GRAMMY® Award-nominated sister duo Larkin Poe have announced today’s premiere of “Holy Ghost Fire,” the latest track from their new album, SELF MADE MAN. The track is available now at all DSPs and streaming services.
“Music is a raw power. In tough times, music can galvanize your heart and help you rise above - all you’ve got to do is sing,” says Rebecca Lowell. “’Holy Ghost Fire’ is our anthem dedicated to the healing energy of music.”
SELF MADE MAN arrives Friday, June 12, via the band’s own Tricki-Woo Records; pre-orders are available now, with all pre-orders joined by instant grat downloads of “Holy Ghost Fire” and the album’s acclaimed first single, “She’s A Self Made Man.” Relix premiered the video for “She’s A Self Made Man” earlier in the week.
SELF MADE MAN sees the multi-instrumentalist sister duo, comprised of the Atlanta-bred, Nashville-based Rebecca and Megan Lovell, pushing their music and message towards hitherto unexplored terrain, inspired by their epic world travels yet still powerfully rooted in the creative heritage of their beloved American South. Songs like the gothic gospel “Holy Ghost Fire” manifest a key aspect of the southern tradition, presenting a sense of celebration and renewal amid the common struggles of existence, offering a way to move through trying circumstances.
“She’s A Self Made Man“ arrived earlier this month and is available now at all DSPs and streaming services. With its playfully pointed gender twist, the track both gives the LP its title and serves as an anthem for Larkin Poe, kicking off the proceedings with a big riffed assertion of their current intent and amplified artistic power. An official companion video, directed by Robbie Klein (Florida Georgia Line, Justin Timberlake, Maren Morris), is streaming now via YouTube.
The premiere of “She’s A Self Made Man” was met by immediate critical acclaim, with American Songwriter writing, “Murky blues ooze off chunky riffs, delivering something ominous on ‘She’s a Self Made Man.’ It goes deep. It’s melodious and mucky. It’s a punch to the gut.” CLASH named the “biting, fantastically emphatic new single” as its “Track of the Day,” noting, “Its crunching guitar palette is augmented by flashes of sterling Americana, hearkening to their Nashville base.” Classic Rock declared, “'She’s A Self Made Man’ kicks all kinds of ass. If delta blues had a baby with punk, and raised it on beefy rock’n’roll, it might have turned out like this.”
LISTEN TO “SHE’S A SELF MADE MAN”
WATCH “SHE’S A SELF MADE MAN”
SELF MADE MAN – which follows 2018’s chart-topping, GRAMMY® Award-nominated fourth studio album, VENOM & FAITH – was self-produced by Larkin Poe, like its predecessor, with “our good buddy and engineer” Roger Alan Nichols at his Nashville studio, Bell Tone Recording. From the thunderous power of the album-opening “She’s A Self Made Man,” through the nostalgic “Tears of Blue to Gold” and fierce Chicago blues of “Scorpion,” to the front porch jubilation of “Easy Street,” the album is ambitious in both its eclectic, energetic sound and its resolutely welcoming mission, its universal lyrical approach fueled by tradition, invention, and Larkin Poe’s remarkable ability to touch the hearts and souls of their fellow humans worldwide.
“This is, in a lot of ways, is the first lyrically uplifting record we’ve made,” Megan Lowell says. “People can go through terrible things. People can weather immeasurable sorrow and hard times, and yet we can still come out on the other side, pull ourselves together, and thrive. This record reflects some of the joy and positivity that we ourselves feel and appreciate.”
LARKIN POE TOUR DATES
(INCLUDING RESCHEDULED HEADLINE SHOWS) BELOW:
June
18 - Memphis, TN - Minglewood Hall
19 - Henderson, KY - WC Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival
20 - Winnetka, IL - Winnetka Music Festival
August
2 - Mammoth Lakes, CA - Mammoth Festival Of Beers & Bluesaplooza
12 - North Little Rock, AR - University of Arkansas: Pulaski Technical College
14 - Hamilton, OH – Whimmydiddle
15 - Cockeysville, MD - Hot August Music Festival
16 - Thornton, NH - White Mountain Boogie N Blues Festival
27 - Philadelphia, PA - TLA (Theatre of Living Arts) * new venue
28 - Boston, MA - Royale
29 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
September
8 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent
10 - Los Angeles, CA - Fonda Theatre
21 - Jackson, WY - Center for the Arts
24-27 - Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo
23-27 - Ketchum, ID - Argyros Performing Arts Center
27 - Boise, ID - Treefort Music Fest
October
9 - Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl
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LARKIN POE
SELF MADE MAN
TRICKI-WOO RECORDS
Release date: June 12
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