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Robert Gomez to play NYC!

Robert Gomez is a troubadour cut from the darkest cloth, crafting atmospheres as vast and beautiful as the midnight Texas sky. Paying no mind to simple genres on his debut, Brand New Towns, Robert Gomez explores the textures of mood, often finding his voice in the seemingly saddest spots.

A student and lover of music since early childhood, Robert Gomez learned his lessons in expression in locales as disparate as the snowy sidewalks of New York City, under the suffocating summer sun of Denton, Texas, and from the cramped quarters of a swaying and clattering circus train. He lived and breathed the circus life for 6 months first with Ringling Bros and then the famous Barnum & Bailey Circus.

The resultant album shows that as well as being a keen observer of love and loss, Gomez also writes with finesse and restraint, his lyrics delivered in a hushed croon. His talented crew of players glance sideways across meandering tempos and towards the finale, when the curtain will drop on another rainy afternoon. On these grey days, Gomez provides the light; in effect, cutting open the blackest night, with our eyes opened wide, giving himself wholly through tune.

The debut cd by Robert Gomez 'Brand New Towns' is set for release on March March 20th.

"Beck's softer moments, Grandaddy's playful pastoralism and John Lennon's melodic shifts haunt these songs beautifully."
4/5 - THE GUARDIAN UK

"...the first truly great album of the year"
4/5 - THE INDEPENDANT

Catch him on tour with his band:

3/17  Austin, TX         Buffalo Billiards    (Bella Union SXSW Showcase)

3/23  Dallas, TX        The Cavern            w/ Bosque Brown

3/24  Denton, TX     Hailey‚s                  w/ Bosque Brown

3/28  Norman, OK    The Opolis             w/ Oliver Future

3/29  Columbia, MO    MOJO

3/30  Chicago, IL        Schuba's

3/31  Pittsburgh, PA    Club Café               w/ Alejandro Escovedo

4/1    Washington DC    IOTA

4/2    Boston, MA        Middle East           w/ Kristoffer  Ragnstam

4/3   Philadelphia, PA    The Khyber            w/ Kristoffer Ragnstam

4/4   New York, NY    Joe's Pub               w/ Kristoffer Ragnstam

4/5   Brooklyn, NY    Union Hall             w/ Kristoffer  Ragnstam

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