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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Announces Intimate Solo Performance in New York City on May 4<sup>th</sup></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">New Album
<i>Await Barbarians</i> to be released on June 17<sup>th</sup> </span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Alexis Taylor</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> is performing a special free solo show in
<b>New York City</b> on Sunday, <b>May 4<sup>th</sup></b>. The intimate event will take place at
<b>Manhattan Inn</b> at 4:30pm where Taylor will debut tracks from his upcoming album
<b><i>Await Barbarians</i></b><i> </i>(<b>Domino</b>) - out on <b>June 17<sup>th</sup></b>.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB">Possessing the same immediacy as his music with
<b>Hot Chip</b> and the adventurousness of his work with About Group, there is a special intimacy to the lyrics of
<b>Alexis Taylor</b>’s <b><i>Await Barbarians</i></b>, a simplicity and candour in his expression of emotion, though the moments of honesty are matched with a sense of humour, playfulness and fun.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCKgYfMVSaI">PRESS HERE</a></span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> to watch a video for the album track “<b>Elvis Has Left The Building</b>”.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB">Await Barbarians</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB"> is a record whose warm tones draw you in, whose sequencing asks of the listener an uninterrupted session of close listening, and whose
sound world reminds us of the pleasures of all that is quiet in music. It<i> </i>
is rich in deep insight and profound feeling, a truly significant album by one of the country’s most continually arresting musicians.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB">Await Barbarians</span></i><span lang="EN-GB">
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">will be available on CD, standard LP and Digital. Copies of the LP purchased through Dom Mart or indie retailers will include a bonus 7” featuring the tracks
<b><i>I Hope</i></b><i> </i>(a Bobby Charles cover), b/w <b><i>Song Of Long</i></b>. Click
<b><a href="http://www.dominorecordco.us/usa/albums/01-04-14/await-barbarians">HERE</a></b> to buy the album through Dom Mart.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB">In addition, Taylor will be part of the all-star line-up in
<b><i>ATOMIC BOMB! The Music of William Onyeabor</i></b><i>, </i>which is a series of performances honouring Nigerian Synth-Funk artists
<b>William Onyeabor</b>. The lineup includes <b>David Byrne</b>, <b>Kele Okereke</b> (Bloc Party), <b>Luke Jenner</b>,
<b>Pat Mahoney</b> (LCD Soundsystem), <b>Devonté Hynes </b>(Blood Orange) <b>The Lijadu Sisters</b>, <b>Money Mark</b>, <b>Joshua Redman</b> and <b>Sinkane</b>. Check out this special show in
<b>New York City</b>, <b>San Francisco</b>, and <b>Los Angeles</b> this May<b>.</b> All dates below.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">May 2 New York, NY @
<a href="http://commerce.bam.org/tickets/production.aspx?pid=8725">BAM Howard Gilman Opera House</a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">May 3 New York, NY @
<a href="http://commerce.bam.org/tickets/production.aspx?pid=8725">BAM Howard Gilman Opera House</a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">May 4 New York, NY @ Manhattan Inn (Solo Performance)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">May 6 San Francisco, CA @
<a href="http://www.axs.com/events/248856/atomic-bomb-the-music-of-william-onyeabor-tickets?skin=warfield">
The Warfield</a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">May 8 Los Angeles, CA @
<a href="http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/09004C64BD036A25?artistid=1975773&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=107&brand=greektheatre&camefrom=cfc_ndrcon_grk">
Greek Theatre</a></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">For more information:
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</span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif"">For more information, contact: Chloe Walsh or Carina Contreras at Press Here Publicity – 323-556-9752 or 212-246-2640 /
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif""><a href="mailto:chloe@pressherepublicity.com" target="_blank"><b>chloe@pressherepublicity.com</b></a> //
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