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Author & Punisher jump to Relapse

Posted by Loren on March 17, 2017

Author & Punisher jump to Relapse
photo by Thomas Mazerolles

Tristan Shone's solo project Author & Punisher is coming to Relapse Records.

With five releases under his belt already, including a band new EP here, Author & Punisher will release a full-length on Relapse due in early 2018.

AUTHOR & PUNISHER TOUR DATES:

Mar 24 Vancouver, BC The Astoria
Mar 25 Portland, OR Ash Street Saloon
Mar 27 Seattle, WA Barboza
Mar 30 San Francisco, CA Thee Parkside *
Mar 31 Oxnard, CA Oxnard Club Fallout
Apr 01 Los Angeles, CA The Complex *

* w/ Sanford Parker and Bruce Lamont

Apr 07 Brussels, BE Apr
Apr 08 Antwerp, BE Het Bos
Apr 09 Utrecht, NL dB’s
Apr 11 Cologne, DE Underground
Apr 12 Dresden, DE Chemiefabrik
Apr 13 Berlin, DE Droneburg
Apr 14 Hamburg, DE Droneburg
Apr 15 Manchester, UK Fat Out
Apr 17 London, UK Underworld
Apr 23 Tilburg, NL Roadburn Festival
Apr 24 Paris, FR Espace B
Apr 25 Clermont-Ferrand, FR Raymound Club
Apr 27 Bologna, IT Freakout Club
Apr 28 Milano, IT Ligera
Apr 29 Rome, IT Acrobax

Author & Punisher jump to Relapse
photo by Thomas Mazerolles

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