The group recently experienced an upswing of popularity after lending its magical and additionally Gypsy touch to the surprise hit Little Miss Sunshine, which led to a 2006 nomination for Best Compilation Soundtrack at the Academy Awards.
The four-piece outfit’s journey started long before that with its first release, SuperMelodrama, and a penchant for playing backup to burlesque shows. Since then, touring with the likes of Calexico, Belle and Sebastian, M. Ward, Gogol Bordello, and Marilyn Manson, as well as a breakout performance at the 2006 Bonnaroo Music Festival, has brought DeVotchKa to the forefront of the independent underground’s growing interest in music influenced by Eastern European folk.
Their fourth album, How It Ends, is an artful and, more often than not, transcendant concoction of folk music with roots not only in Eastern Europe but also Southwestern and South American sounds. According to vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Nick Urata, the album follows “the story of a young Ranchero who survives going to war, only to find his childhood sweetheart has married a rich man for the love of money…”
Anti- Europe will release an enhanced version of DeVotchKa‘s How It Ends on August 6, 2007, which will include an animated video for “Vengo,” a track from 2003 album Una Volta. In addition to that, the band will be perform a handful of shows in the U.S. and tour Europe at the end of the summer.
Upcoming tour dates for DeVotchKa:
July 24 – SpiegelTent, New York, NY
July 25 – SpiegelTent, New York, NY
July 27 – Floyd Fest, Floyd, VA
August 3 – Red Rocks, Denver, CO
August 11 – Teatro Vila Real, Vila Real, Portugal
August 12 – Paredes de Coura Festival, Paredes de Coura, Portugal
August 14 – Sziget Festival, Obudai Island, Budapest, Hungary
August 15 – Abart Music Club, Zurich, Switzerland
August 16 – Underground, Koln, Germany
August 17 – Pukkelpop Festival, Hasselt, Belgium
August 18 – Escot Park, Otter St Mary, UK
August 20 – 93 Feet East, London, UK
August 21 – Birmingham Bar Academy, Birmingham, UK
August 22 – Machester Academy 3, Machester, UK
August 23 – King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, UK
August 24 – Crawdaddy, Dublin, Ireland
August 25 – Bitterzoet, Amsterdam, Netherlands
August 26 – Rock En Seine, Paris, France
September 1 – Bumbershoot, Seattle, WA
September 16 – Austin City Limits Festival, Austin, TX
DeVotchKa: “Till the End of Time”
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