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THE WHITE BUFFALO
TO PERFORM “C’MON COME UP COME OUT” FROM ACCLAIMED NEW ALBUM
‘YEAR OF THE DARK HORSE’
ON
“JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!”
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14 AT 11:35PM (ET/PT), 10:35 PM (CT)
ON ABC AND NEXT DAY ON HULU
U.S. HEADLINING TOUR UNDERWAY NOW
ACCLAIMED NEW ALBUM
‘YEAR OF THE DARK HORSE’
AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE ON SNAKEFARM, HERE
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The White Buffalo
The White Buffalo press assets for download: HERE.
Listen/share the new album Year of the Dark Horse, HERE.
“…a superb album.”
--The Alternate Root (November 2022)
LOS ANGELES, CA (December 9, 2022) The White Buffalo will perform the new single “C’mon Come Up Come Out,” next Wednesday, December 14 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Tune-in on Wednesday night (Dec. 14) to watch The White Buffalo, aka Jake Smith and his band perform “C’mon Come Up Come Out” on late-night television for the first time airing at 11:35PM (ET/PT)/10:35PM (CT) on ABC, as well as the following day on Hulu and YouTube.
The White Buffalo’s acclaimed new album Year of the Dark Horse is available worldwide via Snakefarm, HERE. Recorded at Neon Cross studio in Nashville with producer Jay Joyce (Eric Church, Brothers Osbourne, Fidlar)-the 10-track album was and has debuted to critical praise across the globe.
On Year of the Dark Horse, the Emmy-nominated, Oregon-born, and Southern California-bred artist The White Buffalo aka Jake Smith, took the less-traveled path and embarked on a voyage of discovery. Bassist, keyboard player, and guitarist Christopher Hoffee, and drummer Matt Lynott added to the recordings and round out the group on the road.
Year of the Dark Horse which American Songwriter hailed as a “tilt-a-whirl of melting soundscapes,” and a “funhouse of melodies that shapeshift in your ears” is based around the shifting of seasons paralleled with the changes in a relationship. Smith’s evocative storytelling and emotionally weighted songs allow the imagination of the listener to play an important part throughout; the music builds on a tale of debauchery (of the drunken variety) and blame, of love and loss, a life lived against the odds, the whole thing set in one lunar year, following our anti-hero through the highs and lows of the seasons. From highlights “Kingdom For A Fool,” “52 Card Pickup,” and “Donna,” Year of the Dark Horse offers an invigorating and wonderfully unpredictable listen. A collection of 12 musical vignettes individual yet constant in flow, it is The White Buffalo’s most ambitious and well-rounded work to date, with the full scope of Smith’s songwriting craft on view.
The White Buffalo recently premiered videos for three songs off the new album, “Love Will Never Come/Spring’s Song,” “C’mon Come Up Come Out,” and “She Don’t Know That I Lie.” The trio of clips directed by C.W Robert Mihlberger, comprises Act II “Spring into Summer” which is part of--The White Buffalo: Year of the Dark Horse--a companion art film based on the new album. The new videos follow the previously released Act I “Winter into Spring” which includes the videos “Not Today,” “Winter Act 2,” and “Kingdom For A Fool”.
The White Buffalo will launch an East Coast U.S. tour set to kick-off February 10, 2023 in Minneapolis, MN (Fri. Feb 10, Varsity Theater), and then hit Madison, WI (Sat. Feb 11, Majestic Theatre), Chicago, IL (Mon. Feb 13, Chop Shop & 1st Ward), Detroit, MI (Tue. Feb 14, El Club), Cleveland Heights, OH (Wed. Feb 15, Grog Shop), Boston, MA (Fri. Feb 17, Paradis Rock Club), Brooklyn, NY (Sat. Feb. 18, Brooklyn Bowl), Ardmore, PA (Mon. Feb 20, Ardmore Music Hall), and Washington, DC (Tue. Feb 21, Union Stage). The White Buffalo is currently in the midst of the second leg of his U.S. tour now with stops in Missoula (The Wilma Theatre, Fri. Dec. 9), Bozeman (The ELM, Sat. Dec 10), Boise (Knitting Factory, Sun. Dec. 11), Reno (Cargo Concert Hall, Tue. Dec 13), Fresno (Strummer’s, Thur. Dec. 15), San Diego (Observatory-North Park, Fri. Dec. 16), and Santa Ana (The Observatory, Sat. Jan 14).
The White Buffalo will open the show for the legendary Bruce Springsteen in Europe on Sunday, May 21 at Circo Massimo in Rome, Italy, and will perform at Bospop Festival in Weert, the Netherlands on Saturday, July 8. Expect more European dates to be announced soon.
For all tour current dates for The White Buffalo, visit: HERE.
