Parts of the eastern seaboard and northern Midwest are in for a treat this July, as France's Guerilla Poubelle will be on tour, with Arms Aloft chaperoning the band for the entirety of the trip. The two Red Scare Industries acts will launch in Massachusetts and finish up in Minneapolis. This tour is tacked on to the existing gigs GP has throughout France prior to crossing the Atlantic.
Seth of Arms Aloft is completely over the moon about this tour, and provided this lengthy statement about the two bands' connection and camaraderie, as well as a tease of Arms Aloft's upcoming EP (their first new music since 2016):
It's honestly lost on me when we first met Guerilla Poubelle, because in the years since, to one extent or another, we've felt like one band. Surely it's been nearly a decade? (Till from GP is SCREAMING, reading this. He knows down to the minute, I bet.) It's also hard to imagine what our bands would've spent the last several years doing, if not playing gigs; riding across countless imaginary borders; sampling the world's dumpsters; sleeping too little; drinking too much; and repeating the whole mess, together.
This tour marks our countdown to 100 GP x AA shows. I don't think we ever expected Arms Aloft to play 100 shows. Or 1 show, with a band from “somewhere cool, like” Paris. But here we are, back in a van avec nos comrades, hitting some fun new places, places we haven't been in years, and also cooking up some nonsense closer to home, to celebrate the milestone.
We've got a new EP coming this fall, on Red Scare, too. We'll see if we can't play a couple of the new songs at these gigs. More news on that, sooner than later, but we're really proud of it. “Red Lanterns”, on its way. (For real… I just approved the masters!) Peace n solidarity. Stay safe out there. See you at the gigs!
See info on the gigs below, and visit GP or AA at their respective Bandcamp pages for more.
Guerilla Poubelle France gigs
- Jun 30 Ferme du Temple de Osmoy-Saint-Valery Dieppe, France
- Jul 01 Théâtre De Verdure Saint-Malô-du-Bois, France
- Jul 12 Le Tempo – Guéméné Penfao Redon, France
- Jul 13 Café de l'espace Aubusson, France
GP and AA USA gigs
- Jul 18 O'Brien's Pub Allston, MA
- Jul 19 Kung Fu Necktie Philadelphia, PA
- Jul 20 Gold Sounds Brooklyn, NY
- Jul 21 Bottlerocket Social Hall Pittsburgh, PA
- Jul 22 Burlington Bar Chicago, IL
- Jul 23 The Root Note La Crosse, WI
- Jul 24 Jade Fountain Cocktail Lounge Duluth, MN
- Jul 25 Mousetrap Eau Claire, WI
- Jul 26 Eagles Club Minneapolis, MN
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