JOHN THE CONQUEROR'S
SELF-TITLED DEBUT ALBUM OUT TODAY THROUGH ALIVE NATURALSOUND
RECORDS!
JOHN THE CONQUEROR OFFERS THEIR NEW SINGLE
"SAY WHAT YOU WANT" AS A FREE DOWNLOAD!
TOUR
DATES KICK-OFF WITH PHILLY RECORD RELEASE SHOW ON NOV.
3RD!
JOHN THE
CONQUEROR'S TOUR DATES
Nov. 03 The Legendary Dobbs - Philadelphia, PA (John The Conqueror Record Release Show)
Nov. 08 Broadway’s - Asheville, NC w/ Left Lane Cruiser
Nov. 09 Jack of Hearts - Weaverville, NC
Nov. 03 The Legendary Dobbs - Philadelphia, PA (John The Conqueror Record Release Show)
Nov. 08 Broadway’s - Asheville, NC w/ Left Lane Cruiser
Nov. 09 Jack of Hearts - Weaverville, NC
Nov. 10 V Club - Huntington, WV
Nov. 16 Joe Squared
Station North - Baltimore, MD
Nov. 17 Clementine Cafe - Harrisonburg, VA
Nov. 17 Clementine Cafe - Harrisonburg, VA
Nov. 19 Slim’s Downtown - Raleigh,
NC
[more dates to be announced soon]
John the Conqueror’s
raw, bluesy old-school soul track “Time To Go” is just one of many gems on
Philadelphia trio self-titled debut album. – Steve Jones / USA
TODAY
Sounds like the work of a supergroup power trio made
up of three vets who just wanted to get together and lay it down, making gutsy,
raw, bluesy music for the sheer joy of it. The fact that this is the first time
in a studio for the members of this band is mind-blowing. – Brian Robbins /
JAMBANDS
Power trio John the
Conqueror has made a splash in Philly scene over the past year, dishing out a
moving blend of blues, soul and rock n’ roll... The swaggery trio might be
Philly’s answer to Gary Clark Jr. - WXPN’s THE
KEY
A fine punk-blues rock
record that sounds like The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion if JSBX were from the
Mississippi Delta. It’s all smokestacks, greasy ball bearings, mudslides, and
corn liquor swilled from mason jars; raggedly scorching guitar riffs, a
thunderous rhythm section, and howled vocals. A hell of an impressive debut.
- HAPPENING! MAGAZINE
The trio from
Mississippi, now based in Philly, have the smoothness of classic '50s soul mixed
with a southern twang. Named after an African-American mythological folk legend,
of whom the likes of Dr. John, Muddy Waters, and Willie Dixon have sung, the
band possesses a magical power that empowers emotion. - KNUCKLE
RUMBLER
Leader Pierre Moore has
a matter-of-fact singing voice, tasteful six-string skills and a tuneful
writing style that balances licks & melody and avoids classic rock
overload. - THE BIG TAKEOVER
They will bring you from
the church to the juke joint in four quick minutes. – MADD
CHICAGO
John The Conqueror's self-titled debut album is
an amalgamation of the many sounds and styles (old and new) mined from both the
North and South. Cousins Pierre Moore (vocals & guitar) and
Michael Gardner (drums) are natives of Jackson, MS, while bassist Ryan
Lynn hails from Philly - where the trio now call home. Together they mix a
bedrock of raw deep blues with funk, soul, punk and scuzzed-up rock-n-roll into
one helluva potent musical Molotov cocktail.
Perhaps what makes John The Conqueror so refreshing, however, is their honest, simple, yet extremely passionate approach to their music. Gardner and Moore (the latter who learned to play guitar in his early teens from a homeless man who slept in the back room of an auto repair shop) have been playing together in bands since their college days in Oxford, MS, although Gardner recently switched from bass to drums to make room for Lynn in the line-up in early 2011.
The ten expressive, unrestrained tracks featured on this effort are delivered with a youthful, reckless abandon as channeled through some truly old souls. And, not unlike the mythological African-American folk hero they’re named after, that should be enough to resonate with just about any generation.
Perhaps what makes John The Conqueror so refreshing, however, is their honest, simple, yet extremely passionate approach to their music. Gardner and Moore (the latter who learned to play guitar in his early teens from a homeless man who slept in the back room of an auto repair shop) have been playing together in bands since their college days in Oxford, MS, although Gardner recently switched from bass to drums to make room for Lynn in the line-up in early 2011.
The ten expressive, unrestrained tracks featured on this effort are delivered with a youthful, reckless abandon as channeled through some truly old souls. And, not unlike the mythological African-American folk hero they’re named after, that should be enough to resonate with just about any generation.
John The Conqueror was produced by Pierre Moore
and recorded in Philadelphia at Retrocity Studios & Jesse Gimbel's
Basement.
John The Conqueror is out now through Alive
Naturalsound Records in the following formats: CD, Digital and Black Vinyl, as
well as Limited Edition "Purple Haze" Colored Vinyl exclusive to mailorder.
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