PA indie duo Slingshot Dakota, named one of Alternative Press’ ‘100 Bands You Need to Know in 2012’, will release their new LP Dark Hearts on November 6th. Topshelf Records has launched pre-orders for the new record at: http://www.tsr-store.com/artist/slingshot-dakota.
The vinyl version is limited to 1,000 units (split 200 grey w/ white and black splatter, 300 translucent purple w/ black smoke, and 500 Clear.
A new song titled “Gossip” is premiering today on Filter Magazine’s website. To stream the track head over to: http://goo.gl/J0hcN.
Dark Hearts Tracklist
1) Intro
2) May Day
3) Gossip
4) Disaster
5) Rasta Bacca
6) Never Hear
7) Starting Over
8) Light
9) Living/Dreaming
10) Cassette
11) Words
12) Good Year
Slingshot Dakota’s knack for writing catchy songs paired with their innate ability to do things with their two instruments that most bands can’t do with a standard set up is trumped only by the very real and sincere passion behind it all.
Catch Slingshot Dakota on tour with label mates The World Is A Beautiful Place and I am No Longer Afraid To Die. The trek will start on October 17 in Boston, MA and wraps November 2nd in Montclair, NJ and includes a stop at the Topshelf Records CMJ Showcase presented by AbsolutePunk and Property of Zack in Brooklyn, NY on October 19.
Slingshot Dakota On Tour
Oct 17 Boston MA @ Northeastern UniversityOct 19 Brooklyn NY @ Suburbia (Topshelf CMJ Showcase)
Oct 20 Purchase NY @ SUNY Purchase
Oct 21 Hartford CT @ Webster Underground
Oct 22 Richmond VA @ Strange Matter
Oct 23 Carolinas @ Columbia SC @ Unit One Art Space
Oct 24 Atlanta @ Under The couchOct 25 Gainesville FL @ The Laboratory
Oct 28 Birmingham AL @ The Forge
Oct 31 Washington DC @ Casa Fiesta
Oct 29 Louisville KY @ Nelligan Hall
Oct 30 Akron OH @ It’s a Kling Thing
Nov 1 Philadelphia @ The Barbary
Nov 2 Montclair NJ @ The Meatlocker