Violet Grohl – Be Sweet To Me
Violet Grohl releases her recently announced debut album, Be Sweet To Me via Auroura Records / Republic Records.
Be Sweet To Me features the previously released singles “Cool Buzz”, “THUM”, “Applefish” and “595.”
To celebrate the album’s release Grohl also releases the focus video “Bug In The Cake.”
The album was recorded at producer Justin Raisen’s (Kim Gordon, Charli XCX) Los Angeles home studio, alongside musicians assembled in the spirit of the Wrecking Crew session players of the ’60s and ’70s.
Alternative music from the late ‘80s and early ‘90s is a perpetual influence. “There’s something so powerful about that period of music, from the messaging to the visuals, it’s authentic and raw.” Pixies, Soundgarden, Cocteau Twins, The Breeders, PJ Harvey, The Muffs, Björk, Alice in Chains, L7, Juliana Hatfield: “I’ve listened to that stuff since I was a kid,” Grohl says.
The songs on Be Sweet To Me were conjured from the immediate present and tend to be impressionistic, colored by Grohl’s love of film, particularly the work of David Lynch, as seen in the release of “What’s Heaven Without You,” a haunting track written in the aftermath of the Altadena fires in Los Angeles, inspired by David Lynch, which will be available along b-side “Swallowtail” as an exclusive 7” Record Store Day release on April 18th. To celebrate the 7” release, Violet played an in-store at Fingerprints in Long Beach on Record Store Day.
Violet has announced her first ever headline shows with an east coast run this summer that includes dates in New York, Philadelphia and Washington DC.
Tour Dates:
6/4 – Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right
6/5 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Lounge at World Stage Live
6/6 – Washington, DC @ The Atlantis
6/23 – Baltimore, MD @ Nevermore Music Hall *
6/24 – New York, NY @ The Rooftop at Pier 17 *
8/23 – Hasselt, BE @ Pukkelpop Festival
8/28 – Leeds, UK @ Leeds Festival
8/29 – Stradbally, IE @ Electric Picnic
8/30 – Reading, UK @ Reading Festival
9/20 – Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees Festival
9/26 – Brooklyn, NY @ CBGB Festival
* w/ The Breeders
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