NEWS: Acclaimed Canadian Rockers Big Wreck Announce New Album "Grace Street," Due 2/3
December 15, 2016 - Nashville, TN - Big Wreck, the Canadian rock powerhouse led by critically lauded guitarist and singer Ian Thornley, have announced their new album, Grace Street, which will be released by ole/Rounder on February 3.
Their first collaboration with co-producer Garth Richardson (Rage Against The Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers), Grace Street is the epitome of sonic diversity, from the heavy grooving "One Good Piece of Me" to the epic seven-minute instrumental "Skybunk Marché," resulting in a trip that lead singer Ian Thornley feels no previous Big Wreck album has taken a listener on before. "Musically, I'm still searching for the stuff that turns me on and takes me somewhere," says Thornley. "You want to be brought to tears or have the hair on your neck stand up, and if the search for that takes you to new territory, then so be it. You have to follow. It's like chasing a high, and Garth feels that just as much as we do."
Grace Street follows the group's 2014 JUNO-nominated album Ghosts, but more significantly, front man Ian Thornley's 2015 debut solo outing Secrets, which saw him expand his songwriting range while taking a more spontaneous approach in the studio. Those elements continue to be explored on Grace Street.
Formed in the early 90s while all members were attending the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, Big Wreck saw early success when their debut album, 1997's In Loving Memory Of..., garnered the band three Top 10 singles ("The Oaf," "That Song," and "Blown Wide Open"), and a double platinum certification in their native Canada.
Disbanding shortly after the release of their sophomore record The Pleasure and the Greed, Big Wreck reunited in 2012 after a decade-long hiatus with the release of Albatross, which debuted at #5 on the Top 200 SoundScan chart in Canada (their highest debut to date) and hit #25 on the US Billboard Heatseekers chart.
The title track from Albatross earned Big Wreck the status of being the first Canadian band to hit #1 on the Canadian Rock Radio chart in over a year, a position the album maintained for six weeks. Albatross received a 2013 JUNO Award nomination for Rock Album of the Year, and earned the band another three Top 10 Canadian Rock Radio singles. Their 2014 follow-up Ghosts debuted at #5 on the Canadian Album Chart and #4 on the US Billboard Heatseekers chart, and earned the band their second JUNO nod for Rock Album of the Year in 2015.
Big Wreck is Ian Thornley (Vocals, Guitar), Chuck Keeping (Drums), Dave McMillan (Bass), Paulo Neta (Guitar), and Brian Doherty (Guitar).
Listen to Grace Street here: Grace Street Stream
Watch the video for "One Good Piece of Me" here: One Good Piece Of Me
Pre-order links: https://Rounder.lnk.to/GraceStreet
Grace Street Track Listing:
- It Comes As No Surprise
- One Good Piece Of Me
- Tomorrow Down
- You Don't Even Know
- Useless
- A Speedy Recovery
- Motionless
- Digging In
- The Receiving End
- Floodgates
- The Arborist
- Skybunk Marché
- All My Fears On You
Tour Dates:
January 25 - Nanaimo, BC - The Port Theatre
January 26 - Victoria, BC - Distrikt Nightclub
January 27 - Vancouver, BC - The Commodore Ballroom
January 30 - Kelowna, BC - Kelowna Community Theatre
January 31 - Cranbrook, BC - Key City Theatre
February 2 - Calgary, AB - Flames Central
February 3 - Red Deer, AB - Red Deer Memorial Centre
February 4 - Grande Prairie, AB - Better Than Fred's
February 5 - Edmonton, AB - The Ranch Roadhouse
February 7 - Medicine Hat, AB - The Esplanade
February 9 - Regina, SK - Casino Regina
February 10 - North Battleford, SK - Gold Eagle Casino
February 11 - Saskatoon, SK - O'Brians Event Centre
February 12 - Winnipeg, MB - Burton Cummings Theatre
February 14 - Thunder Bay, ON - Rockhouse
February 16 - Oshawa, ON - Oshawa Music Hall
February 17 - Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert Theatre
February 18 - Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert Theatre
February 19 - Hamilton, ON - Hamilton Place
February 21 - Waterloo, ON - Maxwell's
February 23 - London, ON - London Music Hall
February 24 - Barrie, ON - Mavericks
February 25 - Sarnia, ON - The Station Music Hall
February 26 - Detroit, MI - The Shelter
February 28 - Rochester, NY - Anthology
March 2 - Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom
March 3 - New York, NY - Gramercy Theatre
March 4 - Boston, MA - The Sinclair
March 6 - Ottawa, ON - Barrymore's
March 7 - Quebec City, QC - Le Cercle
March 8 - Montreal, QC - Corona Theatre
March 10 - Moncton, NB - Molson Canadian Centre at Casino New Brunswick
March 11 - Halifax, NS - The Marquee Ballroom
March 12 - Charlottetown, PEI - PEI Brewing Company
March 13 - Fredericton, NB - Boyce Farmers Market
