As Author & Punisher, Shone builds and manipulates machinery to create music that’s otherworldly. A recent Wired Magazine feature, citing the lack of live instruments said, “What you’ll find instead is lots and lots of actual metal — a hefty helping of aluminum, steel, and copper, to be precise.”  Shone started working on what would become Author & Punisher as part of his master’s thesis, dubbing his “instruments” the Drone Machines.  NPR said of Author & Punisher’s live performance, “It’s a thrill to watch this musical cyborg at work, as he literally fires on all cylinders and pulls levers like an executioner.”

The eight-song album was produced by Housecore Records’ Phil Anselmo, who said “Tristan Shone is the epitome of what Housecore Records stands for, and looks for in musical expression: absolute originality and innovation. It is our complete pleasure to facilitate such a fantastic, artistic mind and expression of bombastic works. There is no pigeonholing this man's art.” Melk En Honing was recorded at Nodeferatus lair in North Shore, LA.

Ahead of the June 30 release, Author & Punisher launches a new U.S. tour, with stops at both Stumpfest and Psycho California, where Shone will provide musical interludes throughout the three-day event.

“Although the album won't be out for a couple months,” explains Shone. “This tour is very special in that I am debuting many of the new tracks. For me, the wounds are still fresh and I think that rawness seeps through physically and emotionally in the performance. This album and experience has intensified my music for me and people will feel it in their chest as I do."

April 24     Portland, OR     Stumpfest

April 25     Vancouver, BC     Funky Winkerbeans

April 26     Seattle, WA     Barboza

April 28     Spokane, WA     The Pin

April 29     Boise, ID     Neurolux

April 30     Salt Lake City, UT     Area 51

May 1     Denver, CO     Larimer Lounge

May 3     Minneapolis, MN     Triple Rock

May 5     Chicago, IL     Reggie’s

May 7     New York, NY     Fat Baby

May 8     Boston, MA     O’Brien’s

May 9     Philadelphia, PA     Kung Fu Necktie

May 11     New Orleans, LA     Blue Nile

May 12     Austin, TX     Holy Mountain

May 13     Albuquerque, NM     Low Spirits

May 15     Santa Ana, CA     Psycho California

May 16     Santa Ana, CA     Psycho California

May 17     Santa Ana, CA     Psycho California

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