Alfie Jurvanen Is Bahama And Vice-Versa On New Album

NEW ALBUM “BAHAMAS IS AFIE” STREAMING ON SPIN’S “FIRST LISTEN”

CMT EDGE PREMIERES “LITTLE RECORD GIRL”

BAHAMAS IS AFIE OUT AUGUST 19 ON BRUSHFIRE

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES CONFIRMED

“His voice and his guitar playing merge with a lush beauty.”—NPR “Fresh Air”
“Blessed with an amiably husky voice, Jurvanen unfurls elegant melodies amid intelligent, economical arrangements” —Uncut, 8 out of 10

“There’s always something more rewarding about those albums that require a closer listen, a bit more attention and focus to make their full impact. In 2014, focus is ever harder to come by so the reward is greater. This is a joyous heart filling 2 ½ minute pop song.” —KCRW

“It’s only fitting that on an album with a self-assuring title like Bahamas is Afie, the musician would begin to experiment and show us another side of his genius.” —CBC Music

“… the new album is more Jurvanen’s own that any other previous work” —Paste

“It’s a masterpiece and my favorite for album of the year.” —Daytrotter

SPIN’s “First Listen” is streaming Bahamas is Afie the new album from Afie Jurvanen, who performs as Bahamas. SPIN says of the new album, “Bahamas distills his brand of breezy soul…with summer-ready falsetto harmonies that float over a distorted riff, before ending with a quick solo, a move that reminds this laid back Canuck can shred.”

CMT Edge recently premiered “Little Record Girl,” the latest track from the new album, declaring, “The song’s conflicted feel is oddly satisfying, and Jurvanen attributes the imaginative tune’s twangy tone to musical irony, adding that he’d love to do a full country album someday.”

Bahamas’ new video “Bahamas is Afie…(And Russ)” debuted on Paste. The site says, “The video follows Afie Jurvanen and comrade/food extraordinaire Russ on a day of coffee drinking, grocery shopping (for Russ’ restaurant Aunties & Uncles), cat watching and a little jamming to his new album for the first time.” In the video, Afie tells Russ, “I guess more than the last record, I just feel like it’s some fully realized version of me.” Watch the video via Paste HERE and via YouTube HERE. See North American fall tour dates below.

This new release follows 2011’s Barchords, which The Guardian praised as containing “stripped-down harmony-brushed songs with gorgeous hooks and without a wasted note.” Jurvanen sought to create and produce a more developed arrangement of strings, brass, winds, orchestral percussion, and chamber choruses on Bahamas Is Afie. Prior to this record, Jurvanen’s releases have all been sparsely recorded records with this new album marking a transition to a more complex and fully arranged collection of music. Jurvanen’s debut album Pink Strat was released in 2009. The record was nominated for both a Juno Award and the Polaris Music Prize. Bahamas hit the road for two years after the release touring with artists such as Wilco and Robert Plant. In 2011 he released Barachords, which was nominated for two Juno Awards including Adult Alternative Album of the Year and Songwriter of The Year and was named Best Singer/Songwriter Album of 2012 by iTunes. Wall Street Journal praised the record as “bluesy and hypnotic,” and The Los Angeles Times called “A delightfully rare kind of record that commands an instant replay.”

BAHAMAS NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES

September 10 Fredericton, NB The Ready Room
September 12 Portland, ME Empire
September 13 Boston, MA Great Scott
September 15 Philadelphia, PA Boot & Saddle
September 17 New York, NY Le Poisson Rouge
September 18 Washington, DC DC9
September 19 Raleigh, NC Cat’s Cradle
September 21 Atlanta, GA The Earl
September 22 Nashville, TN High Watt
October 1 Chicago, IL Schubas
October 2 Indianapolis, IN Hi Fi
October 3 St. Louis, MO Duck Room at Blueberry Hill
October 4 Kansas City, MO Record Bar
October 7 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
October 10 Los Angeles, CA The Roxy
October 11 San Francisco, CA Slim’s
October 14 Portland, OR Doug Fir
October 15 Seattle, WA Columbia City Theater
October 16 Victoria, BC Alix Goolden
October 17 Vancouver, Canada Vogue
October 18 Kelowna, Canada Habitat
October 20 Calgary, Canada Knox
October 22 Saskatoon, Canada Broadway Theatre
October 23 Winnipeg, Canada Garrick †
October 25 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock
November 5 Toronto, Canada Danforth*
November 6 Montreal, Canada Metropolis*
November 7 Sherbrooke, Canada Theatre Grande*
November 8 Quebec City, Canada Imperial*

* with The Barr Brothers
† with Boy & Bear