Blessed to release EP, tour (2016)

Blessed recently announced their upcoming self titled EP will be self-released on May 20, a week into the band’s massive Canadian tour. The Vancouver based post-punk band’s debut is filled with knotted riffs and crushing dynamics, and their new single “Feel” will take you for a wild ride. Blessed use space and structure to their advantage as much as staccato riffs, stampeding drums, and piercing noise. Inspired by art rock past and present, from Can to Ought, Blessed have a sound routed in complexity with a natural sound that digs its own path of art punk brilliance. The band bounce around like a pinball on “Feel” pulling the intensity out from under the listener at the most unexpected of times only to feed to back in blistering riffs and ominous howls.
Catch them live:
05/11 – Revelstoke, BC @ The Drop
05/12 – Calgary, AB @ Broken City
05/13 – Edmonton, AB @ Clint’s House
05/14 – Saskatoon, SK @ Amigo’s
05/19 – Winnipeg, MB @ Sad Boys Club
05/20 – Thunder Bay, ON @ The Apollo
05/21 – Saulte Ste Marie, ON @ The New American
05/22 – Windsor, ON @ Phog Lounge
05/23 – London, ON @ Old East Bar
05/24 – Brampton, ON
05/25 – Hamilton, ON @ This Ain’t Hollywood
05/26 – Guelph, ON @ DSTRCT
05/27 – Toronto, ON @ The Central
05/28 – Montreal, QB @ Poisson Noire
05/29 – Fredericton, NB @ Charlotte Arts Center
05/31 – Saint John, NB @ Callahan’s Pub w/ Casper Skulls
06/01 – Moncton, NB @ Claude’s House w/ Casper Skulls
06/02 – Charlottetown, PE @ Sportsman’s
06/03 – Halifax, NS @ Gus’s Pub
06/04 – Montreal, QC @ Bad Lunch
06/07 – Peterborough, ON @ The Spill
06/08 – Kingston, ON @ The Artel 100%
06/09 – Ottawa, ON
06/10 – Toronto, ON
06/11 – Sudbury, ON @ The Asylum
06/13 – Winnipeg, ON @ The Handsome Daughter
06/14 – Saskastoon, SK @ Barf House
06/16 – Lethbridge, AB
06/17 – Calgary, AB
06/18 – Edmonton, AB @ The Alley
06/25 – Victoria, BC