Jesusfreakhideout.com Music News, December 2007: Emery

AS CRITICAL ACCLAIM BUILDS FOR THEIR ALBUM “I’M ONLY A MAN” EMERY ANNOUNCE A HEADLINING U.S. TOUR SET TO KICK-OFF JANUARY 29 IN NASHVILLE

NEWS SOURCE: MSO PR
December 17, 2007

As critical acclaim continues to build for EMERY’s recently released third album I’M ONLY A MAN, the group has announced their first U.S. headlining tour in two years. The winter trek will kick off January 29 in Nashville, TN (see partial listing of dates below) and wrap late March; the support acts are Mayday Parade, As Cities Burn, Pierce the Veil and Cry of the Afflicted.

Strong critical praise has been pouring in for I’M ONLY A MAN: Blender magazine gave the album a three-and-a-half star review, stating ”From the quietly disaffected seething ‘World Away’ to the faux-disco beats on ‘Don’t Bore Us, Get To the Chorus,’ this is screamo worth shouting about” (December 2007). Alternative Press magazine hailed: “Blessed today with confidence and new creativity, their third album, I’M ONLY A MAN, is effortless…” (December 2007).

Produced by Ryan Boesch, who previously engineered discs by The Cure, Foo Fighters, Eels, Ozomatli and From First To Last, I’M ONLY A MAN takes the band further into territory glimpsed at in their prior releases: 2004’s self-financed The Weaks End and 2005’s The Question, which have now sold over 250,000 copies combined.

For the new album, EMERY--TOBY MORELL (vocals/bass), DEVIN SHELTON (vocals/bass), MATT CARTER (guitar), JOSH HEAD (keyboards) and DAVE POWELL (drums)--expanded their melodic side with songs that resonate long after the first listen including the first single “The Party Song,” “Story About A Man With A Bad Heart” and “Don't Bore Us, Get To The Chorus.”

Expect the group, known for their frenetic and undeniably infectious live shows, to tour throughout 2008 and beyond.

Catch EMERY on their headlining U.S. tour this winter and visit www.emerymusic.com and www.myspace.com/emery for more information:

DATE CITY w/ Mayday Parade, As Cities Burn, Tue 1/29 Nashville, TN Wed 1/30 Columbus, OH Thu 1/31 Chicago, IL Fri 2/1 Cleveland, OH Mon 2/4 Madison, WI Tue 2/5 St. Paul, MN Wed 2/6 Omaha, NE Thu 2/7 Lawrence, KS Fri 2/8 Denver, CO Sat 2/9 Salt Lake City, UT Mon 2/11 Seattle, WA Tue 2/12 Portland, OR Wed 2/13 Sacramento, CA Thu 2/14 San Francisco, CA Fri 2/15 Los Angeles, CA Sat 2/16 San Diego, CA Sun 2/17 Pomona, CA Mon 2/18 Las Vegas, NV Tue 2/19 Tempe, AZ Wed 2/20 Albuquerque, NM Fri 2/22 San Antonio, TX Sat 2/23 McAllen, TX Sun 2/24 Houston, TX Mon 2/25 Dallas, TX Tue 2/26 Tulsa, OK Sun 2/27 Sauget, IL Sat 3/1 Buffalo, NY Sun 3/2 Pittsburgh, PA Mon 3/3 New York, NY Wed 3/5 Worcester, MA Thu 3/6 Towson, MD Fri 3/7 Philadelphia, PA VENUE
Pierce the Veil, Cry of the Afflicted
Rocketown
Newport Music Hall
Metro
Agora Ballroom
Majestic Theatre
Station 4
Sokol Underground
Liberty Hall
Marquis Theatre
Avalon Theater
Showbox at the Market
Wonder Ballroom
The Boardwalk
Bottom of the Hill
The Troubadour
SOMA
Glasshouse
Jillians
Marquee Theatre
Sunshine Theatre
White Rabbit
El Rey Theater
Meridian
The Door
Otherside
Pop’s
Xtreme Wheels
Mr. Smalls Theatre
Blender Theater at Gramercy
The Palladium
Recher Theatre
Trocadero