Today, Durand Jones & The Indications are proud to release their sophomore LP, American Love Call, a fierce album reckoning with how to balance love and fury of modern day America, out today via Dead Oceans/Colemine Records. Hailed by NPR’s All Things Considered as “old-school soul with a new-school honesty,” The Indications conjure the dynamism of Jackie Wilson, Curtis Mayfield, AND The Impressions. This young band of twenty-somethings are students of soul.
Helmed by foil vocalists Jones and Frazer, and rounded out by Blake Rhein (guitarist), Kyle Houpt (bassist), and Steve Okonski (keyboard), The Indications released their self-titled debut album to much acclaim on renowned Midwestern soul label, Colemine Records. The album quickly picked up steam on the back of the band’s booming live show and the enthusiastic recommendation of independent record store clerks across the country.
The group’s second effort, American Love Call, is an album made the way the Indications dreamed it’d sound, a sprawling and limitless equation; grand and cinematic, yet focused on fleeting details.
Recorded at Brooklyn’s Studio G earlier this summer, American Love Call is an expansion of the band’s sound, making a leap forward in both style and songwriting. Pulling influence from a variety of sounds like R&B, gospel, early folk rock, and classical music, the Indications’ second effort has a newfound confidence, with Jones’ bellowing voice and Frazer’s soothing falsetto filled out by backing vocals and instrumentation. Thematically, the album covers tough ground, like the danger of simplifying and romanticizing the past, but it also attempts to reconcile, searching for unifying commonalities. Brooding, bold, and pensive, American Love Call is the result of the band fleshing out its craft and elevating its dreamy, old-soul sound.
The Indications will tour the US extensively this spring in support of American Love Call. A full list of tour dates are below.
Durand Jones & The Indications’ Tour Dates:
03/13/19 Austin, TX – The Mohawk
03/18/19 Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall (Upstairs) $
03/19/19 Dallas, TX – Club Dada $
03/21/19 Santa Fe, NM – Tumbleroots $
03/22/19 Phoenix, AZ – The Crescent Ballroom $
03/23/19 San Diego, CA – Casbah $
03/25/19 Tustin, CA – Marty’s On Newport $
03/26/19 Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom $
03/27/19 Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom $
03/28/19 Santa Barbara, CA – SOhO Restaurant & Music Club $
03/29/19 Oakland, CA – The New Parish $
03/30/19 San Francisco, CA – The Independent $
04/01/19 Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom $
04/02/19 Seattle, WA – Neumos $
04/04/19 Salt Lake City, UT – The State Room $
04/05/19 Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater $
04/06/19 Kansas City, MO – recorBar $, DJ Thundercutz
04/07/19 Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room $
04/09/19 Minneapolis, MN – 7th St. Entry $
04/10/19 Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon ^
04/11/19 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall ^
04/12/19 Columbus, OH – A&R Music Bar ^
04/13/19 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle ^
04/14/19 North Charleston, SC – High Water Festival
04/16/19 Washington, DC – Rock & Roll Hotel ^
04/17/19 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg ^
04/19/19 Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church ^
04/20/19 Uncasville, CT – Wolf Den at Mohegan Sun Resort
04/21/19 Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall ^
04/22/19 Baltimore, MD – Ottobar ^
04/24/19 Cincinnati, OH – The Woodward Theater ^
04/25/19 Louisville, KY – Headliners Music Hall #
04/26/19 Nashville, TN – The Basement East #
04/28/19 Atlanta, GA – Terminal West #
05/11/19 Bloomington, IN – Upland Brewing Company Outdoor Venue @
06/14/19 Flagstaff, AZ – Pepsi Amphitheater & %
06/15/19 Chula Vista, CA – North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre & %
06/16/19 Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl & %
06/17/19 Los Angeles, CA – The Regent Theater
06/19/19 Fresno, CA – Woodward Park Amphitheatre & %
06/20/19 San Luis Obispo, CA – Avila Beach Golf Resort & %
06/21/19 Sacramento, CA – Papa Murphy’s Park (Bonney Field) & %
06/22/19 Berkeley, CA – The Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley & %
06/23/19 Bend, OR – Les Schwab Amphitheater & *
06/27/19 Boise, ID – Idaho Botanical Garden – Outlaw Field & *
06/28/19 Eugene, OR – Cuthbert Amphitheater & *
06/29/19 Redmond, WA – King County’s Marymoor Park & *
06/30/19 Bonner, MT – KettleHouse Amphitheater & *
$ w/ Ginger Root
^ w/ Divino Niño
& w/ Rebelution
* w/ Collie Buddz
% w/ Protoje
# w/ The Savage Radley
@ w/ Neko Case, Parquet Courts