Early praise for Labor of Love is coming in strong. The first single from the album was premiered earlier this month by Paste Magazine, with LiveForLiveMusic.com hailing the album as “…beautifully crafted, mature music.”  The single impacts radio this week, but has already received early support from WNRN/Charlottesville, KYSL/Breckenridge, SiriusXM Jam On, WOCM/Ocean City, WUIN/Wilmington, WJCU/Cleveland, KTBG/Kansas City, KZYR/Vail, KSNO/Aspen, KRML/Carmel, and others.

Fruition is on tour this spring and summer in support of Labor of Love. April finds the band headlining theaters and clubs in the Pacific Northwest - including two nights at the Wonder Ballroom in their hometown of Portland, Oregon on Aril 22 and 23 – and throughout California. In May the 40+ show tour stops in the Southwest, Midwest and South.  Look for the band at Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre on May 6 with the Infamous Stringdusters and JJ Grey & MOFRO, and at festival plays including Delfest, Summer Camp, the newly unveiled Vertex Festival, and many others still to be announced. A complete list of currently confirmed tour dates is listed below.

Self-produced and engineered by Justin Phelps (Amanda Palmer, Jolie Holland, Chuck Prophet), Labor of Love displays the band’s growth from a rootsy, string-centric outfit to a full-fledged rock band with an easy but powerful grasp of soul, blues and British Invasion era pop.

Following the release of 2013’s Just One of Them Nights and extensive touring, Labor of Love came to life over the course of a year-long process of exploring new sonic terrain. Influenced by everything from Phil Spector-esque pop to dreamy psychedelia to Motown inspired soul, Fruition plugged in and emerged with a wholly unified album that subtly imparts the sense of being swept along on a journey. With Fruition’s striking three-part vocal harmonies still very much at the center, and contributions from friends Anders Beck of Greensky Bluegrass, Jeremy Garrett of The Infamous Stringdusters and Steve Swatkins of Allen Stone, Labor of Love shows the complete force of their newly expanded and electrified sound.

Fruition is Jay Cobb Anderson (vocals, lead guitar, harmonica), Kellen Asebroek (vocals, rhythm guitar, piano) Mimi Naja (vocals, mandolin, guitar), Jeff Leonard (bass), and Tyler Thompson (drums, banjo).

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