The Velveteers' new 13-song collection A Million Knives features Demi Demitro on vocals and baritone guitar, backed by dual drummers Baby Pottersmith and Jonny Fig on a conjoined drum kit – pursuing rock 'n roll's non-binary, queer, and female-fronted future. Demitro, "one of the most exciting frontpeople in rock n' roll" (Paste), penned A Million Knives with her bandmates after a particularly grueling stretch of life on the road, as a way to process feeling used and fed up in the face of vulnerability. The album examines the typically-unspoken tolls of navigating a system that’s often far from compassionate. The Valentine’s Day release also fittingly "explores the different forms of heartbreak," as Demitro recently described in a conversation with Billboard. Today, The Velveteers point to "Take It From The Top" – a song the trio says is "inspired by someone who desperately wants to be liked and loved but in turn is lonely in their pursuits of success."
The album’s first single, “Go Fly Away,” marked the announcement on “a historic note” (Billboard), featuring a collaboration with Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney – the first time The Black Keys have produced together for another artist. Dan Auerbach said, "They just sound so powerful, they're amazing live, there's nothing like them." The band will open for The Black Keys this May in Durant, OK at the Choctaw Grand Theater after their headlining dates that begin tonight at the Hi-Dive in Denver, CO with a sold out album release party. Click here to see all of their upcoming tour dates.
