Austin-based indie orchestra Mother Falcon will release their third full-length album, Good Luck Have Fun, on Universal Music Classics on October 9, 2015. This is Mother Falcon’s first release on UMC and marks the beginning of a new partnership, which includes plans to record and release a fourth album in 2016. The band has announced a co-bill fall tour with Louisville’s Ben Sollee that will bring their unconventional blend of orchestral and alternative influenced music to performing arts centers, theaters, and clubs across the country. "The Fall Migration" tour will bring together these two trendsetting artists of the progressive acoustic genre together for an evening of compelling and original music.

 

Mother Falcon is an indie orchestra formed in 2008 from a jam session of adventurous young cellists seeking an approach to their instruments beyond the standard classical training of their high school orchestra. Now also including violins, saxophones, trumpet, piano, accordion, banjo, guitar and bouzouki, the collective features twenty active rotating members. Mother Falcon also composes for theater, commissions composers and is active in music education. As an ensemble they have developed a unique curriculum for orchestra students under 18, taught during two sessions of their annual summer camp “Mother Falcon’s Music Lab.”

 

With the release of Good Luck Have Fun, Mother Falcon takes a leap into the unknown, blowing up their usual way of composing and recording together in a conscious effort to push themselves into new stylistic and sonic realms. Doubling down on both the accessible and adventurous sides of Mother Falcon, the first half of the album soars with an emphasis on rhythm, concise arrangements and a wealth of hooks. The second half of the album is comprised of experimental instrumental soundscapes.

 

Ben Sollee is an American cellist, singer-songwriter, and composer known for his innovative playing style, genre-bending songwriting, electrifying performances, and political and environmental activism.  A native Kentuckian, Sollee has composed for stage and screen at home and abroad. In partnership with the design group Public Works Collaborative, Ben helped create a massive eco-art and tech installation called Livestream.  The sculpture was recently awarded a grant from the NEA and will be installed this fall in Lexington, KY.  His upcoming record, Steeples, will see a return to the basic ingredients of Sollee's music: cello, voice, and storytelling.

 

Mother Falcon National Tour Dates:

10/8: Houston, TX @ Orange Show Center for Visionary Art

10/9: New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa

“The Fall Migration” Tour with Ben Sollee:

10/11: Louisville, KY @ Brown Theater

10/12: Nashville, TN @ City Winery

10/13: Birmingham, AL @ Saturn

10/14: Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West

10/16: Asheville, NC @ Grey Eagle Tavern

10/17: Washington, DC @ The Howard Theatre

10/20: Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Downstairs

10/21: New York, NY @ LPR - Le Poisson Rouge

10/22: Troy, NY - Troy Savings Bank Music Hall

10/23: Cambridge, MA @ First Church Congregational

10/24: Providence, RI @ Columbus Theatre

10/25: Portsmouth, NH @ 3S Artspace

10/27: Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Cafe

10/28: Newport, KY @ Southgate House Revival Room

10/29: Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall

10/30: Minneapolis, MN @ The Cedar

11/1: St. Louis, MO @ The Old Rock House

11/9 : Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress

11/10: San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar

11/11: Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom

11/12 : San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall

11/13: Eugene, OR @ HiFi Music Hall

11/15: Bend, OR @ The Domino Room

11/16: Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios

11/17: Seattle, WA @ Barboza

11/18: Spokane, WA @ The Bartlett

11/20: Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge

11/21: Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater