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Jim White and Marisa Anderson have announced UK and Ireland tour dates for September 2024 in support of their expansive new duo album Swallowtail. In his review of the album, KLOF Mag’s Glenn Kimpton said:
“Drummer Jim White and guitarist Marisa Anderson have crafted such a distinctive sound on their respective instruments and as soon as their second album begins, there can be no mistaking them. Like 2020’s The Quickening, Swallowtail is a duo record in the truest sense, with no other contributors present, but this feels like a very different set to their debut, with spikier songs like that album’s Last Days absent in favour of a more consistent free-flowing meditation.
“Recorded off the coast of Victoria, Australia, with a focus on improvisation and musical conversation, Swallowtail subtly ebbs and flows in its structure, mimicking the sea, with the shifts in tempo and mood happening gradually, almost to avoid disturbing the environment around the sound.”
He concludes by focusing on the Peregrine, a key track that “defines an album of quiet assurance and power.”
The duo also recently shared Director Jem Cohen’s film for Aerie:
Jem Cohen: “Jim White and Marisa Anderson’s music asks questions so we don’t have to. Collaboration? Improvisation? Song structure? None of it has to be tied down. They are out on the road somewhere, luckily heading for my town. Playing hard, driving hard, a lot of experience. Meanwhile, a boy, Alexander, is up on a mountain and has to do something with sticks. It is important, requires effort. How can they be combined, will they balance, and what about the wind? He is improvising, concentrating. He is less experienced, will soon be 8. The boy and the sticks, it turns out, are on an aerie in early spring, high above an old trestle, houses and cars tiny below… Aerie is a beautiful word. And a beautiful track. I put it to a film, or a film to it. I’m honored.”
Jim White and Marisa Anderson UK & Ireland Tour Dates
Sep. 5 – Dublin, IE – Wheland’s
Sep. 6 – Castletownbere, IE – Sarah Walker Gallery
Sep. 7 – Shrewsbury, UK – St Mary The Virgin
Sep. 8 – Barrow-in-Furness, UK – Full of Noises Festival
Sep. 9 – London, UK – Cafe Oto
Sep. 20 – Clonakilty, IE – Clonakilty International Guitar Festival
Sep. 21 – Dundalk, IE – Culture Club
Jim White and Marisa Anderson’s “Reflections” Playlist
Jim and Marisa also put together a playlist for KLOF Mag, which you can read about and listen to here:
