L7 have been doing the slow build back to the top for a couple of years.
In 2015, they started with a reunion tour followed by the release of the documentary L7: Pretend We’re Dead. Then, last year, it was the release of two new songs, “Dispatch From Mar-a-Lago” and “I Came Back to Bitch”.
The next step is inevitable as the band puts together a new album, their first since 1999’s Slap Happy, and they’re going to PledgeMusic to help fund the project and with pre-orders. The band said “We’ve had such a blast hanging out, writing, and recording with each other again that we decided to keep the ball rolling. More song ideas have been flowing out of us every time we get together and play, so we’ve decided to make a full length album which we will record this year.”
As with most PledgeMusic campaigns, those giving money and ordering the album will get a number of perks including video updates, limited edition merchandise, signed rarities and, as the band says, “other such bad ass-ery”.
Meanwhile, the band kicks off a national tour tomorrow (April 10) which will see them in New York, Chicago, Boston, Cleveland and many more. The band will be playing festivals worldwide this summer including Download UK, Hell and Heaven Mexico City, ’77 Montreal, Download Madrid and more dates to be announced.
L7 dates
04/10 – Jersey City, NJ – White Eagle Hall
04/11 – Boston, MA – Paradise
04/12 – New York, NY – Brooklyn Steel
04/13 – Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero
04/15 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom
04/16 – Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Club
04/18 – Indianapolis, IN – Vogue
04/19 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
04/20 – Chicago, IL – Metro
04/21 – Detroit, MI – El Club (A John Waters Birthday with L7 & John Waters)
05/27 – Las Vegas, NV – Punk Rock Bowling & Music Festival
06/09 – Leicestershire, UK – Download Festival UK
06/29 – Madrid, Spain – Download Madrid
06/30 – Madrid, Spain – Download Madrid
06/13 – Paris, France – La Cigale
06/15 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Melkweg Amsterdam
06/17 – Berlin, Germany – SO36
06/27 – Zürich, Switzerland – Dynamo Zürich (offiziell)
06/28 – Segrate, Italy – Circolo Magnolia, Punk In Drublic
07/23 – Grand Rapids, MI – Pyramid Scheme
07/24 – Detroit, MI – St. Andrew’s Hall
07/25 – Toronto, ON – The Danforth Music Hall
07/27 – Montreal, Quebec – 77 Festival
10/06 – Glasgow, UK – Garage
12/06 – London, UK – Electric Ballroom
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