Altsounds - Heartless Bastards Return with New Album and Tour

Ohio rock trio Heartless Bastards return with their third album The Mountain on February 3 via Fat Possum. Following the critical acclaim of their two previous albums Stairs and Elevators and All This Time, fans have a lot to look forward to with The Mountain.

In true ascetic discipline, Heartless Bastards' Erika Wennerstrom moved to Austin, Texas in 2007 for a change of inspirational scenery and a new recording project. With the help of producer Mike McCarthy (Spoon, Trail of Dead), she assembled a group of musicians with whom she gave the songs life and uncovered yet another layer of herself and the Heartless Bastards. The two new Bastards aren’t Texas ringers, but fellow Dayton brethren Dave Colvin on drums, and Jesse Ebaugh on bass, who actually played on the original demo that hooked Fat Possum.
The Mountain delivers the powerful howl that fans expect from the Heartless Bastards, but also weaves in adventure with mandolins, banjos, strings and Erika’s transcendent voice.

Free MP3 Download of "The Mountain"

**Purchase The Mountain via Fat Possum**

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"The Ohio trio's languid rock epic rises to a breathtaking peak on the strains of a pedal-steel guitar." - Entertainment Weekly

"Hailing from the land of beer, bourbon, and frustration (aka Southern Ohio) the Fat Possum recording artists, Heartless Bastards manage to effortlessly focus all of their collective spitfire into one razor-sharp edge of simple, stomp-yer-foot rock n' roll." - The Village Voice

"Erika Wennerstrom badly needs a stage name, something better suited for her rock-goddess voice. The papers in her hometown of Dayton, Ohio, say that Wennerstrom is petite and shy, but when she opens her throat on Stairs and Elevators, the Heartless Bastards' debut, she sounds like she's wailing on the shoulders of giants; her sad and angry vocals channeling all the swagger and spit of a young Robert Plant, with none of the blues histrionics." - Rolling Stone

Tracklisting
1. The Mountain
2. Be So Happy
3. Early in the Morning
4. Hold Your Head High
5. Out At Sea
6. Nothing Seems the Same
7. WIde Awake
8. So Quiet
9. Had To Go
10. Witchy Poo
11. Sway

HEARTLESS BASTARDS ON TOUR

In support of The Mountain, Heartless Bastards kick off their North American tour January 30. The 30+ shows scheduled include dates where Heartless Bastards will headline as well as shows with The Black Keys, Andrew Bird, and Gaslight Anthem. Don't miss your chance to see Heartless Bastards perform music from their highly anticipated third album.

01.30.09 - Young Ave Deli - Memphis, TN *
01.31.09 - Martyr’s - Chicago, IL *
02.03.09 - Great Scott - Boston, MA *
02.04.09 - Maxwell’s - Hoboken, NJ *
02.05.09 - Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA +
02.06.09 - Terminal 5 - New York, NY +
02.07.09 - Terminal 5 - New York, NY +
02.10.09 - Gravity Lounge - Charlottesville, VA *
02.12.09 - Bottle Tree - Birmingham, AL *
02.13.09 - Government Street Grocery - Ocean Springs, MS *
02.14.09 - Last Concert Café - Houston, TX *
02.28.09 - Hailey’s - Denton, TX *
03.15.09 - The Pageant - St. Louis, MO
03.16.09 - Liberty Hall - Lawrence, KS
03.17.09 - Cain’s Ballroom - Tulsa, OK
03.18.09 - SXSW - Austin, TX
03.19.09 - SXSW - Austin, TX
03.20.09 - SXSW - Austin, TX
03.21.09 - House of Blues - Houston, TX
03.23.09 - Lyric Oxford - Oxford, MS
03.29.09 - Mr. Smalls - Pittsburgh, PA #
04.02.09 - Turner Hall - Milwaukee, WI #
04.03.09 - The Bottom Lounge - Chicago, IL #
04.04.09 - Varsity Theater - Minneapolis, MN #
04.07.09 - The Warehouse - Calgary, AB #
04.08.09 - The Starlight Room - Edmonton, AB #
04.10.09 - The Plaza Nightclub - Vancouver, BC #
04.15.09 - The Boardwalk - Sacramento, CA #
04.16.09 - Slim’s - San Francisco, CA #
04.21.09 - The Clubhouse - Tempe, AZ #
04.24.09 - Gothic Theater - Denver, CO #

* Heartless Bastards headlining
+ Show with The Black Keys
Show with Andrew Bird
# Show with Gaslight Anthem

For more information on Heartless Bastards, please visit:
www.theheartlessbastards.com
www.myspace.com/heartlessbastards