Stream “Roll A Stone”

A few years ago, Johnny Solomon was a fixture in the tight knit Twin Cities music scene, forming the angular indie pop band Friends Like These and touring extensively, receiving critical praise from far-flung sources that looked like the beginning of a promising career. The rising success masked his struggle with addiction and mental health problems and quickly eclipsed his career, landing him in jail and treatment facilities across the country.  By the end of that whirlwind, he retreated to a small town across the border in Wisconsin where he assumed his music days were over.

However, when he moved out of the city, his demons followed him and he spent his nights writing and recording what he thought would be his eulogy: songs about lost love and lost chances, He recruited some friends to come out and put it all to tape. Calling his new band Communist Daughter, they released their debut album Soundtrack to the End in 2010.  As they gained national attention, Johnny once again had to put it all on hold and checked himself in to rehab.

In 2012, Communist Daughter returned with a clear-eyed John, his now-wife Molly Solomon, bassist Adam Switlick, Steven Yasgar on drums, Al Weirs on guitar and Dillon Marchus on keys.  They released an EP, Lions & Lambs, and began touring the country again and gaining national attention.

By 2014, they had entered the studio to spend the next two years crafting their sophomore release. Working with producer Kevin Bowe (Replacements, Meat Puppets), they recorded in and out of studios trying to capture the deeply personal songs in a much more deliberate style.  Going from studio to bedroom to studio again, they created an album with 11 songs running the gambit from high peaks to dark lows. They took the finished tracks to Nashville where Andrija Tokic (Alabama Shakes, Benjamin Booker) put the final mix together, and had Heba Kadry (Future Islands, And You Will Know Us…) master the final product in NYC.

PREORDER

October 21st will see the release of their highly anticipated sophomore album The Cracks That Built The Wall as well as a string of tour dates through the Midwest supporting the album – see below:

TOUR DATES:

10/12 - Sioux Falls SD - Icon Lounge

10/14 - Omaha NE - O'Leavers

10/15 - Des Moines IA - Vaudeville Mews

10/16 - Lincoln NE - Duffy's

10/21 - Minneapolis - Electric Fetus In Store

11/3- Nashville TN - Hi Watt

11/4 Dayton OH - Blind Bobs

11/5 Florence AL - 116 E. Mobile

11/7 Lexington KY - The Burl

11/8 Madison - The Frequency

11/9 Iowa City - Yacht Club

11/10 UW Platteville - Platteville, WI

11/11 Minneapolis - TBA

1. Hold Back
2. Strange
3. Beach Stalker
4. Roll A Stone
5. Keep Moving
6. BB Gun
7. The Dealer
8. Balboa Bridge
9. All Lit Up
10. The Killing Time
11. Sunday Morning Again

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