Ohio
riff dealers, LO-PAN, will take to the streets next month on a near
two-week Northeastern run of live dates. Kicking off on March 12th in Detroit,
Michigan at Berserker II alongside Poison Idea, Iron Reagan, Incantation, Full
Of Hell and many others, the NxNe Tour 2015 will trounce eleven cities, coming
to a close on March 22nd in Columbus, Ohio. The band will be joined by Detroit
rockers, Against The Grain. From there LO-PAN will take a
short breather before crossing the Atlantic for a European expedition that will
see the band level the stage of Roadburn, Desert Fest, Asymmetry Fest and more
with psyche peddlers, Abrahma, and psychedelic war metallers, Black Pyramid,
sharing the stage on select dates.
LO-PAN will
be touring in support of their critically heralded Colossus long
player, released last Fall via Small Stone. Produced and engineered by Andrew
Schneider (Unsane, Rosetta, East Of The Wall et al) at his own Translator Audio
Studio in Brooklyn, New York and named for an ancient statue of the Greek
titan-god of the sun, Helios, the record continues to raise the eyebrows of
fans and media globally.
Sputnik
Music dubs Colossus, "an essential heavy rock album,"
further enthusing, "The ultra-heavy fourth album of Columbus luminaries LO-PAN certainly
lives up to its title, bludgeoning the listener with a cavalcade of gargantuan
riffs from the ground up... the quartet tread a fine line between the
technicality of Tool and the sheer riff-power of Swedish stoner rock
heavyweights Dozer, while succumbing to both bands' penchant for infectious
motifs." Verbicide opined, "Not only do they bring the rock to the
world of stoner rock, they are also master craftsmen, knowing how to write
classic-sounding tunes," while Hellride notes, "Like the real-life
manifestations of the album's title, LO-PANare giants walking the
earth and Colossus will leave a heavy footprint in the mind of
anyone who hears it. Rarely will getting stepped on sound so good."
Elsewhere the feelings ricochet. The Sleeping Shaman calls Colossus,
"a fantastic album," asserting, "if you're into powerful,
driving, stoner influenced heavy rock that is big on riffs and melodies and gut
punching grooves then this album will thrill you," Rockandrollfables.com
gushes, "If Torche and Roadsaw had a baby, the resulting bouncing baby boy
would be Ohio's LO-PAN. Take those sludgy riffs and clean vocals
that bring to mind Roadsaw's Craig Riggs and you have the recipe for something
great...a monumentally monolithic masterpiece from start to finish," while
The Obelisk notes, "...where their last full-length, 2011's Salvador,
was a pinnacle for their songwriting's blend of fluid groove, soulful vocals
and memorable tracks, Colossus reaps the reward of all their
touring in pushing LO-PAN's methods even further. So it's a meaner,
more precise LO-PAN this time around."
LO-PAN
NxNe Tour 2015 w/ Against The Grain:
3/12/2015
The Loving Touch - Berserker II - Detroit, MI [info]
3/13/2015
Grog Shop - Cleveland, OH
3/14/2015
The Lost Horizon - Syracuse, NY
3/15/2015
TT The Bear's - Boston, MA
3/16/2015
Wonder Bar - Asbury Park, NJ
3/17/2015
The Depot - York, PA
3/18/2015
Saint Vitus - Brooklyn, NY
3/19/2015
Kung Fu Necktie - Philadelphia, PA
3/20/2015
The Pinch - Washington, DC
3/21/2015
31st Street Pub - Pittsburgh, PA
3/22/2015
Spacebar - Columbus, OH
w/
Abrahma:
4/09/2015
Mudd Club - Strasbourg, FR
4/10/2015
Paunchy Cats - Lichtenfels, DE
4/11/2015
Rare Guitar - Munster, DE
4/12/2015
Roadburn - Tilburg, NL
4/14/2015
Black Sheep - Montepellier, FR
4/15/2015
Maravillas Club - Madrid, ES
4/16/2015
Rocksound - Barcelona, ES
4/17/2015
Helldorado - Vitoria, ES
4/18/2015
Le Volume - Nice, FR
4/19/2015
TBA - IT
4/20/2015
Altraquando Club - Zero Baranco, IT
4/21/2015
Orange House - Munich, DE
w/
Black Pyramid:
4/23/2015
Desertfest - Berlin, DE
4/24/2015
Romer - Bremen, DE
4/25/2015
Desertfest - London, UK
4/28/2015
Sedel - Lucerne, CH
4/2/20159
Gaswerk - Winterthur, CH
4/30/2015
Das Bett - Frankfurt, DE
5/01/2015
Schaubude - Kiel, DE
5/02/2015
Asymmetry Fest - Wroclaw, PL
Colossus is
out now via Small Stone Recordings. Order your copy today at THIS LOCATION.
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