Altın Gün Embark on North American Tour

ALTIN GÜN BEGIN NORTH AMERICAN TOUR SEPTEMBER 6 CELEBRATING "SONICALLY EXPANSIVE AND BEAUTIFUL" (NPR) NEW ALBUM GARIP OUT NOW VIA ATO RECORDS ALEX MAAS OF THE BLACK ANGELS OPENING SHOWS @ BROOKLYN STEEL, THE ORPHEUM LA & MORE

Photo by Sanja Marusic PRAISE FOR ALTIN GÜN & GARIP “Sonically expansive and beautiful.” NPR Music "Sonic alchemy." SPIN "Traditional music as living blues, still asking timeless questions and still hitting right in the chest." KCRW “Masterfully navigates the balance of historical reverence and forward-looking creativity.” Relix “A thoroughly enjoyable ride." MOJO "A gateway to a universe of some of the most fascinating sounds you’re likely to hear." Spectrum Culture “Contains some of the band’s most endearingly experimental, otherworldly efforts." Far Out “One spin through Garip shows that the band are playing with a little bit more fiery pizazz, making it not just another time-marking installment in their catalog, but a highlight.” AllMusic “Mixing consummate grooves with a rich base of traditional folk music and 1960s psychedelic rock, Altin Gün continue to concoct their own musical genre.” Qobuz Magazine “A 10-song trip through palpable melodies that bend and twist without breaking, allowing the band to reimagine the same tropes they’re looking to uphold.” Glide Magazine

Altın Gün — “Amsterdam’s finest Turkish psych revivalists” (Pitchfork) — are heading out on their North American tour, beginning September 6 in Vancouver and co-presented by Levitation and Desert Daze. The band is hitting major markets across the continent in rooms like Brooklyn Steel and The Orpheum throughout September, taking along Alex Maas of The Black Angels and a co-founder of the Levitation Festival as their opener. Altın Gün is also playing BBC Proms at Royal Albert Hall in London on August 28, more info here. Tickets and all tour dates are here and below. The tour is in celebration of their acclaimed sixth album Garip, which arrived earlier this year via ATO Records. Upon release, the band's vocalist, keyboardist, and bağlama player Erdinç Eçevit talked about Garip on NPR's Weekend Edition, listen here. Watch Altın Gün perform live at Fuji Rock Festival in Japan here. Garip — which translates to "strange, poor, and alone" in English — is a loving tribute to Neşet Ertaş, a beloved icon of Anatolian music who carried the spirit of the ashik folk tradition into the modern era. Ertaş was a gifted singer, lyricist, and bağlama virtuoso who recorded more than 30 albums and wrote hundreds of songs. In reimagining ten Ertaş compositions, Altın Gün carry on his trailblazing spirit — weaving in lush Arabesque string arrangements, bursts of saxophone, glimmering synth balladry, and a fresh surge of tightly wound rock ’n’ roll. Garip  is thus a fitting way to honor a figure as titanic as Ertaş, a work that traces Altın Gün's sonic roots while simultaneously charting an exhilarating path forward. That freewheeling verve and experimental vision of rock and folk music has kept Altın Gün on the cutting-edge of 21st century psychedelic music, leading them to world tours, opening slots for Tame Impala and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Coachella and Primavera festival stages, and even a GRAMMY nomination. TOUR DATES Sept 6 - The Pearl - Vancouver, BC Sept 7 - The Pearl - Vancouver, BC Sept 8 - Showbox Sodo - Seattle, WA Sept 9 - Revolution Hall - Portland, OR Sept 11 - The Regency Ballroom -  San Francisco, CA Sept 12 - The Orpheum Theatre - Los Angeles, CA Sept 15 - Fine Line - Minneapolis, MN Sept 16 - Vic Theatre - Chicago, IL Sept 18 - Danforth Music Hall - Toronto, ON Sept 19 - Théâtre Beanfield - Montreal QC Sept 22 - Big Night Live - Boston MA Sept 23 - Brooklyn Steel - Brooklyn NY Sept 24 - Union Transfer - Philadelphia, PA Sept 25 - Howard Theatre - Washington, DC Sept 26 - Roxian Theatre - Pittsburgh, PA