Singer-Songwriter Gabriel Mintz Announces Tour In Support Of "Volume One"

Singer-songwriter Gabriel Mintz is gearing up for a spate of Seattle-area shows in July before traversing the Southeast in August on a co-bill with his cousin Adam Klein, a singer-songwriter who runs Cowboy Angel Music in Athens, GA. Mintz is touring in support of his newest album, "Volume One," which was released this past spring.

Gabriel Mintz has a need to write songs. Lots of them. It's like blood or breathing. From his West Village days on Bleeker Street to his Greyhound Bus desert individuations, Mintz has written more than a hundred songs that tell of characters and sketched out scenes. Vocals are a gangly call. Dirtied, but on. Closer to the mic, his lower register becomes unashamed of its beauty. He's roots type Americana-leaning with a warm spatial drone.

Capturing this sublime aridness, Mintz released "Volume One" this spring. It documents his first full-length foray and it's an adventurous one.

Anchoring Gabriel's visceral ruminations are Trent Moorman (Head Like A Kite) on drums and producer Geoff Stanfield (Sun Kil Moon) on bass who both recently joined him for a four-song live session at Seattle's world-famous KEXP studios. The radio station's Morning Show host/producer John Richards quipped "This new Gabriel Mintz is pretty stunning stuff, emotional & beautiful music."

This tastemaker endorsement joined lofty accolades from the cities' leading publications including Seattle Weekly, SOUND Magazine and the Stranger. Also on board is GIVE Seattle, a thirty-plus business and non-profit collective initiated by Seattle coffee roaster Caffe Vita whom hand-selected the song "Safeway" for their 2009 "Best-of" compilation benefitting Arts Corps, Seattle's largest nonprofit arts educator and a pipeline to local area foodbanks. Alongside Mintz, the GIVE Seattle compilation features artists such as Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie, Fleet Foxes and Visqueen.

TOUR DATES

• July 16 - High Dive, Seattle, WA (w/ Curious Mystery)
• July 29 - Can Can, Seattle, WA
• Aug 04 - Sunset, Seattle WA (w/ Dudley Saunders)
• Aug 19 - The Crocodile, Seattle WA (w/ Kate Tucker)
• Aug 21 - Wonder Root, Atlanta GA (w/ Adam Klein)
• Aug 23 - Lexington Ave Brewery, Asheville NC (w/ Adam Klein)
• Aug 24 - WDVX Blue Plate Special, Knoxville, TN (w/ Adam Klein)
• Aug 24 - Acoustic Coffee House, Johnson City TN (w/ Adam Klein)
• Aug 26 - The Cave, Chapel Hill NC (w/ Adam Klein)
• Aug 27 - The White Mule, Columbia SC (w/ Adam Klein)
• Aug 28 - Flicker, Athens GA (w/ Adam Klein)

GABRIEL MINTZ
VOLUME ONE

1. Western Days
2. Sofa Bed
3. Desert Sky
4. Spinning
5. Firefly
6. Safeway
7. Miles High
8. Atom Bomb
9. Excitement Shows
10. Stanfry (Bonus track)