Sophie Auster announces US tour dates

SINGER-SONGWRITER SOPHIE AUSTER ANNOUNCES WEST COAST DATES IN SUPPORT OF COEUR DE PIRATE; HEADLINING EAST COAST DATES

The New York Times Praises Her New Album’s “Sultry, Folksy Vocals;” W Magazine Calls It “Soaring”

“If Tom Waits and Billie Holiday were to have a style child, singer-songwriter Sophie Auster would be it,” writesVogue, describing the unique blend of power and glamourthat Auster commands. The Deli likens her music to “a cross between Fiona Apple’s righteous rage and Gillian Welch’s homespun folk yarns…” 

While Auster cites these artists as influences for her songwriting, her music is wholly her own. Her latest album, Dogs and Men (June 9, Out Loud Music), has been called “soaring” (W Magazine). The New York Times praises the album’s “songs that meld sultry, folksy vocals with soul- (and teeth-) baring lyrics” and recently premiered the video for the album’s first single, “Bad Manners.” Sophie Auster will play several shows this fall, including a run of West coast dates supporting Coeur de Pirate. A full itinerary is below.

Produced by Jared Samuel (Cibo Matto, The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, Plastic Ono Band), and written by Auster, Dogs and Men highlights her visceral vocals and heart-wrenching lyrics. “The title represents the two halves of the album,” says Auster. “The subject matter is split in two. Men represent love and heartache, and dogs the more surreal and dreamy side of the album.”

While stylistically Auster resembled the progeny of music icons Waits and Holiday, in truth she is the daughter of writers Paul Auster and Siri Hustvedt. Yet music has always been her passion, beginning at age 8 when she was a choir soloist. At 18, Auster released her self-titled debut on the French label Naïve. While still attending Sarah Lawrence College, Auster spent her school vacations touring and performing at festivals across Europe and South America, eventually landing her, in 2007, on the cover of Spanish Rolling Stone. She has since appeared in Vogue,New Yorker, Elle, Les InRocks, SPIN, Glamour, Velvet, Paper and was featured as one of W’s rising stars.                                             

Sophie Auster US Tour

September 12
New York, NY
Berlin

September 21
Seattle, WA
Neumos (with Coeur de Pirate)

September 22
Portland, OR
Doug Fir Lounge (with Coeur de Pirate)

September 24
San Francisco, CA
Bimbo’s 365 (with Coeur de Pirate)

September 26
Los Angeles, CA
The Troubadour (with Coeur de Pirate)

September 30
New York, NY
Pianos (VH1 Save The Music)

October 17
New York, NY
Rockwood Music Hall (CMJ)

November 5
Brooklyn, NY
Bar Matchless

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