you should hear this

The Narrator - All That To The Wall is to be released tomorrow, May 15, via Flameshovel Records. I first heard of The Narrator while cruising the Larimer Lounge calendar for upcoming shows. All it took was this announcement:

Just announced!! Flameshovel Records... a very cool band...

... to get me to check out The Narrator's MySpace page. I liked what I heard, and I hunted down a preview of All That To The Wall. Really good shit, this. To give you an idea, they've been compared to label mates Chin Up Chin Up, and they employed members of Oxford Collapse (plus others) for the new album.

Tour dates:

05.31.07 @ The Waiting Room Omaha, NE w/ Cursive, Malpais
06.01.07 @ Larimer Lounge Denver, CO
06.02.07 @ Kilby Court Salt Lake City, UT
06.04.07 @ Comet Tavern Seattle, WA w/ The End of the World
06.06.07 @ Press Club Sacramento, CA w/ The End of the World
06.09.07 @ Che Cafe La Jolla, CA w/ The End of the World, Lanterns, Cancer Leo
06.12.07 @ Modified Phoenix, AZ
06.14.07 @ Emo's Austin, TX w/ Ume, Bring Back the Guns
06.16.07 @ Rudyard's Houston, TX
06.23.07 @ Cake Shop New York, NY
06.25.07 @ Black Cat Washington, DC w/ Cataract Camp, The Ear The Eye The Arm
08.01.07 @ Beachland Ballroom Cleveland, OH w/ Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, The Jai-Alai Savant

And do check out the album tomorrow, it's really nice. Some samples, even:

Download "Son of the Son of the Kiss of Death" (mp3)
from "All That to the Wall" by The Narrator
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Download "SurfJew" (mp3)
from "All That to the Wall" by The Narrator

Download "Start Parking" (mp3)
from "All That to the Wall" by The Narrator