89.3 The Current presents TRAMPLED BY TURTLES Celebrates 10 Years

SOLD OUT
3 Nights at First Avenue
in the Mainroom and 7th St Entry

Each night: $25.00 / 7:00pm door / 18+

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17

with Actual Wolf and Fever Dream
Fat Kid Wednesdays, Sans Souci Quartet, and Next of Kin
 

THURSDAY, APRIL 18

with The Pines, Real Bulls, and Corpse Reviver
Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank, Front Porch Swingin' Liquor Pigs, Strange Meeting
 

FRIDAY, APRIL 19

with Charlie Parr and Erik Koskinen
Prissy Clerks, Keepaways, and Southwire
 

TRAMPLED BY TURTLES

On April 10, 2012 Thirty Tigers/RED released Trampled by Turtles’ highly anticipated album Stars and Satellites. The band’s 2010 release Palomino (Thirty Tigers) garnered critical acclaim from NPR Music who praised both the band’s “impeccable dexterity” and “charm and melody to the songs.” AOL Spinner called the record “hard-charging music…infectiously raucous,” while Paste Magazine admired the band’s “punk ethos” as well as “virtuosity and energy” while naming the band as one of the Top 25 Live Acts of 2011.

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Since forming in Duluth, Minnesota in 2003, Trampled by Turtles always felt they were able to attain an energy on stage that can’t be found in the studio. They were so comfortable playing on the road that they treated their previous albums’ recording processes like tours. For Stars and Satellites, however, Trampled by Turtles didn’t want to simply try to recreate a live show. “We wanted to make a record that breathes,” explains Dave Simonett (guitar/vocals), “musically we wanted to step out of our comfort zone.” “This record is all about going inward,” Erik Berry (mandolin, vocals) adds, “building a focused bond as players and friends, and bringing a different mindset to the sounds Trampled by Turtles can make.” With the help of engineer Tom Herbers (Low, Jayhawks) the band moved into “Soleil Pines,” a log home outside of Duluth, to record. “You know how sometimes they say ‘less is more,’” notes Berry, “that’s what Stars and Satellites is about. “

Trampled by Turtles is Dave Simonett, Tim Saxhaug (bass, vocals), Dave Carroll (banjo, vocals), Erik Berry and Ryan Young (fiddle). Within the contained music scene of Duluth, the members of the band did their own time in punk and rock bands, brandishing their electricity proudly before switching to acoustic instruments. While they never set out to be a “bluegrass” band, Trampled by Turtles employs many of the same traditional techniques of the genre, but their differences in influences, attitude and attack make for their unique sound.