AUTHOR & PUNISHER To Release Housecore Records Debut In June; North American Tour Launches April 24th
April 13, 2015, 9 years ago
Author & Punisher, the one man doom outfit that’s both man and machine, release Melk En Honing, the outfit’s Housecore Records’ debut on June 30.
As Author & Punisher, Shone builds and manipulates machinery to create music that’s otherworldly. A recent Wired Magazine feature, citing the lack of live instruments said, “What you’ll find instead is lots and lots of actual metal — a hefty helping of aluminum, steel, and copper, to be precise.” Shone started working on what would become Author & Punisher as part of his master’s thesis, dubbing his “instruments” the Drone Machines. NPR said of Author & Punisher’s live performance, “It’s a thrill to watch this musical cyborg at work, as he literally fires on all cylinders and pulls levers like an executioner.”
The eight-song album was produced by Housecore Records’ Phil Anselmo, who said “Tristan Shone is the epitome of what Housecore Records stands for, and looks for in musical expression: absolute originality and innovation. It is our complete pleasure to facilitate such a fantastic, artistic mind and expression of bombastic works. There is no pigeonholing this man's art.” Melk En Honing was recorded at Nodeferatus lair in North Shore, LA.
Ahead of the June 30 release, Author & Punisher launches a new U.S. tour, with stops at both Stumpfest and Psycho California, where Shone will provide musical interludes throughout the three-day event.
“Although the album won't be out for a couple months,” explains Shone. “This tour is very special in that I am debuting many of the new tracks. For me, the wounds are still fresh and I think that rawness seeps through physically and emotionally in the performance. This album and experience has intensified my music for me and people will feel it in their chest as I do."
April
25 - Vancouver, BC - Funky Winkerbeans
26 - Seattle, WA - Barboza
28 - Spokane, WA - The Pin
29 - Boise, ID - Neurolux
30 - Salt Lake City, UT - Area 51
May
3 - Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock
5 - Chicago, IL - Reggie’s
7 - New York, NY - Fat Baby
8 - Boston, MA - O’Brien’s
9 - Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie
11 - New Orleans, LA - Blue Nile
12 - Austin, TX - Holy Mountain
13 - Albuquerque, NM - Low Spirits
15 - Santa Ana, CA - Psycho California
16 - Santa Ana, CA - Psycho California
17 - Santa Ana, CA - Psycho California
