Having toured with Power Trip and lent their powerhouse singer, Tina Halladay, to Turnstile (for the song "Moon"), power-pop heavy-hitters Sheer Mag are ready to claim the spotlight for themselves with forthcoming sophomore album, A Distant Call. Produced by Arthur Rizk (Cavalera Conspiracy, Code Orange), the LP takes the group's Seventies hard rock and glam influences, shines them up and brings them to the fore. "We've been waiting to write these songs since we started the band and we were able to take these experiences and build a story out of them," says Halladay.
A concept album of sorts, A Distant Call traces the story of a protagonist who resembles Halladay a few years back, broke, newly single, dealing with her father's death. The narrative kicks off with the album's lead single "Blood From a Stone," which snarls and grooves like a sleek rock hit from another decade. Hear it above, and see A Distant Call's cover art and Sheer Mag's upcoming tour dates below. The album is due August 23rd via Wilsuns RC; you can pre-order it here.
Sheer Mag tour dates:
06/22: Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Live
06/24: Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
06/25: Olympia, WA - Capitol Theater
06/26: Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater
06/28: Reno, NV - Holland Project
06/29: Las Vegas, NV - American Legion Hall
06/30: Santa Ana, CA - Observatory
07/02: Los Angeles, CA - Zebulon
07/03: San Diego, CA - Irenic
07/05: Fresno, CA - Strummers
07/06 - 07/07: Oakland, CA - Burger Boogaloo
08/30: Kingston, NY - BSP Kingston
08/31: Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
09/01: Montreal, QC - La Sala Rossa
09/03: Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace
09/04: Detroit, MI - Deluxx Fluxx
09/05: Columbus, OH - Ace of Cups
09/06: Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
09/07: Madison, WI - The Terrace at UW-Madison
09/08: Minneapolis, MN - Turf Club
09/09: Des Moines, IA - Vaudeville Mews
09/10: Omaha, NE - The Slowdown
09/12: Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
09/13: Salt Lake City, UT - Diabolical Records
09/14: Boise, ID - The Olympic
09/16: Vancouver, BC - The Biltmore
09/21: San Jose, CA - The Ritz
09/22: Los Angeles, CA - The Teragram Ballroom
09/24: Tucson, AZ - Club Congress
09/26: Austin, TX - Barracuda
09/27: San Antonio, TX - Paper Tiger
09/28: Houston, TX - The Satellite
09/29: New Orleans, LA - Santo's
10/01: Birmingham, AL - Saturn
10/02: Atlanta, GA - 529 Club
10/03: Asheville, NC - The Mothlight
10/04: Durham, NC - Motorco Music Hall
10/05: Washington, DC - The Black Cat
10/09: Brooklyn, NY - Elsewhere
10/11: Boston, MA - The Sinclair
10/25: Amsterdam, NL - London Calling Festival
10/26: Aarhus, DEN - Tape
10/27: Copenhagen, DEN - Loppen
10/29: Hamburg, DE - Molotow
10/30: Berlin, DE - Zukunft am Ostkreuz
11/02: London, UK - Mirrors Festival
11/04: Manchester, UK - Yes
11/05: Dublin, IR - Grand Social
11/06: Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club
11/08: Kortrijk, BE - Sonic City 2019
11/09: Benidorm, ESP - Primavera 20th Aniv, Weekender
