ASG Add Tour Dates; Offer “Mourning Of The Earth” via Free Scion Compilation

June 24, 2013, Philadelphia – ASG, who recently released the critically-acclaimed album Blood Drive, have announced a handful of additional tour dates as well as a free download via Scion 10 Series Music Release.

The added dates include a stop with Mastodon on Aug. 14 at The Orange Peel in Asheville, N.C. and a pair of additional performances with Weedeater:  June 29 at Zydeco in Birmingham, Ala. and July 6 at The Launchpad in Albuquerque, N.M.  The band’s full tour routing is listed below.

The North Carolina quartet have also contributed a song to Scion’s 10^thAnniversary compilation, titled “Mourning of the Earth,” the track is available for free download at https://soundcloud.com/scionav/asg-mourning-of-the-earth/.

ASG recently celebrated their highest charting and most critically acclaimed album to date, the breakthrough release Blood Drive.  The twelve-song collection landed at #15 on Billboard’s Heat Seeker chart and also had impressive debuts on the trade magazine’s Hard Music (#32) and Indie (#67) charts.  The album is streaming via Bandcamp at asgnation.bandcamp.com.

Stereogum said “Blood Drive is a heavy album, no question, but it’s primarily a catchy album, full of resin-sticky summertime metal.”  Revolver called the album “a catchy, melodic triumph of heavy music,” while Alternative Press asserted that “mentioning ASG in the same breath as riff-rockers Torche or Queens of the Stone Age is not only misleading, it might even be an understatement.”  Artist Direct went even further saying “every now and again a band puts out a record that changes the tides for them” and continued by describing Blood Drive as a “tipping point moment.”

A video for “Day’s Work,” filmed by guitarist/vocalist Jason Shi, will premiere shortly.

Upcoming tour dates w/Weedeater:

June 27     Savannah, GA     The Jinx

June 28     Atlanta, GA      The Earl

June 29     Birmingham, AL    Zydeco

June 30     New Orleans, LA     One Eyed Jacks

July 1     Houston, TX     Fitzgeralds

July 2     San Antonio, TX     Korova

July 3     Austin, TX     Red 7

July 4     Denton, TX     Rubber Gloves (Free Show)

July 5     Norman, OK     The Opolis

July 6     Albuquerque, NM     The Launchpad

July 7     Tempe, AZ     Pub Rock

July 9     San Diego, CA     Soda Bar

July 10     Los Angeles, CA     The Whiskey

July 11     Santa Cruz, CA     Catalyst

July 12     Oakland, CA     Oakland Opera House

July 13     Portland, OR     Ash St. Saloon

July 14     Seattle, WA     The Highline

ASG only

July 16     Denver, CO     Larimer Lounge

July 17     Lawrence, KS     The Replay Lounge

July 18     Oklahoma City, OK     The Conservatory

July 19     Nashville, TN     Springwater

July 20     Asheville, NC     Broadway

August 14     Asheville, NC    Orange Peel (w/Mastodon)

September 5 – 7     Raleigh, NC     Hopscotch Festival

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