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Night Riots Post “Break” Vignette

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Night Riots has announced an upcoming tour. Dates are below. Watch the eerie vignette for “Break,” off their EP Howl, out now via Sumerian Records, here. The EP was produced by Eric Palmquist (Bad Suns, Trash Talk, Waaves, Mars).

Night Riots is Travis Hawley (Lead Vocals/Synth), Nick Fotinakes (Guitar), Matt DePauw (Guitar), Mikel Van Kranenburg (Bass) and Rico Rodriguez (Drums).

Upcoming Tour Dates (Additional Dates TBA):
Feb 19: Rickshaw Stop – San Francisco, CA (Popscene)
Feb 20: Slo Brew – San Luis Obispo, CA
Feb 21: B-Ryders – Bakersfield, CA
Feb 26: Kilby Court – Salt Lake City, UT
Feb 27: Marquis Theater – Denver, CO
Feb 28: The Black Sheep – Colorado Springs, CO
Mar 02: recordBar – Kansas City, MO
Mar 03: The Demo – St. Louis, MO (w/ DRAEMINGS)
Mar 05: Reggie’s Rock Club – Chicago, IL (w/ DRAEMINGS)
Mar 06: Madison Live – Covington, KY (w/ DRAEMINGS)
Mar 08: Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA (w/ DRAEMINGS)
Mar 09: The Studio at Webster Hall – New York, NY (w/ DRAEMINGS)
Mar 11: Empire – Springfield, VA (w/ DRAEMINGS)
Mar 16: George’s Majestic Lounge – Fayetteville, AR (w/ Pianos Become The Teeth)
Mar 22: Launchpad – Albuquerque, NM (w/ DRAEMINGS)
Mar 24: Pub Rock – Scottsdale, AZ
Mar 25: House of Blues (Voodoo Room) – San Diego, CA (w/ DRAEMINGS)

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Night Riots Streaming “Break”

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SoCal hard rockers Night Riots are streaming “Break”, off their forthcoming EP Howl, out January 20, 2015 via Sumerian Records, here.

About the inspiration behind the new single, Night Riots’ frontman Travis Hawley explains,

” ‘Break’ was inspired by a friend’s drink getting spiked with a hallucinogenic drug at a party. It made me start to realize that not all people are good, and we have to keep our wits with us and our guard up with who we surround ourselves with.”

Produced by Eric Palmquist (Bad Suns, Trash Talk, Waaves, Mars Volta), Howl was written while the band was touring in promotion of their 2013 EP release, Young Lore.

“We escaped and hit away at Palmquist Studios with our producer [Eric Palmquist], driving out our demons, exploring them and channeling the stories into our music. We pushed ourselves harder than we ever have before to break free of any creative boxes we had surrounded ourselves with in the past. What we came up with were songs written for the night. They are songs for driving at dusk through the desert or for lightless back roads with the moon coming through the trees. They are stories of life’s yearning and acceptance along with the duality of life… that without darkness there is no light.”

Howl EP Tracklisting:
01. Oh My Heart
02. Contagious
03. Holsters
04. Break
05. Shine
06. Follow You

Night Riots is Travis Hawley (Lead Vocals/Synth), Nick Fotinakes (Guitar), Matt DePauw (Guitar), Mikel Van Kranenburg (Bass) and Rico Rodriguez (Drums). For more info, please visit: .

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