These are the last days of Pattern Is Movement. Twenty-two years after Andrew Thiboldeaux and Christopher Ward met in their hometown of Philadelphia — and thirteen years since their first show — the duo has officially announced the conclusion of the band.
Pattern Is Movement’s era gave way to four critically-acclaimed albums (including 2014’s eponymous Pattern Is Movement), a playful entourage of singles and covers (time to revisit D’Angelo and Beyoncé), and years of passionate and near-iconic side-by-side live shows with Ward on drums and Thiboldeaux on Rhodes, synth, bass, and vocals. They joined the stage with a spectrum of bands that, like Pattern Is Movement, both defied and defined what it meant to create and perform music at the turn of this century: The Roots, Shudder to Think, John Vanderslice, Wye Oak, and St. Vincent (as Annie Clark’s first backing band in 2006 and again as a tourmate in 2008). Pattern Is Movement bloomed on the vines of R&B, Hip Hop, Rock, and Gospel that wrapped around them and the city of Philadelphia — where they will play their last show on June 20, 2015.
And they are celebrating all the way there. Pattern Is Movement have announced a complete farewell tour, a Shaking Through session airing in mid-May, and a brand new song out on Joyful Noise’s 2015 Flexi Disc Series. Pattern Is Movement’s longtime label Hometapes will also be re-presenting Pattern Is Movement’s discography and the vast universe of media surrounding it, from album art to remixes to videos and more.
6/04/15 – Charlotte, NC @ Snug Harbor
6/05/15 – Raleigh, NC @ Kings
6/06/15 – Athens, GA @ Caledonia
6/08/15 – Rock Island, IL @ Rozz-Tox
6/09/15 – St. Louis, MO @ The Firebird
6/10/15 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall *
6/11/15 – Indianapolis, IN @ Joyful Noise
6/12/15 – Lexington, KY @ Cosmic Charlie’s
6/13/15 – Columbus, OH @ Double Happiness
6/14/15 – Buffalo, NY @ The Ninth Ward
6/15/15 – New Haven, CT @ Cafe Nine
6/17/15 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
6/18/15 – Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right
6/19/15 – Providence, RI @ Columbus Theatre
6/20/15 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s #
* w/ Maps and Atlases
# w/ Norwegian Arms, Dream Safari
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