Dead Trees on tour in support of new effort

The Dead Trees found a home with Milan Records
King Of Rosa will be released November 25

New Tour dates with Little Joy!
NOV 07 - St. Paul, MN - Station Four
NOV 08 - Chicago, IL - Subterranean
NOV 09 - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
NOV 11 - Pittsburgh, PA - Hard Rock
NOV 12 - Philadelphia, PA - Khyber Pass
NOV 13 - New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
NOV 14 - Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's
NOV 16 - Cambridge, MA - TT the Bear's Place
NOV 18 - Washington, D.C. - Black Cat (Backstage)
NOV 20- Smith’s Olde Bar- Atlanta, Georgia
NOV 21- Exit/In- Nashville, Tennessee
NOV 22- Duck Room at Blueburry Hill - St. Louis, Missouri
NOV 24- Jackpot Music Hall - Lawrence, Kansas
NOV 26- The Lounge @ Elm Street - Dallas, Texas
NOV 28- Warehouse Live- Houston, Texas
NOV 29- The Parish -Austin, Texas
NOV 30 - Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom 2nd Stage
DEC 02 - Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
DEC 04 - Scottsdale, AZ - Martini Ranch
DEC 05 - San Diego, CA - H.O.B. - 5th Street Side Stage
DEC 06 - Costa Mesa, CA - Detroit Bar
DEC 07 - Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
DEC 09 - San Francisco, CA - Slim's
DEC 11 - Seattle, WA - (venue TBA)
DEC 12 - Vancouver, BC - (venue TBA)
DEC 13 - Portland, OR - (venue TBA)
DEC 14 - Eugene, OR - (venue TBA)


Who Are The Dead Trees

Matthew, Noah, Tad and Michael began work on what would become the Fort Music EP. They were longtime friends and had played around Boston in various configurations for years. Michael and Noah has recently played with local friends Drug Rug.

When the boys gathered in Dec ’06 to record some new songs of Michael’s there were no grand plans to see through or deadlines to meet. They had an engineer friend and a couple hundred bucks and some notions about maybe making some back to basics rock and roll. Luckily for everyone, that approach seemed to work just fine, and after two weeks in an Allston, MA basement they had Fort Music all wrapped up and, more importantly, were most definitely a band.

Fort Music EP was widely supported through the Coalition Of Independent Music Stores in spring, 2008.

These modest beginnings play out in the The Dead Trees’ music in the best way – there’s no artifice here, not much “production” to speak of, just a bunch of good musicians doing what comes naturally on a batch of deceptively elegant songs. Two guitars, background vocals here and there, a manic drum fill when necessary. It all feels easy and right.

Says Michael: “We don’t deprive any of our songs. They’re like our children, all different and each as important as the next. We’re just borrowing from our heroes and trying to raise a family.”

Since those basement sessions things have happened pretty fast – the band sent some CDs around, and next thing you know The Dead Trees were supporting Albert Hammond, Jr. on a national tour, did The House Of Blues in LA, Webster Hall in NYC, just about burned down the Metro in Chicago, and abandoned a broken down van somewhere in Iowa.

There were showcases at Spaceland and Mercury Lounge and interest at labels was piqued. Now being represented by the management duo of Bryna Gootkind (Melissa Ferrick, Port O’Brien) and Ryan Gentles (The Strokes, Albert Hammond, Jr.), they’ve relocated to Portland, Oregon where they set to work on their debut LP, King Of Rosa.

After signing a Japan-only deal with Japan’s leading indie label Five Many Army, the band was invited to perform at the Summer Sonic Festival in Tokyo and Osaka in the summer of 2008 in support of the upcoming release.

The band plan on touring in support of King Of Rosa throughout the fall/winter of 2008, and into 2009.

Matthew Borg - guitar
Noah Rubin - drums/vocals
Tad Dahlhoff - bass/vocals
Michael Ian Cummings - vocals/guitar