New fun :: “Walking The Dog”
Back in May I went and saw the new band incarnation of Nate Ruess (frontman from The Format). They’re called “fun” and they certainly were – a shimmering, enthusiastic, multi-instrumental explosion of joy. With members of Anathallo and Steel Train, fun is gearing up to continue the goodness where The Format left off.
Nate’s got a marvelous theatrical voice that rises to the top of any songs he sings over. The Format were one of my favorite pop bands (and one of the best live shows) of my last 5 years, and I was sorry to see them break up.
The good news is, half the genius of Format lives on in fun (minus Sam Means, sadly) and GET THIS, PEOPLE: Nate sings a few Format songs during fun’s sets (like the colossal singalong of “The First Single”!!). I won’t deny how deeply good it felt to sing along with those again at the very top of my lungs. I thought I’d never hear them again live.
Fun just announced a bunch of Fall tour dates, and released a new song. It’s shiny and ebullient, loaded with feel-good “na na na naaaaa!”s. The full-length debut album Aim & Ignite comes out August 25th on Nettwerk.
Escucha:
FUN FALL TOUR DATES:
With Hello Goodbye
August 14th Chic’s El Paso, TX
August 15th Launchpad Albuquerque, NM
August 16th Club Congress Tucson, AZ
August 18th Club Karma Victorville, CA
August 19th Chain Reaction Anaheim, CA
August 19th Chain Reaction Anaheim, CA
August 21st Velvet Jones Santa Barbara, CA
August 23rd Stockton Empire Theatre Stockton, CA
August 25th Chop Suey Seattle, WA
August 26th Hawthorne Theatre Portland, OR
August 27th The Boardwalk Orangevale, CA
Headline Tour
September 8th Kilby Court Salt Lake City, UT
September 9th Club 156 Boulder, CO
September 11th Shelter Detroit, MI
September 12th Intersection Grand Rapids, MI
September 13th Water St. Rochester, NY
September 15th Northstar Philadelphia, PA
September 16th Great Scott Boston, MA
September 17th Mercury Lounge New York, NY
September 18th Jammin Java Vienna, VA
September 20th Drunken Unicorn Atlanta, GA
September 22nd Rocketown Nashville, TN
September 23rd Firebird St, Louis, MO
September 24th Schuba’s Chicago, IL
September 25th Triple Rock Minneapolis, MN