The Sword have introduced a pair of reunion gigs, because the Texas stoner rock heroes seem like again for good.
Following their look on the Levitation competition in Austin in 2024, in addition to a number of current winter exhibits in Austin, Baton Rouge, and Houston, The Sword will return to the stage on April tenth on the Granada Theater in Dallas, in addition to the next evening, April eleventh, at Paper Tiger in San Antonio. Tickets are on-sale Friday (February seventh) at 10 a.m. native time by way of native ticket shops.
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The 2025 gigs align with the fifteenth anniversary of 2010’s Warp Riders, a contemporary stoner-rock traditional, and are available roughly three years after The Sword referred to as it quits in 2022.
In a brand new interview with Revolver, singer-guitarist JD Cronise in contrast the reunion to “placing on a snug pair of sneakers,” and revealed that the band has “tons extra stuff developing within the summertime” past the 2 Texas exhibits in April.
“We all know there’s demand,” mentioned Cronise. “It’s not a matter of that. It was gratifying and nice that [Levitation] present was a sellout. And, you recognize, I’m certain Pentagram being on the invoice helped. But it surely was an awesome return. However, you recognize, even when it had not been that nice, I don’t suppose that may have stopped us.”
He continued, “The factor is, being within the Sword is what gives every of us with probably the most revenue. So, if you wish to have a look at it that approach, too, that was undoubtedly an element. Like, no one actually likes what they’re doing greater than [being in] the Sword — [in terms of] what they should do to earn a living. I’d a lot quite go on tour and file music than work at some common nine-to-five, you recognize?”
Cronise added that the band “will in all probability be embarking on some touring later this 12 months” surrounding the fifteenth anniversary of Warp Riders. As for brand new music, he mentioned there are some demos kicking round, and that “we’ll be capable to get into the nitty gritty of engaged on new materials” after his relocation to Austin (Cronise had been displaced from his dwelling in Black Mountain, North Carolina, by Hurricane Helene).
The newest launch by The Sword is a canopy of Jethro Tull’s “Locomotive Breath,” the ultimate piece of music recorded earlier than the breakup in 2022. You may revisit that monitor, launched final November, beneath.