Andrew Jackson Jihad release new album and tour

Andrew Jackson Jihad have announced the release of their fourth studio album, Knife Man, on September 20 via Asian Man Records.

At their core, Andrew Jackson Jihad is a band made up of a social worker and a gravedigger. Starting in 2004 and hailing from Phoenix, Arizona, these two men have been making music that attempts to understand and explain human nature. The music focuses on the horrid and beautiful ways that people treat each other, as well as the possibility that one day we will be able to reconcile this.

Typically playing live as a two-person band (Sean Bonnette: guitar, vocals. Ben Gallaty: upright bass, vocals), Andrew Jackson Jihad’s show is a cathartic experience that invites the audience to sing along. With the energy of a punk band, they blaze through song after song, stopping occasionally to interact with their audience. Their lyrics are tragic yet humorous, crass yet intelligent, heartbreaking yet uplifting. One listener has described the music as “sad in the key of happy.”

Their new album, Knife Man, is a record about love, poverty, violence, luck, discrimination, homelessness and Phoenix, Arizona. Recorded by their longtime engineer jalipaz at audioconfusion, Andrew Jackson Jihad formed an Arizona all-star band, borrowing members from ROAR, Doth, French Quarter, Swell… Adios, and Malakai. The Knife Man sessions have yielded Andrew Jackson Jihad’s most cohesive and driving album yet.

Andrew Jackson Jihad has played shows with The Gaslight Anthem, Xiu Xiu, Titus Andronicus, Against Me!, and Deer Tick among many others. They are about to embark on a six-week full U.S./ full Canada tour as the main support act for Frank Turner.

Knife Man Tracklisting:
1. The Michael Jordan of Drunk Driving
2. Gift of the Magi 2: Return of the Magi
3. American Tune
4. Back Pack
5. Distance
6. Fucc the Devil
7. Hate, Rain on me
8. If you have Love in your Heart
9. No One
10. Sad Songs (intermission)
11. Zombie by the Cranberries by Andrew Jackson Jihad
12. People II 2: Still Peoplin’
13. Sorry Bro
14. Skate Park
15. Free Bird
16. Big Bird

Tour Dates:
Sept 20 - Danbury, CT - Heirloom Arts Theater
Sept 21 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
Sept 22 - Millvale, PA - Mr Smalls
Sept 23 - Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
Sept 24 - Richmond, VA - Canal Club
Sept 25 - West Colombia, SC - New Brookland Tavern
Sept 27 - Orlando, FL - The Social
Sept 28 - Gainesville, FL - Double Down
Sept 29 - Ft. Laouderdale, FL - Culture Room
Sept 30 - Tampa, FL - Crowbar
Oct 1 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
Oct 3 - Austin, TX - Emo’s
Oct 4 - Dallas, TX - The Loft
Oct 5 - Oklahoma City, OK - Conservatory
Oct 6 - Kansas City, MO - The Record Bar
Oct 7 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theater
Oct 8 - Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad
Oct 10 - Phoenix, AZ - Rhythm Room
Oct 11 - Pomona, CA - Glass House
Oct 12 - San Diego, CA - Soma
Oct 13 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theater
Oct 14 - San Francisco, CA - Slim’s
Oct 15 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater
Oct 16 - Seattle, WA - Neumos
Oct 17 - Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Caberet
Oct 19 - Edmonton, AB - Starlite Room
Oct 20 - Calgary, AB - Republik
Oct 21 - Regina, SK - The Exchange
Oct 22 - Winnipeg, MB - West End Cultural Center
Oct 23 - Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock
Oct 25 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall
Oct 26 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge
Oct 27 - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
Oct 28 - Toronto, ON - The Phoenix
Oct 29 - Montreal, QC - Corona
Oct 30 - Ottawa, ON - Maverick’s
Oct 31 - Quebec City, QC - Cercle
Nov 2 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East
Nov 3 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
Nov 4 - Philadelphia, PA - Theater of Living Arts

For More Information:
http://www.andrewjacksonjihad.com/
http://www.andrewjacksonjihad.tumblr.com
https://www.facebook.com/andrewjacksonjihad
http://twitter.com/ajjtheband
http://www.myspace.com/andrewjacksonjihad
http://www.asianmanrecords.com/