Following the release of his fifth-studio-album, Single Mothers, Justin Townes Earle has announced the release of the companion record, Absent Fathers which was was recorded alongside Single Mothers as a double album, but as Justin began to sequence it, he felt each half needed to make its own statement and they took on their own identities.
Absent Fathers will be released on 12th January 2015 and tour dates are below;
17 Jan GLASGOW, Oran Mor (Celtic Connections)
18 Jan GATESHEAD, Caedmon Hall
19 Jan MANCHESTER, Band on the Wall
21 Jan OSLO, John Dee
23 Jan STOCKHOLM, Sodra Teatern
24 Jan GOTHENBURG, Pustervik
25 Jan MALMO, KB
26 Jan BERLIN, Grüner Salon
28 Jan HAMBURG, Nochtspeicher
29 Jan AMSTERDAM, Paradiso
30 Jan GRONINGEN, Oosterpoort
31 Jan ROTTERDAM, Rotown
01 Feb UTRECHT, Tivoli Vredenburg
03 Feb LEEDS, Brudenell Social Club
05 Feb BRISTOL, The Tunnels
06 Feb LONDON, Union Chapel
Loose Records will be releasing both albums together as a specially packaged double vinyl LP to coincide with the release of Absent Fathers