Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster
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Happy Halloween everyone! We have a travel day today but the home stretch is coming up. Please join us:
Nov 1 – Walla Walla, WA – Billsville West House Shows
Nov 2 – Boise, ID – The Olympic Venue
Nov 3 – Denver, CO – Hi-Dive Denver
Nov 5 – Fayetteville, AR – Smoke and Barrel
New EP out today: it’s a cover and a b-side from the Constant Stranger album sessions and then a b-side from the new album sessions. Next shows:
Oct 25 – Petaluma, CA – Sunny Hill House Show
Oct 26 – Reno, NV – 7th Street Station
Oct 28 – Seattle, WA – Sunset Tavern
Oct 29 – Portland, OR – Liquor Store
Singer-songwriter discovers new voice now that he's sober, in love
I spoke to the Arizona Daily Star about life and music. Next up:
Oct 23 – Santa Cruz, CA – Crepe Place
Oct 24 – San Francisco, CA – Hotel Utah
Oct 25 – Petaluma, CA – Sunny Hill House Show
Oct 26 – Reno, NV – 7th Street Station
Oct 28 – Seattle, WA – Sunset Tavern
tucson.com Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster brings new album to Tucson's Boxyard this weekend.
Take Heart, Take Care
Packing up and leaving on next leg of the tour today. It's all here: http://www.constantstranger.com/
Full band tour kicks back off next week and this time, we're going west. Ticket link in comments.
Oct 15 – Dallas, TX – Wild Detectives
Oct 16 – Austin, TX – Hotel Vegas
Oct 17 – Marfa, TX – Lost Horse Saloon
Oct 18 – Tucson, AZ – Boxyard
Oct 19 – Phoenix, AZ – Yucca Tap Room
Oct 21 – Los Angeles, CA – Gold Diggers
Oct 23 – Santa Cruz, CA – Crepe Place
Oct 24 – San Francisco, CA – Hotel Utah
Oct 25 – Petaluma, CA – Sunny Hill House Show
Oct 26 – Reno, NV – 7th Street Station
Oct 28 – Seattle, WA – Sunset Tavern
Oct 29 – Portland, OR – Liquor Store
Oct 30 – Spokane, WA – The Bartlett
Nov 1 – Walla Walla, WA – Billsville West
Nov 2 – Boise, ID – The Olympic
Nov 3 – Denver, CO – Hi-Dive
Nov 5 – Fayetteville, AR – Smoke and Barrel
Dust Volume Five, Number 10
As tour continues, a lovely review just came in from Justin Cober-Lake at Dusted Magazine. Next leg:
Sept 24 Charleston, SC - The Royal American
Sept 25 Atlanta, GA - 529
Sept 26 Birmingham, AL - Mom's Basement
Sept 27 Jackson, MS - Martin's Downtown
Sept 28 Little Rock, AR - The White Water Tavern
Dusted writes, "Songwriter Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster frames his new album Take Heart, Take Care as the result of an artistic problem. He’d become used to writing dark songs, until he found he was content and had mostly good things to say... His performances rely on his patience — he’s content, remember, but not exuberant... When he sings, “There’s plenty of wonder in this world still to be found,” on the opener, his ease prevents it from sounding like a naïve epiphany. Kinkel-Schuster’s Americana-influenced indie-rock comes carefully constructed, but only to make space for that heart to come through."
Take Heart, Take Care
Wanted to share a bit about my process behind the album 'Take Heart, Take Care' as the tour continues. Dates: http://www.constantstranger.com/
“If you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything at all.”
You’d hear this a lot growing up. And while I always toed the line, I also knew it had to be bu****it. So far as writing songs and making music were concerned, I never gave it any heed, and for a long time writing and performing songs was blunt catharsis for me – “cheaper than therapy,” as the saying goes. It was a way to channel and even, perversely, to conjure sadness, darkness, death, substances, and stupid, wrongheaded love, among other things my younger self found romantic and necessary to slog through.
For the first time, writing these songs and making this record, I found myself in an unfamiliar place. I had, more than anything else, good things to say, and ironically I was unsure of how to say them. I’d spent so long yawping at perceived darkness both real and imagined, internal and external, that I was in a sense starting from scratch, learning to express something good in a way that didn’t feel cheap or silly or disingenuous to me. I remembered something I’d read as a teenager, a quote of Michael Stipe’s, something to the effect of “Happiness just sounds dorky.” While a part me will always feel that’s true, there is another part of me now that knows that this is bu****it, too.
Here I’ve fumbled my way, as always, and of necessity, into a collection of songs that hold a light to the joys and comforts of life not given up on, those that appear over time as we are looking elsewhere, to surprise and delight us when we need them most. Sure, it’s me, so there are glimpses of and nods to the dark, but the dark is not winning anymore. I simply mean to acknowledge its presence. To me, that’s the most fundamental job of songs, of stories, of all art—to be allies, friends, companions, when we need them most and it’s my hope that these songs can do that work in a world that seems to need it.
If you are lucky enough have something good to say, say it. Please. We’ll thank each other, now and later.
Next band shows:
Sept 21 Richmond, VA - Richmond Music Hall at Capital Ale House
Sept 22 Raleigh NC - Neptunes
Sept 23 Savannah, GA - El-Rocko Lounge
Sept 24 Charleston, SC - The Royal American
Sept 25 Atlanta, GA - 529
Sept 26 Birmingham, AL - Mom's Basement
ROUTES & BRANCHES
Thanks to Routes & Branches blog for the thoughtful review and spotting the literary influences.
routesandbranches.blogspot.com Routes & Branches is a blog featuring the very best of americana, alt.country and roots music, authored by Scott Foley.
Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster’s new outlook
Spoke to Connect Savannah about life, music, and the south. Next concerts:
Sept 19 - Brooklyn, NY - ALPHAVILLE.
Sept 20 - York, PA - Kable House Presents
Sept 21 - Richmond, VA - Richmond Music Hall at Capital Ale House
Sept 22 - Raleigh NC - Neptunes
Sept 23 - Savannah, GA - El-Rocko Lounge
connectsavannah.com Musician finds creative spark in being sober
On the road: Sept 12 Bloomington, IN - Blockhouse Bar
Sept 13 Cincinnati, OH - MOTR Pub
Sept 14 Ft. Wayne, IN - Brass Rail
Sept 16 Athens, OH - Casa Nuevo
Sept 17 Baltimore, MD - Club 603
More at www.constantstranger.com
Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster Lets In the Light on ‘Take Heart, Take Care’
No Depression said that 'Take Heart,' Take Care' "eloquently presents an open mind and, of course, an open heart... The poeticism of a Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster song can leave you dumbfounded, listening back more closely to make out all the intricacies in his language. The way he weaves words together is awe-inspiring." Wow, thanks!
My new album is out today on Big Legal Mess Records!
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4022dJTRIX7ZXKodDE5FFn?si=klYwLZm2RbSry48ISM47og
BLM: https://biglegalmessrecords.com/collections/justin-peter-kinkel-schuster
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/take-heart-take-care/1463903257
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Take-Heart-Care-Explicit/dp/B07S28LHNY
My new album 'Take Heart, Take Care,' is out this Friday on Big Legal Mess Records and a full band tour kicks off next week. Hope to see you out there. Tickets via link in comments.
Sept 4 – Oxford, MS – Southside Gallery
Sept 5 – Nashville, TN – Basement
Sept 6 – Indianapolis, IN – LO-FI Lounge
Sept 7 – Davenport, IA – Raccoon Motel
Sept 8 – Madison, WI – Kiki’s House of Righteous Music
Sept 9 – Chicago, IL – SPACE
Sept 10 – St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway
Sept 12 – Bloomington, IN – Blockhouse Bar
Sept 13 – Cincinnati, OH – Motr Pub
Sept 14 – Ft. Wayne, IN – Brass Rail
Sept 16 – Athens, OH – Casa Nuevo
Sept 17 – Baltimore, MD – Club 603
Sept 18 – Washington DC – Songbyrd
Sept 19 – Brooklyn, NY – Alphaville
Sept 20 – York, PA – Kable House
Sept 21 – Richmond, VA – Richmond Music Hall
Sept 22 – Raleigh NC – Neptunes
Sept 23 – Savannah, GA – El Rocko
Sept 24 – Charleston, SC – Royal American
Sept 25 – Atlanta, GA – 529
Sept 26 – Birmingham, AL – Mom’s Basement
Sept 27 – Jackson, MS – Martin’s
Sept 28 – Little Rock, AR – White Water Tavern
Oct 15 – Dallas,TX – Wild Detectives
Oct 16 – Austin,TX – Hotel Vegas
Oct 17 – Marfa,TX – Lost Horse Saloon
Oct 18 – Tucson, AZ – Boxyard
Oct 19 – Phoenix, AZ – Yucca Tap Room
Oct 21 – Los Angeles, CA – Gold Diggers
Oct 23 – Santa Cruz,CA – Crepe Place
Oct 24 – San Francisco,CA – Hotel Utah
Oct 25 – Petaluma, CA – Sunny Hill House Show
Oct 26 – Reno, NV – 7th Street Station
Oct 28 – Seattle, WA – Sunset Tavern
Oct 29 – Portland, OR – Liquor Store
Oct 30 – Spokane, WA – The Bartlett
Nov 1 – Walla Walla, WA – Billsville West
Nov 2 – Boise, ID – The Olympic
Nov 3 – Denver, CO – Hi-Dive
Nov 5 – Fayetteville, AR – Smoke and Barrel
Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster- “Educated Guesses” — New Commute
Thanks to New Commute blog for sharing the "Educated Guesses" music video.
newcommute.net “Educated Guesses” is the latest single and video from Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster’s upcoming full-length record Take Heart, Take Care out August 30th on Fat Possum’s imprint label Big Legal Mess Records. A rough coating of the songwriter’s country-roots patina is feathered onto the new t...
Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster releasing a new LP, touring (stream a track)
Thanks to BrooklynVegan for the post! New album out in a week and full band tour starts September 4.
brooklynvegan.com Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster fronts Water Liars, is one half of Marie/Lepanto with Will Johnson (Centro-matic), and is also an active solo artist who plans to release his new album 'Take Heart, Take Care' on August 30 via Fat Possum imprint Big Legal Mess Records...
Second single from Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster's new album 'Take Heart, Take Care.' Out everywhere August 30th on Big Legal Mess Records. Tour dates near you start Sept 4.
Friend of Mine
The first single from the new album on Big Legal Mess Records is live on Spotify. LP preorder: https://biglegalmessrecords.com/products/take-heart-take-care
open.spotify.com Friend of Mine, a song by Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster on Spotify
Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster's cover photo
Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster