Savannah, GA based rock band Passafire will release their fourth studio album, Start From Scratch, on September 20th via their newly formed, FlameGuy Records. Currently performing on the Vans Warped Tour, Passafire has premiered the title track from the new album and we have it available for stream. Passafire has also announced they will kick off their “Start From Scratch Fall Tour” with special guests, Jimkata, in September in support of the new album.
Passafire spent the beginning of 2011 in El Paso, TX where they recorded new album Start From Scratch with producer Paul Leary (guitarist for Butthole Surfers and producer for Sublime and Meat Puppets). For their fourth album, the band explored their roots and broadened their horizons further than ever before, incorporating new sounds and ideas within the music.. They have been seen live, playing a ton of new songs off their new album including album titled track “Start From Scratch”, “Trainwreck”, “Dimming Sky” and a song that may have been called “Rubber Bands”.
“This album represents a new era of Passafire music in that it digs deeper into what we have only scratched the surface of so far in the studio,” says Bowne. “We got to elaborate on our ideas of incorporating electronic and acoustic sounds surrounding the core style we have already established. Fans can expect a few acoustic “slow jam ballads” as well as a few new up-beat rockers that push the boundaries of Passafire’s hard rock side. The lyrics are playful, insightful, and carefully placed. Once again we have managed to make a record with no profanity which, I think, helps to push it out toward a broader audience. There are songs with stories behind them and songs written like abstract pieces of art. It’s a good variety of slow and fast paced stuff with a good amount of synths and acoustic.” -Ted Bowne of Passafire
Passafire just recently released their single Start From Scratch and you can listen to it by pressing play below…
Start From Scratch by adamant-records
No strangers to the road, Passafire has performed with a variety of acts like 311, Toots and the Maytals, Matisyahu and The Wailers over the years, honing their craft and assembling a swell of grass roots support along the way. The band is currently on the Vans Warped Tour and will kick off their “Start From Scratch Fall Tour” in September.
Passafire/Warped Tour Dates:
July 19 @ Marcus Amphitheatre. Milwaukee, WI
July 20 @ Blossom Music Center. Cuyahoga Falls, OH
July 21 @ Susquehanna Bank Center. Camden, NJ
July 22 @ First Niagara Pavilion. Burgettstown, PA
July 23 @ Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Uniondale, NY
July 24 @ Monmouth Park Raceway. Oceanport, NJ
July 26 @ Meriwether Post Pavilion. Columbia, MD
July 27 @ Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach. Virginia Beach, VA
July 28 @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. Charlotte, NC
July 29 @ Central Florida Fairgrounds. Orlando, FL
July 30 @ Cruzan Amphitheatre. West Palm Beach, FL
July 31 @ Vinoy Park. St. Petersburg, FL
Aug 1 @ Aaron’s Amphitheater at Lakewood. Atlanta, GA
Aug 2 @ Riverbend Music Center. Cincinnati, OH
Aug 3 @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. Maryland Heights, MO
Aug 4 @ Westfair Fairgrounds Council. Bluffs, IA
Aug 5 @ Invesco Field at Mile High. Denver, CO
Aug 6 @ Ashley Furniture Homestore Pavilion. Salt Lake City, UT
Aug 7 @ Ashley Furniture Homestore Pavilion. Phoenix, AZ
Aug 9 @ Cricket Amphitheatre. San Diego, CA
Aug 10 @ Cal State Dominguez Hills. Carson, CA
Aug 11 @ Sleep Train Amphitheater. Marysville, CA
Aug 12 @ Idaho Center Amphitheatre. Nampa, ID
Aug 13 @ The Gorge Amphitheatre. George, WA
Aug 14 @ Washington County Fairgrounds. Hillsboro, OR
Sept 14 @ Soapbox. Wilmington, NC
Sept 15 @ The Jewish Mother. Virginia Beach, VA
Sept 16 @ Java. Vienna, VA
Sept 17 @ Java. Vienna, VA
Sept 18 @ Ziggy’s. Tavern Winston-Salem, NC
Sept 20 @ Pisgah. Black Mountain, NC
Sept 21 @ Double Door. Charlotte, NC
Sept 22 @ Pourhouse. Charleston, SC
Sept 23 @ Blackwater Music Festival. Live Oak, FL
Sept 24 @ Guanabanas. Jupiter, FL
Sept 25 @ Local 662. St. Petersburg, FL
Sept 27 @ 5 Points–Columbia, SC
Sept 28 @ Pour House. Raleigh, NC
Sept 29 @ 8X10. Baltimore, MD
Sept 30 @ Hard Rock. Philadelphia, PA
Oct 2 @ Middle East. Cambridge, MA
Oct 4 @ Rex Theatre. Pittsburgh, PA
Oct 5 @ Cambridge. Cleveland, OH
Oct 6 @ Basement. Columbus, OH
Oct 7 @ Pike. Pontiac, MI
Oct 8 @ Sub T. Chicago, IL
Oct 9 @ Knickerbockers. Ames, IA
Oct 11 @ Knickerbockers Lincoln, NE – Knickerbockers