(New York, NY) - One week prior to the release of fiery hard rockers Monster Truck's sophomore effort, SITTIN' HEAVY, fans around the world can listen to the album in its entirety now via Classic Rock and Metal Hammer.  SITTIN' HEAVY is receiving early rave reviews from the media with Skulls N Bones declaring, "It's rare in 2016 to get handed a rock album, and be completely absorbed in it after the first track, but that's exactly what happened...if you love soulful rock music, this is an album you must have!"  SITTIN' HEAVY will be released worldwide on February 19th via Dine Alone Records.  The first single from the album, "Don't Tell Me How To Live" has been added and is currently in rotation across the nation at commercial Rock radio including WDHA/Morristown, NJ, WTPA/Harrisburg, PA, WHXR/Portland, ME, KHTQ/Spokane, WA, WIIL/Chicago, IL, WZOR/Green Bay, WI, in addition to seeing spins on major-market, heritage Classic Rock station such as Q104.3 (WAXQ)/New York, NY and KSHE/St. Louis, MO.  The epic video for the single recently made its exclusive worldwide premiere via Ultimate Classic Rock.

 

SITTIN' HEAVY can be pre-ordered via the band's webstore, Dine Alone webstore andiTunes. Those who pre-order the record via iTunes will instantly receive "Don't Tell Me How to Live," the anthemic track "The Enforcer" and "Things Get Better".  Produced by the award-winning Eric Ratz (Billy Talent, Cancer Bats), SITTIN' HEAVY was recorded at Vespa Studios, Revolution Recording in Toronto and Monster Truck's new jam-space studio.  Click here to access album art.  Please see below for an updated list of Monster Truck's global tour dates, with more United States tour dates to be added.

 

Hamilton, Ontario's prodigious sons Monster Truck are one of the biggest groundswell stories in Canadian rock in the past few years, with two crushing #1 singles at Canadian Rock radio, a 2013 Juno Award for "Breakthrough Artist Of The Tear" and a 2014 nomination for "Rock Album Of The Year" under their belt.  Their critically-acclaimed debut album FURIOSITY also made its mark internationally, not only debuting at #13 on the Top 200 Canadian Soundscan chart, but also hitting #3 on the German Rock/Metal chart and landing the band a Bandit Rock Award nomination for "International Breakthrough Artist" in Sweden.  Of their sound, Noisecreep described Monster Truck as "a beautiful mix of Southern dirt, classic rock and blues...", calling FURIOSITY "one of the best breakout albums of 2013."

 

In recent years, Monster Truck has been championed by the likes of Slash and Alice In Chains' Mike Inez and has toured extensively in their native Canada, the U.S., Europe and the UK, touring alongside such massive acts as Alice In Chains, Slash, Nickelback, Deep Purple, ZZ Top, Buckcherry, Alterbridge, Kid Rock.  They have also performed at numerous major music festivals around the world including Download, Bonnaroo, Welcome to Rockville, Rock on the Range and Edgefest and will do so again this year.  Monster Truck is Jon Harvey (vocals, bass), Jeremy Widerman (guitars, vocals), Brandon Bliss (organ, vocals) and Steve Kiely (drums, vocals).

 

Monster Truck global tour dates:

FEBRUARY:

17        Brooklyn, NY               St. Vitus

23        Victoria, BC                 Sugar Nightclub

25        Vancouver, BC            Commodore

26        Kamloops, BC             CJ's

27        Calgary, AB                 Macewan Ballroom

MARCH:

 1         Edmonton, AB             Union Hall

 2         Regina, SK                  The Pump

 4         Winnipeg, MB              The Garrick

 5         Thunder Bay, ON        Outpost

 8         Quebec City, QC        Le Cercle

 9         Montreal, QC               Corona Theatre

11        Toronto, ON                Phoenix Concert Theatre

12        Toronto, ON                Phoenix Concert Theatre

29        Bochum, Germany     Rockpalast

30        Berlin, Germany          Privatclub

31        Munich, Germany        Strom

APRIL:

 1         Amsterdam, Netherlands  Melkweg Theatre

 3         Paris, France              La Maroquiniere

 5         London, England         100 Club

30        Jacksonville, FL          Welcome To Rockville

MAY:

 6         Knoxville, TN               The International

 7         Charlotte, NC              Carolina Rebellion

11        Springfield, IL              Prairie Capital Convention Center

14        Somerset, WI              Northern Invasion

15        Fargo, ND                   Fargo Civic Center

18        Chattanooga, TN         Track 29

20        Columbus, OH            Rock On The Range

JUNE:

12        Donington Park, UK    Download Festival

17        Dessel, Belgium         Grasspop

 

To experience Monster Truck, please visit:

www.ilovemonstertruck.com

www.twitter.com/Monster_Truck

www.facebook.com/ilovemonstertruck

 

Photo credit: Matt Barnes