadian shows that happened earlier this summer, the band has announced twenty new US tour dates. The first handful will be in early October with a larger run of US dates from late October to mid-November. Complete ticket and tour date info is available HERE. GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS – UNCERTAIN COUNTRY TOUR NEW US DATES IN BOLD September 13 @ Biltmore Theatre – Oshawa, ON September 14 @ Isabel Bader Theatre – Kingston, ON September 16 @ Le Ritz – Montreal, QC September 27 @ Dominion Telegraph – Paris, ON September 28 @ Royal City Mission – Guelph, ON September 29 @ Bridgeworks – Hamilton, ON October 3 @ Hi-Fi – Indianapolis, IN October 4 @ The Southgate House Revival – Newport, KY October 5 @ The Magic Bag – Ferndale, MI October 7 @ Ignition Music Garage – Goshen, IN October 10 @ Park Theatre – Winnipeg, MB October 11 @ Broadway Theatre – Saskatoon, SK October 12 @ Festival Hall – Calgary, AB October 13 @ Festival Place – Sherwood Park, AB October 14 @ Rocky Mountain House, AB – Rival Trade Brewing Co October 15 @ Bo’s Bar & Stage – Red Deer , AB October 18 @ Dream Café – Penticton, BC October 19 @ Biltmore Theatre – Vancouver, BC October 20 @ Capital Ballroom – Victoria, BC October 21 @ Waverley Hotel – Cumberland, BC October 22 @ Bez Arts Hub – Langley, BC October 25 @ Troubadour – Los Angeles, CA October 26 @ Café Du Nord – San Francisco, CA October 27 @ Volcanic Theatre Pub – Bend, OR October 29 @ Tractor Tavern – Seattle, WA November 1 @ Globe Hall – Denver, CO November 2 @ The Slowdown – Omaha, NE November 3 @ xBk – Des Moines, IA November 4 @ Turf Club – St Paul, MN November 5 @ Shank Hall – Milwaukee, WI November 6 @ The Bur Oak – Madison, WI November 7 @ SPACE – Evanston, IL November 8 @ Rumba Café – Columbus, OH November 9 @ Beachland Ballroom – Cleveland, OH November 10 @ Hard Rock Cafe Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh, PA November 12 @ Sellersville Theatre – Sellersville, PA November 13 @ The Linda – Albany, NY November 15 @ TD Music Hall, Massey Hall – Toronto, ON November 17 @ Aeolian Hall – London, ON # # # Great Lake Swimmers, fronted by lead singer/songwriter Tony Dekker, released their newest album, Uncertain Country (Harbour Songs/Fontana) this spring. The new album is the band’s first new music in almost five years, and richly compliments their two decades-deep musical catalog. GET UNCERTAIN COUNTRY HERE Uncertain Country is 11 songs that track a prolonged period of collective anxiety. Though recorded in different locales—largely around the Niagara region, and with a variety of musicians—a theme of questioning runs throughout. Even before the world turned upside down, Dekker felt mired in uncertainty: from the climate crisis and the ever-changing political landscape to deep shifts within the music industry. The “uncertain country” Dekker chose as the album’s theme is not a specific place. Rather, it’s a territory we, as humans, inhabit in the 21st century — a world that, more often than not, is confusing, unfamiliar and unsettling. Doubt, followed by discovery. Demos that ended up as finished tracks. New beginnings, rear-view reflections, and ruminations on the fluidity of time, these were the key drivers and realities of Uncertain Country. What started out four years ago as a 10-day trip to the north shore of Lake Superior, inspired a collection of musical field recordings at various locations around the Niagara region (where Dekker now lives) and served as the album’s organic recording studio. “Long-time Great Lake Swimmers listeners will find much that they know, from a strong current of nature imagery to Dekker’s wistful & emotive vocal delivery, but also plenty of new territory to discover. Those who are new to the band will find a rich variety of emotional dynamics & musical approaches that still has a coherent core. ‘Uncertain Country’ stands as some of the strongest & most consistent work by one of Canada’s best bands,” notes the review from Great Dark Wonder. “Swimming Like Flying’ (which) has the hallmark driving guitars and vocals which make the band sound so distinctive, and a melody to kill for,” swoons AmericanaUK. |
| UNCERTAIN COUNTRY TRACK LIST
1. Uncertain Country 2. When the Storm Has Passed 3. I Tried to Reach You 4. Since January 5. Swimming Like Flying 6. On A Ship 7. Moonlight, Stay Above 8. Riverine 9. Quiet Before the Storm 10. Into It 11. Promise of Spring 12. Think, Think 13. Respect for all Living Things 14. Flight Paths 15. Am I Floating in the Air # # # Keep up with Great Lake Swimmers: |
