FORMER SQUIRREL NUT ZIPPERS LEADER TOM
MAXWELL
DEBUTS "BLOW WOLF" FROM FORTHCOMING
ALBUM
“Tom Maxwell & The Minor Drag” Album Out On August 26,
2014
“Hell: My Life In The Squirrel Nut Zippers” Out August 26,
2014 On Oyster Print Press
Listen To "Blow Wolf" via The AV
Club:
July 18, 2014 - After an almost ten year hiatus from
recording, the former lead singer of the Squirrel Nut Zippers, Tom
Maxwell returns with a new album, a new band Tom Maxwell & The
Minor Drag and a new book.
As a member of the Squirrel Nut Zippers between 1994
and 1999, Maxwell became a critic’s darling and his song “Hell” became a smash
hit at radio. Tom’s songs propelled the Squirrel Nut Zippers to multi-platinum
status, selling over 3 million albums.
His new self-titled album, Tom Maxwell & The Minor
Drag, was recorded with long-time Zippers producer Mike Napolitano and
features guest vocals by Ani DiFranco. The Minor Drag is an
extraordinary collection of musicians, featuring members of Lost In The
Trees and The Old Ceremony. They display remarkable flexibility and
nuance, and boast instrumentation not often found: drums, tuba, vibraphone,
piano and guitar.
Along with the new album, a memoir written by Maxwell about
the Squirrel Nut Zippers’ strange rise, Hell, will be published by Oyster
Point Press (formerly Pressque Publishing) on August 26th,
simultaneous with the release of this album.
You can read more about the album and book via USA
Today here:
Both are available for pre-sale now on Tom Maxwell’s website
at: www.tommaxwell.com
Tom Maxwell & The Minor Drag have just announced an album
release show at the Mercury Lounge in New York City on August 25th. Tickets go
on sale today at Noon EST : http://www.mercuryloungenyc.com/event/633211-tom-maxwell-minor-drag-new-york
