THE DAMN TRUTH PLAY HEADLINE SHOWS THIS WEEK BEFORE HEADING BACK TO CANADA
Picture by Lady Gigger
Following the incredible run of shows supporting King King last week, which culminated in a performance at Planet Rock’s Roctober, The Damn Truth head across the UK playing a series of headline shows.
Here at Stoakes Media, we first met The Damn Truth when they released their last album ‘Now or Nowhere’, we interviewed them on Stoakes Media Live, but it was only last Friday when we saw them play a blistering live set supporting King King that we were hooked. You can read that review here
So much so, we had to check them out again two days later playing their headline set in Chester and the first of a run of UK headline shows for the band.
They are absolutely incredible and the good news folks is the band are out on the road this week. They play Newcastle Cluny (Oct 25), Glasgow Stereo (Oct 26), York Fulford Arms (Oct 27), and London’s Black Heart (Oct 28).
Check out their latest single ‘Look Innocent’ below:
About the new single, lead singer, Lee-la Baum says, “We have a bit of a habit of putting ourselves into dangerous situations for our videos, from hanging upside down and being spun around, and now, in this video, walking backwards into crowds and cars at rush hour. If there’s a rock’n’roll nine lives, we’ve used up quite a few so far.”
“Sometimes it’s the little things that stick with you… We were on tour somewhere in western Canada, on what felt like the longest highway EVER. I started to think about this silly argument I once had with my boyfriend and how we almost broke up over it. It made me laugh in my head, so I wrote it down on a piece of paper. I could almost immediately hear the melody and type of vibe that the song should have. When we got to wherever it was that we were going, I grabbed the guitar, and the song was born.”
“The song is really about everything that is under the surface in a long-term relationship. Obviously, our problems weren’t about the type of pet we should or should not get, it was just a trigger… but I find those little moments of being so detached from reality WONDERFUL!”
“Look innocent is an ode to a longing for a love that was. A love that was far from perfect, yet the memories are vivid, and perfection is over-rated anyway.”
Adds TDT’s drummer Dave Traina, “When we were in the studio with Bob Rock, we had a bit more difficulty recording this song. The changes Bob made were challenging and it put us all on the spot, which is what you want with that level of producer. It made us approach this with a heavier, serious vibe and I think that also comes across in the video. It’s one of our favourite songs to play live because of that.”
The Damn Truth have extensively toured Europe and North America and opened tours for Z.Z. Top (and partied with Billy Gibbons in his pyjamas), the Sheepdogs, Styx, and Rival Sons.
They sold out the legendary Whisky a Go-Go in Los Angeles, sold out the Corona Theatre in their hometown of Montreal, and had one of their videos featured on the official Janis Joplin Facebook page. It’s a culmination of a lot of blood, sweat and tears that’s come fruition with “Now or Nowhere”.
Tickets are available from www.thegigcartel.com/Artists-profiles/The-Damn-Truth.htm.
