Liam Finn Goes On Tour

Liam Finn will be hitting the road this summer on a string of tour dates following the April release of his album The Nihilist via Yep Roc Records. Called “sublime” by Billboard Magazine and “an accomplished mini-epic” by Spin, The Nihilist is Finn’s first album in three years, and the 12 tracks find Finn at his most refined and inventive in the studio.

Finn, who plays 67 instruments on the record, maniacally assembled the album in sessions entirely between the hours of sunset and sunrise in a Brooklyn studio overlooking the Manhattan skyline. “As soon as I found my own space to bunker down, the songs started taking shape,” he says. “There was a surreal feeling created through the energy of where I was and looking over at Manhattan and seeing it as a subconscious dimension, an entity in itself where every story under the sun was happening all at once. Any fantasy or fear you have in your own mind is probably playing out in reality in Manhattan at any one time.”

Liam first caught the attention of American audiences with his debut solo album, ‘I’ll Be Lightning,’ which earned him Artist to Watch accolades from The Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, Spin, Stereogum and more, along with performances on Letterman and Ferguson. Entertainment Weekly hailed his “effervescent choruses [and] swooning harmonies,” while Billboard called the record a “charmer.” He toured the world, sharing stages with the likes of Eddie Vedder, The Black Keys, and Wilco along the way, and in 2011, he released his follow-up, ‘FOMO,’ to further critical acclaim, with SPIN saying the album “blends sophisticated melodies and wistful vocals with masterful authority.”

Tour Dates:

July 9 – World Cafe Upstairs – Philadelphia, PA

July 11 – Old Town School’s Square Roots Festival – Chicago, IL

July 12 – Cedar Cultural Center – Minneapolis, MN

July 14 – Horseshoe Tavern – Toronto, ON

July 15 – The Casbah – Hamilton, ON

July 16 – Il Motore – Montreal, QC

July 17 – Columbus Theater – Providence, RI

July 19 – Le Poisson Rouge – New York, NY