Since 2015, Sarah Shook and the Disarmers have been one of many preeminent bands within the underground nation punk area, placing out albums that constantly function River Shook’s incisive songwriting matched with infectious melodies.
From North Carolina, Shook began the band with guitarist Eric Peterson, they usually went on to be signed with Bloodshot Information, and later Thirty Tigers, and had Pete Anderson produce the band’s 2022 album Nightroamer. Sarah Shook and the Disarmers gained the Saving Nation Music Album of the 12 months in 2018 for the album Years.
However ever since Eric Peterson took a depart of absence from the band in 2022 to take care of proper arm points, the lineup for Sarah Shook and the Disarmers has been quite frenetic. On Friday (1-17), River Shook introduced that she is formally disbanding The Disarmers after the currently-announced tour to pursue a brand new route within the music enterprise, citing Eric Peterson’s incapability to return to the band as one of many major causes.
“We stored touring and making a number of data, with the concept being that procedures would ultimately enable him to rejoin the band. Sadly, the surgical procedures didn’t absolutely restore Eric’s skill to play the guitar. That is actually tough information to just accept, and it isn’t what we have been anticipating. It isn’t what we have been hoping for,” Shook explains.
Shook goes on to acknowledge the a number of lineup modifications during the last three years, and the way that’s been exhausting for each Shook and followers to maintain up with. As Shook explains, drummer Jack Foster now leaving the band because the longest present member sealed the deal that The Disarmers identify wanted to be retired, particularly after Shook has gone by a lot of her personal private transformations.
“So with Eric’s blessing, I’ve formally determined to disband The Disarmers on June twenty eighth, and radically restructure my future within the music trade,” Shook says.
June twenty eighth occurs to be when Sarah Shook and the Disarmers are scheduled to play The Jackalope Jamboree in Pendleton, OR. This would be the band’s ultimate present after taking part in the remainder of the scheduled dates as a farewell tour.
“I would like my profession to replicate my evolution as an artist and as a human being,” River says. “I’ve taken this band so far as I can, and it’s time for me to begin a model new chapter in my profession. Please hear me once I say there isn’t a single side of this that I take calmly. Clear as day, that is the second for making huge strikes.”
Sarah Shook & The Disarmers Farewell Tour
18 Feb – Neighborhood Theatre – Charlotte, NC
19 Feb – Blue Jay Listening Room – Jacksonville Seashore, FL
20 Feb – Fogartyville Neighborhood Media Arts Heart – Sarasota, FL
22 Feb – Sirius/XM Outlaw Nation Cruise 2025 – Miami, FL
22 Mar – Songbyrd Music Home – Washington, DC
23 Mar – Thunderbird Café & Music Corridor – Pittsburgh, PA
24 Mar – The Winchester – Lakewood, OH
25 Mar – The Magic Bag – Ferndale, MI
26 Mar – The Pyramid Scheme – Grand Rapids, MI
27 Mar – Cactus Membership – Milwaukee, WI
28 Mar – Fitzgerald’s – Berwyn, IL
29 Mar – Turntable – Indianapolis, IN
30 Mar – Whiskey Metropolis’s Liberty Theater – Lawrenceburg, IN
10 Apr – Hoxton Sq. Bar & Kitchen – London, United Kingdom
11 Apr – Change – Bristol, United Kingdom
12 Apr – The Waterfront – Norwich, United Kingdom
13 Apr – The Lodge – Manchester, United Kingdom
14 Apr – The Hug and Pint – Glasgow, United Kingdom
15 Apr – The Angel Microbrewery – Nottingham, United Kingdom
17 Apr – De On line casino – Sint-niklaas, Belgium
18 Apr – Vera – Groningen, Netherlands
19 Apr – Paaspop 2025 – Schijndel, Netherlands
20 Apr – Rotown Rotterdam – Rotterdam, Netherlands
22 Apr – jugend- und bürgerzentrum werden – Essen, Germany
23 Apr – Tøjhuset – Fredericia, Denmark
24 Apr – Kulturhuset Pavillonen Grenaa – Grenaa, Denmark
25 Apr – Posten – Odense C, Denmark
26 Apr – Spillestedet BETA – København, Denmark
27 Apr – Biljardkompaniet – Kristianstad, Sweden
29 Apr – Debaser Hornstulls Strand – Stockholm, Sweden
30 Apr – John Dee – Oslo, Norway
01 Might – Schreibers Storage – Örebro, Sweden
02 Might – Rootsy Dwell Falkenberg – Falkenberg, Sweden
03 Might – Pustervik – Göteborg, Sweden
04 Might – Plan B – Malmö, Sweden
27 Jun – Jackalope Jamboree 2025 – Pendleton, OR
