11 February 2011
Newsdesk
BUFFALO TOM return with their eighth studio album, Skins, on March 7th 2011.
They have announced a series of European gigs to concide with the release, including UK shows in London, Manchester and Glasgow. Their new album, ‘Skins’ was produced by the band in their hometown of Boston, Massachusetts and mixed by long-time collaborators Paul Q.Kolderie (who produced the band's breakthrough third album, 1992's Let Me Come Over) and Tom Polce, Skins is the follow up to 2007's Three Easy Pieces which brought Buffalo Tom back ino the spotlight after a nine-year hiatus.
The new album features guest Tanya Donnelly of Belly, Breeders and Throwing Muses fame singing on the song Don't Forget Me. Besides the standard CD, a deluxe edition will be available with demos and b-sides, as well as a vinyl version with a download card featuring the additional songs.
Buffalo Tom have fans in high places - before Jon Stewart hosted the president and other famous people on the set of The Daily Show, he had a late night syndicated talk show called The Jon Stewart Show. On his final show, he asked his favourite band to play. That band was Buffalo Tom. They’re still Jon Stewart’s favorite band, and he’s currently the most trusted man in America. They’ve had song titles turned into feature films such as Taillights Fade and were featured guests on the Claire Danes series My So-Called Life.
Writer/actor Mike O'Malley, whose star has recently risen higher as a result of his work as Burt Hummel on Glee, loves the band so much that he wrote in praise of Buffalo Tom and their new album. Here he writes of the moment he discovered the band when they released 1994's Big Red Letter Day:
"Here were men like me making music about things that mattered - how we navigate our lives amidst the messes we get handed and the messes we've made - and they were doing it with an authentic sound that had heft, texture and drive. They did what we want our rock and roll to do - distill potent observations about life and disguise any sentimentality - eliminate it - by backing up the observations with guitars and drums.
"And for those who fell for the Buffalo Tom of Taillights Fade, Soda Jerk, Tree House and Summer, this document exists, in part to proclaim that Buffalo Tom's new album Skins is worthy of your attention. It has all the things that Buffalo Tom does well. Songs about situations and subjects that the average human can relate to - with all the gravity you'd expect from a band that still has something to say. Throughout Skins, Buffalo Tom is unafraid to go deeper than the surface layer, and they spend much of this record bringing forth warnings, laments and admonishments."
"Buffalo Tom makes music I drive to, run to, think to, drink to. I listen to them for inspiration, for the way they turn their phrases and for the songs I’m still trying to figure out…my favourite band, Buffalo Tom."
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