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Critical acclaim from the press continues to come for The White Buffalo’s new album Year of the Dark Horse:
“…Year of the Dark Horse is a big, bold, uncompromising album in which Smith’s almost confrontationally honest lyrics, rich melodies and emotional voice have been given the kind of expansive setting they deserve.“
--The Telegraph (Album of the Week, 5-star review, Nov. 2022)
“Prepare to be amazed, afraid and amused. ‘Year Of The Dark Horse’ is a work of dark, twisted genius.”
--Maximum Volume Music (9 out-of-10 review, November 2022)
“a tilt-a-whirl of melting soundscapes. …a funhouse of melodies that shapeshift in your ears.”
--American Songwriter (November 2022)
“An intoxicating synergy of music, concept and poetry, this is a progressively minded, humane masterwork that, the deeper you dive into the narrator’s world, the more every element resonates in perfect unison. [Year of the Dark Horse] isn’t just Smith’s headphones album, it might actually be his ‘Sgt. Pepper’.”
--Stereoboard (4-1/2 out of 5 star review, November 2022)
“Smith has a deep, warm, dry, sandblasted voice that brings to life the American desert which is perfectly complemented by the lush instrumentation and layered tales unfurling throughout. ‘Kingdom For A Fool’ is particularly beautiful--country-tinged, reveling in loneliness, and building into a kind of wild, existential euphoria--while the western shanty ‘She Don’t Know That I Lie’ could plant its flag between Tom Waits and Nick Cave territory while holding its head high, its deft lyricism more than justifying the cinematic ambitions of the project. ‘Donna,’ meanwhile reinvents ELO’s Mr Blue Sky and fills it with broken glass and thorns. This Dark Horse is a magnificent work of art.”
--Classic Rock, (November 2022)
“The White Buffalo’s most unpredictable and inventive work to date, the most well-rounded, too --surprising, spontaneous, and spectacularly genre resistant. Year Of The Dark Horse: Normal rules do not apply. … Boundary-pushing producer Jay Joyce helps the Americana singer-songwriter spread his wings and fashion his most experimental and sonically adventurous full-length.”
--The Tinnist (November 2022)
“Year of the Dark Horse goes beyond a concept album, it’s almost like a mini musical of the past year of Jake Smith’s life. …a brilliantly written album featuring 12 personal songs. …Smith makes a statement of intent from the first track ‘Not Today’ which boasts a catchy chorus, his strong, gritty vocals accompanied by an explosive production. In conclusion, it’s a bold project from The White Buffalo but one I hope will pay off, it’s innovative, intriguing and captures the imagination.”
--Maverick Country (November 2022)
“Uninhibited in attitude and untethered by genre, The White Buffalo is able to go places other artists just can’t, though the music still mostly comes across as familiar, intuitive, and strangely seamless unto itself, even when he works from rock, to folk, to country, while touching on everything in between. He’ll do a song like the opening track ‘Not Today’ that feels like a progressive form of rock, then a song like ‘She Don’t Know That I Lie’ that is very Tom Waits in style and writing, which quickly transitions to ‘C’mon Come Up Come Out,’ which could be considered folk or country.”
--Saving Country Music (November 22, 2022)
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Above: The White Buffalo new album Year of the Dark Horse cover art.
The White Buffalo photos and assets for download: HERE.
Following is the tracklisting for The White Buffalo’s Year of the Dark Horse:
Year Of The Dark Horse
"Not Today"
"Winter Act 2"
"Kingdom For A Fool"
"Love Will Never Come/Spring’s Song"
"She Don’t Know That I Lie"
"C’mon Come Up Come Out"
"Love Song #3"
"Heart Attack"
"Am I Still A Child"
"52 Card Pickup"
"Donna"
"Life Goes On"
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About The White Buffalo:
A powerful and prolific storyteller through his songcraft, Jake Smith, aka The White Buffalo’s body of work includes prominent song and soundtrack placements in the worlds of TV and Film including the TV series Sons Of Anarchy, This Is Us, Californication, The Punisher, The Terminal List, and the films Shelter, Safe Haven and West of Memphis. The White Buffalo’s dark blues and light Americana-roots-tinged folk provided a soundtrack of tunes for the entire seven season run of the FX original series Sons of Anarchy, which included 11 songs overall. The last song in the series finale for SOA “Come Join The Murder,” earned The White Buffalo his first-ever Emmy-Award Nomination. NPR’s All Songs Considered hailed The White Buffalo as an “amazing storyteller,” the Los Angeles Times added “Smith’s baritone echoes with villains and misfits, drunks, and philistines,” while Classic Rock magazine declared TWB “America’s darkest country/blues export…imagine a blue collar Tom Waits, or Nick Cave pumping gas in a station just off the highway.” The White Buffalo is currently in the midst of a U.S. headlining tour--with more 2023 dates to be announced soon--in support of their new album Year of the Dark Horse, released November 11 on Snakefarm Records, HERE.
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