The Whigs 'In The Dark' album

Athens, GA garage rockers The Whigs are very excited to hit the road this month and premiere songs from their upcoming album, In The Dark (ATO Records). The headlining tour covers 29 cities in seven weeks and The Features, The Dead Trees, and Mean Creek will support the run at different stages.

Set for an early 2010 release, In The Dark follows up the highly successful album Mission Control, a record that captured the raw and gritty spirit of rock n roll and had countless critics scrambling to praise the band’s no-holds-barred, bare-boned aesthetic.

Since the release of Mission Control, which debuted on Billboard’s Alternative New Artists Chart at #4 and #10 on the Heatseekers chart, The Whigs have performed on The Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O’Brien and Jimmy Kimmel Live!, have completed several tours with Kings Of Leon, The Kooks, Drive By Truckers and others, and have performed at Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Fuji Rock and T in The Park, among other festivals and worldwide stops.

The Whigs tour dates
October 28 - Middle East (Downstairs) - Boston, Massachusetts
October 29 - Funk & Waffles - Syracuse, New York
October 30 - Mohawk - Buffalo, New York
October 31 - Musica - Akron, Ohio
November - Mad Hatter - Cincinnati, Ohio
November - Newport Music Hall - Columbus, Ohio
November - Birdy’s - Indianapolis, Indiana
November - Cannery - Nashville, Tennessee
November 6 - Bottom Lounge - Chicago, Illinois

November 7 - Triple Rock - Minneapolis, Minnesota
November 10 - Bluebird Theater - Denver, Colorado
November 13 - Media Club - Vancouver, British Columbia
November 14 - Tractor Tavern - Seattle, Washington
November 15 - Doug Fir Lounge - Portland, Oregon
November 17 - The Independent - San Francisco, California
November 18 - Detroit Bar - Costa Mesa, California
November 19 - The Troubadour - Los Angeles, California
November 20 - Beauty Bar - Las Vegas, Nevada
November 21 - Soma (sidestage) - San Diego, California
December 1 - Emo’s - Austin, Texas
December 2 - The Loft - Dallas, Texas
December 4 - The Variety Playhouse - Atlanta, Georgia

December 5 - Rhythm & Brews - Chattanooga, Tennessee
December 8 - Visulite - Charlotte, North Carolina
December 10 - Black Cat - Washington, DC, Washington DC
December 11 - The Fillmore @ Irving Plaza - New York, New York
December 12 - North Star - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
December 14 - Local 506 - Chapel Hill, North Carolina
December 15 - Pour House - Charleston, South Carolina

With The Features (from October 28th – December 15th)
With The Dead Trees (from October 28th – November 21st)
With Mean Creek (October 28th and December 5th – 15th)

The Whigs biography
With their fierce intensity and explosive punk rock energy, The Whigs had a specific mission in mind for their new album, MISSION CONTROL; to capture the energy and spirit of their live show. The legendary Hollywood Sunset Sound Studios (where everyone from The Beach Boys to Led Zeppelin have tracked) was a far cry from the sweaty, dilapidated mansion in Athens, GA, where the then-college students made their self-produced and later critically acclaimed debut GIVE ‘EM ALL A BIG FAT LIP, but it proved an optimal background for their ATO Records debut, MISSION CONTROL. MISSION CONTROL is a raucous thirty-seven minutes embodying all things forgotten in alt rocks uncompromising optimism.

Focusing on songs, playing them hard and with heart - its no surprise MISSION CONTROL captures a raw and gritty spirit that makes pop music interesting. The band’s new album delivers on the promise the trio raised with 2005’s self-released GIVE ‘EM ALL A BIG FAT LIP - an attention-getting shot across the bow that had everyone from Rolling Stone, Spin, Blender, Entertainment Weekly and many others scrambling to be the first to praise the young newcomers. The album is a reaction, a reengagement in the bare-boned aesthetic and melody of indie rock music and its left-of-center predecessors. “Pavement were huge for me,” says songwriter Parker Gispert. “I remember discovering them and the Replacements and realizing that these people wrote pop songs — really well-written, catchy tunes with cool lyrics — and that made pop music appealing for me.”

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