{"id":21264,"date":"2016-04-16T11:41:43","date_gmt":"2016-04-16T15:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=21264"},"modified":"2016-04-16T08:43:38","modified_gmt":"2016-04-16T12:43:38","slug":"earring-announce-tunn-star-lp-share-dark-heart-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=21264","title":{"rendered":"Earring announce &#8216;Tunn Star&#8217; LP + share &#8216;Dark Heart&#8217; single"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fire Talk has signed Chicago&#8217;s Earring\u00a0to their roster. Earring allows Jason Balla &amp; Alex Otake to go\u00a0deeper into the realms of sludge and psych. The band&#8217;s debut LP &#8216;Tunn Star&#8217; is scheduled for a June 10th worldwide release via Fire Talk. Stream the first single from the album,\u00a0<em>Dark Heart,<\/em>\u00a0via Soundcloud below.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F258530265&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&color=a8a3a0\"><\/iframe>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mcnImage alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/5694861394877ae40d1c9a32c\/images\/9721ee68-5814-428d-af47-c1ff7fd13515.jpg?resize=286%2C286&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tunn Star cover Earring\" width=\"286\" height=\"286\" \/><strong><br \/>\nTrack list:<\/strong><br \/>\n01.\u00a0Dark Heart<br \/>\n02.\u00a0Smile Like Hell<br \/>\n03.\u00a0Tunn I<br \/>\n04.\u00a0Silt Fence<br \/>\n05.\u00a0Sunset Forever<br \/>\n06.\u00a0Swoon<br \/>\n07.\u00a0Slow Mud<br \/>\n08.\u00a0Pure Pleasure<br \/>\n09.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/firetalkrecs.us11.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=5694861394877ae40d1c9a32c&amp;id=ea3ec099cc&amp;e=ebf8659a9b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Black Chalk<\/a><br \/>\n10.\u00a0Midnight Pave<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Somewhere in a warehouse in the shadow of the once Industrial giant Chicago Illinois mellow drums shape the pattern of a psychedelic post whatever dream. A distorted guitar lick sits right in line with a dark beatufiul crooning, it&#8217;s almost winter and the streets are about to be frozen for months. A certain kind of longing reaches out from places like these and that band; Earring, can do nothing but call this place home. Mixing elements of Post Punk, Sludge and psych into a tapestry of soft and beautifully heavy rock tracks the band&#8217;s debut Fire Talk album &#8216;Tunn Star&#8217; will arrive just in time for the Spring thaw.<\/p>\n<p>Tour dates:<br \/>\n4.13 Chicago, IL @ Club Rectum<br \/>\n4.14 Indianapolis, IN @ State Street Pub<br \/>\n4.15 Detroit, MI @ UFO Factory<br \/>\n4.16 Hamilton, ON @ Homegrown Hamilton<br \/>\n4.17 Toronto, ON @ Smiling Buddha<br \/>\n4.19 Montreal, QB @ La Plante<br \/>\n4.22 Boston, MA @ Grandma&#8217;s House<br \/>\n4.24 Brooklyn, NY @ Palisades<br \/>\n4.25 Philadelphia, PA @ Storefront<br \/>\n4.27 Washington, D.C @ Bathtub Republic<br \/>\n4.30 Atlanta, GA @ Downtown Players Club<br \/>\n5.01 Athens, GA @ Globe Athens<br \/>\n5.02 Atlanta, GA @ 529<br \/>\n5.04 Carbondale, IL @ The Swamp<br \/>\n5.05 Chicago, IL @ The Hideout<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Fire Talk has signed Chicago&#8217;s Earring\u00a0to their roster. Earring allows Jason Balla &amp; Alex Otake to go\u00a0deeper into the realms of sludge and psych. The <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=21264\" title=\"Earring announce &#8216;Tunn Star&#8217; LP + share &#8216;Dark Heart&#8217; single\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21265,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23,25,28,30,1907],"tags":[4619,4618,3275,4620],"class_list":["post-21264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-live","category-music","category-new-release","category-news","tag-dark-heart","tag-earring","tag-fire-talk","tag-tunn-star"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/f5d95f65-29ef-4066-8751-49e14ea2a4ba.jpg?fit=650%2C432&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-5wY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30090,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=30090","url_meta":{"origin":21264,"position":0},"title":"Dehd share new single &#8216;Dying For&#8217;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"November 6, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Dying For is a new track from Chicago's Dehd and it's out now via Fire Talk. 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