White Lung Announce Summer Tour Dates

[press release] High-energy manic punks, White Lung, are back with their sophomore release, Sorry, this month. Their 2010 debut It's the Evil earned them critical acclaim from CHARTAttack to Maximum Rock n' Roll to Terminal Boredom and their follow-up, Sorry, does not disappoint. Kenneth McCorkell's signature driving, off-kilter riffage paired with Mish Way's snarling and aggressive yet melodic vocals and the hard-hitting rhythmic duo of Grady Mackintosh on bass and Anne-Marie Vassilou on drums amp up White Lung's position from ambassadors to the queens (and king) of Canandian noise rock.

Bowing to the inevitable need for comparison, according to Vice Magazine, "White Lung combine the feral energy of the Germs with the taut, wiry dynamics of the Wipers and have released a string of singles that keep improving in a bewilderingly exponential fashion." Written and recorded nearly simultaneously, Sorry manages to be both raw and complex, thanks to White Lung's focus on cohesive writing.

White Lung will be hitting the road in support of Sorry next month. The band will join Wax Idols on a string of West Coast dates, before meeting up with Ceremony for a week of mid west dates, followed by East Coast and Canadian stops. Look for Sorry to be released May 29th via Deranged Records. Also of note, the band recently released the video for "Take The Mirror" (below).

White Lung on tour:

Jun. 08 Seattle, WA - Rendezvous*
Jun. 09 Portland, OR - The Know*
Jun. 10 Oakland, CA - Ghosttown*
Jun. 11 San Francisco, CA - The Knockout*
Jun. 12 Los Angeles - BIP (650 North Hoover)
Jun. 13 Los Angeles - Felix 54
Jun. 16 Kansas City. MO - Whatever's Clever
Jun. 17 Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop=
Jun. 18 Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge=
Jun. 19 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry=
Jun. 20 Omaha, NE - The Sandbox=
Jun. 21 Denver, CO - Marquis Theater=
Jun. 24 Charlotte, NC - The Milestone
Jun. 25 Richmond, VA - Strange Matter
Jun. 26 Washington, DC - Joint Custody
Jun. 27 Philadelphia, PA - Cloud City
Jun. 28 Brooklyn, NY - Tommys
Jun. 29 East Hampton, NY - The Flywheel
Jul. 1 Moncton, NB - Plan B
Jul. 4 Montreal, QC - Casa Del Popollo
Jul. 5 Ottawa, ON - Babylon
Jul. 10 Saskatoon, ON - Amigos
Jul. 11 Edmonton, ON - New City
Jul. 12 Calgary, ON - Bamboo Room (Melvin's After Party)

*w/ Wax Idols
= w/ Ceremony



Praise For White Lung:

"...a hunk of hot-to-the-touch, hardcore-informed noise that packs 20 years of punk moves into two very ferocious minutes." - Spin


"If Ric Froberg of Hot Snakes, Drive Like Jehu and Obits fame was a woman and was slightly influenced more by hardcore, you'd get White Lung" - Get Bent


"Vancouver post-punk monsters White Lung took the cake with their 2010 epic It's the Evil, claiming the top spot in our Exclaim! Punk Year in Review and cementing themselves as one of the most exciting bands in Canada today." - Exclaim!