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Relapse signs Primitive Man

Posted by Loren on June 23, 2013

Relapse signs Primitive Man
Relapse signs Primitive Man

Denver-based Primitive Man, who play "blackened doom-sludge" have signed with Relapse Records after releasing Scorn earlier in 2013 via Throatruiner/Mordgrimm Records. The band, formed in 2012 and including members (former and present) of acts Withered, Clinging To The Trees of A Forest Fire, Death of Self, and Reproacher, also self-released an EP in Feb.

They will be touring the US with Reproacher later this summer.

PRIMITIVE MAN Summer Takeover 2013

w/ Reproacher:

7/11/2013 Phil -- s Radiator -- Pueblo, CO
7/12/2013 The Gas Works -- Albuquerque, NM
7/13/2013 Bear Space Collective -- El Paso, TX
7/14/2013 The Trainyard -- Las Cruces, NM
7/15/2013 The Korova Basement -- San Antonio, TX

7/16/2013 Beerland -- Austin, TX
7/17/2013 Bad Granny -- s Bazaar -- Oklahoma City, OK
7/18/2013 Siberia -- New Orleans, LA
7/19/2013 Downtown Music Hall -- Little Rock, AR
7/20/2013 The Owl Farm -- Nashville, TN
7/21/2013 Conundrum Music Hall -- Columbia, SC

7/22/2013 Epic Problem -- Tampa, FL
7/23/2013 Church Hill -- s Pub -- Miami, FL
7/24/2013 Display -- Gainesville, FL
7/25/2013 The Jinx Savannah -- Savannah, GA
7/26/2013 529 -- Atlanta, GA
7/27/2013 Sidebar -- Baltimore, MD

7/28/2013 The Pariah -- Philadelphia, PA
7/29/2013 St. Vitus -- Brooklyn, NY
7/30/2013 Even Flow -- Long Island, NY
7/31/2013 The Party Spot -- -- Boston, MA
8/01/2013 Cherry St. Station -- Wallingford, CT

8/02/2013 Mr. Roboto Project -- Pittsburgh, PA
8/03/2013 Cafe Bourbon St./ The Summit -- Columbus, OH
8/04/2013 Indy's Juke Box -- -- Indianapolis, IN
8/05/2013 TBA -- Chicago, IL
8/06/2013 Medusa -- Minneapolis, MN

8/07/2013 West Wing -- Omaha, NE
8/08/2013 The Meadowlark -- Denver, CO
8/09/2013 The Shredder -- Boise, ID
8/10/2013 The Phat House -- Spokane, WA
8/11/2013 Track House -- Olympia, WA
8/12/2013 The Black Lodge -- Seattle, WA

8/14/2013 Ash St. Saloon -- Portland, OR
8/15/2013 Monstro's Pizza -- Chico, CA

8/18/2013 5 Star Bar -- Los Angeles, CA
8/19/2013 The Dial -- Murrieta, CA
8/20/2013 Favorites -- Las Vegas, NV

8/21/2013 Shred Shed -- Salt Lake City, UT

Relapse signs Primitive Man
Relapse signs Primitive Man

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