Due to the current global crisis surrounding COVID-19, Bent Knee has decided to postpone next month’s “You Know What They Mean” tour. We're so sad we won't be out playing for you this April, and we apologize to those who have already made travel plans. Please stay safe, and let’s make it extra special once we get these shows rescheduled.
"You Know What They Mean" Tour Dates /
I’m excited for this one — it’s been nearly two years since Bent Knee went on a headlining run in the US. Tour dates below. Tickets at bentkneemusic.com/tour.
4.1 Vienna VA @ Jammin' Java
4.2 Baltimore MD @ Metro Gallery
4.3 Philadelphia PA @ MilkBoy
4.4 Boston MA @ Brighton Music Hall
4.5 Brooklyn NY @ Saint Vitus
4.6 Montréal QC @ l'Escogriffe
4.8 Toronto ON @ Velvet Underground
4.9 Lakewood OH @ The Foundry
4.10 Ann Arbor MI @ The Blind Pig
4.11 Chicago IL @ Sleeping Village
4.12 Nashville TN @ The End
4.14 Atlanta GA @ Vinyl
4.15 Carrboro NC @ Cat's Cradle
4.16 Richmond VA @ Richmond Music Hall
4.17 Asbury Park NJ @ Wonder Bar
Leprous "Pitfalls" Collaboration /
I’m extremely honored to have taken part in the creation of Pitfalls, Leprous’ gorgeous new album, collaborating with Raphael Weinroth-Browne on the strings. Listen at leprousband.lnk.to/Pitfalls.
New Bent Knee Album + Fall Tour Dates /
Bent Knee’s fifth studio album You Know What They Mean is out now. It’s a new direction for the band, the culmination of a tumultuous 2018, written “from the waist down” as a mentor suggested before production began. I'm incredibly proud of how we've evolved, sonically and otherwise, over the past decade. Listen at bent-knee.lnk.to/YouKnowWhatTheyMean and watch the new video for Catch Light at youtu.be/ACk8LBO-C3A.
There have been a number of insightful, though-provoking reviews since the record came out, but my favorite thus far comes from Heavy Blog Is Heavy:
"In these days, when much of mainstream music (whether metal, rock or pop) seems infatuated with the stripped back, the distant, the cold, the marketable, and the ironically disengaged, Bent Knee are a veritable whirlwind of honesty and daring. 'You Know What They Mean' is, somehow, both their largest and smallest album, channeling the bursts of grandiose, emotional candor, and sheer musicality that has always made the band tick into one of the most energetic releases of their career and, indeed, their genre. It is, simply put, a joy to listen to, to scream to, to cry to, and to dance to. Get on it." shorturl.at/fqsz8
To support the album, we’ll be hitting the road with Thank You Scientist and The Tea Club. Tour dates below. Tickets available at bentkneemusic.com/tour.
10.14 Boston MA | Great Scott
11.7 Rochester NY | Montage Music Hall
11.8 Akron OH | Musica
11.9 Grand Rapids MI | The Pyramid Scheme
11.10 Chicago IL | Beat Kitchen
11.12 Minneapolis MN | 7th St Entry
11.13 Iowa City IA | Gabe's
11.14 St Louis MO | Firebird
11.15 Lawrence KS | The Bottleneck
11.16 Denver CO | Globe Hall
11.17 Salt Lake City UT | Urban Lounge
11.19 Seattle WA | Columbia City Theater
11.20 Vancouver BC | The Rickshaw Theatre
11.21 Portland OR | Dante’s
11.22 Sacramento CA | Holy Diver
11.23 San Jose CA | The Ritz
11.24 Los Angeles CA | Bootleg Theater
11.25 Santa Ana CA | Constellation Room
11.27 Scottsdale AZ | Pub Rock Live
11.29 Austin TX | Empire Control Room
11.30 Dallas TX | Three Links
12.1 Houston TX | White Oak Music Hall
12.3 Atlanta GA | The Masquerade
12.4 Tampa FL | Crowbar
12.5 Charlotte NC | The Social
12.6 Greenville NC | The State Theater
12.7 Richmond CA | Canal Club
12.8 Washington DC | Union Stage
12.10 Pittsburgh PA | Thunderbird Music Hall
12.11 Philadelphia PA | Underground Arts
12.12 Fairfield CT | StageOne
12.13 Asbury Park NJ | Asbury Lanes
12.14 New York NY | Mercury Lounge
June North American Tour Dates /
I’m thrilled to announce that Bent Knee will be hitting the road again with the illustrious Thank You Scientist next month. Details and tickets at bentkneemusic.com/tour.
June 05 Portsmouth NH | 3S Artspace
June 06 Burlington VT | ArtsRiot
June 07 Montreal QC | Bar Le Ritz PDB
June 08 Ottawa ON | The 27 Club Ottawa
June 09 London ON | Rum Runners
June 11 Buffalo NY | Buffalo Iron Works
June 12 Lakewood OH | Mahall's
June 13 Grand Rapids MI | The Pyramid Scheme
June 14 Milwaukee WI | Shank Hall
June 15 Indianapolis IN | The Citadel Music Hall
June 16 Newport KY | The Southgate House Revival
June 18 Baltimore MD | Ottobar
June 19 Hamden CT | Space Ballroom
June 20 Pawtucket RI | THE MET
June 21 Portland ME | Port City Music Hall
June 22 Worcester MA | Worcester Palladium
February/March EU Tour Dates /
One of the not-so-secret agenda items on Bent Knee's recent North American tour with Haken was to persuade them to bring us across the Atlantic in 2019. Well, mission accomplished. We’re absolutely thrilled to be sharing stages across Europe with Haken and Vola in February and March, returning to some of our favorite cities and playing many new ones for the very first time.
15th February – Manchester, UK*
16th February – Glasgow, UK*
17th February – Bristol, UK*
19th February – Cologne, Germany*
20th February – Frankfurt, Germany*
21st February – Hamburg, Germany*
22nd February – Copenhagen, Denmark*
23rd February – Oslo, Norway*
24th February – Stockholm, Sweden*
26th February – Berlin, Germany*
27th February – Krakow, Poland*
28th February – Budapest, Hungary*
2nd March – Vienna, Austria*
3rd March – Prague, Czech Republic*
4th March – Leipzig, Germany*
6th March – Stuttgart, Germany*
7th March – Munich, Germany^
8th March – Aarau, Switzerland^
9th March – Milan, Italy^
10th March – Lyon, France^
12th March – Madrid, Spain*
13th March – Bilbao, Spain*
14th March – Paris, France*
15th March – Zoetermeer, Netherlands*
16th March – London, UK*
*Bent Knee
^Ben Levin Group
