Casserola Tours With Blitzen Trapper

Cassorla Set Out with Blitzen Trapper For The Western Leg of Their Fall US Tour! 

“He’s a true sonic renaissance man, which explains why the airy, reverb-inflected indie-pop on his upcoming Amigos EP feels impossible to pin down even as it sounds innately familiar. ” Stereogum

There’s the guitar player who’s worked with everyone from Slick Rick to Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, and then there’s the guy recording demos and creating Microsoft Paint videos in the back of the tour bus.

For a long time, Ben Cassorla tried to reconcile those two; wearing one hat on stage and the other while traveling. On his debut EP, Amigos, he decided to put them together and bring the friends from his guitar playing life together with the demo and video-maker.

First he recorded the songs; some in Los Angeles, some in Portland, and some in Paris. He tried to keep things as simple as possible to emulate John Lennon’s Plastic Ono Band. Using minimal instrumentation, vocals doubled roughly, muted drums, only old analog delays, cheap tremolos, vintage mics, and the $200 red Squier guitar he bought after two years of house painting in Philadelphia.

Cassorla then got together his amigos to record—assembling the friends he met touring, recording, or just playing cards. The resulting songs feature collaborations with Aubrey Plaza, Eric Earley from Blitzen Trapper, Taylor Goldsmith from Dawes, Crash from Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Krystle Warren, Henry Wolfe, and Elizaveta.

And now there’s the EP. He decided to call it Amigos, because it wouldn’t have been possible without ‘em.

Dates

09.21.14 – Reno, NV @ The Holland Project
09.22.14 – Las Vegas, NV @ Beauty Bar
09.23.14 – Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad
09.27.14 – San Antonio, TX @ 502 Bar
09.29.14 – El Paso, TX @ Tricky Falls
09.30.14 – Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress

10.1.14 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom
10.2.14 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah
10.3.14 – Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
10.4.14 – Santa Barbara, CA @ SOhO Restaurant and Music Club
10.5.14 – Santa Cruz, CA @ Moe’s Alley
10.7.14 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
10.8.14 – Sacramento, CA @ Harlow’s
10.9.14 – Sebastopol, CA @ Hopmonk Tavern