If 2008 is remembered as the year that U.S. Christmas was creatively birthed, with the arrival of their narcotic debut album Eat the Low Dogs and some of their first live gigs opening for Mastodon and Neurosis in Brooklyn, 2009 will be inscribed in the cosmos as the year when they brought their planet-shifting sound on the road. U.S. Christmas take their spasming, theremin and synth-riddled, visually-abetted space country dirges to eight lucky cities, including a high-profile spot at the Scion Rock Fest (alongside Mastodon, Neurosis, Converge, Boris and others) and another at the Roadburn Fest in Holland. You will remember a U.S. Christmas show, guaranteed.
Prepare ye, all those who livest nearby:
1.30.09 Asheville, NC: New French Bar w/ Enoch and Amps For Satan 1.31.09 Knoxville, TN: The Pilot Light/Knoxville w/ Across Tundras 2.13.09 Hickory, NC: Drips w/ Zoroaster and Hatemonger 2.18.09 Asheville, NC: New French Bar w/ Pontiak 2.28.09 Atlanta, GA: Scion Rock Fest @ Masquerade 3.6.09 Johnson City, TN: The Hideaway 3.13.09 Marion, NC: MACA/Marion NC 4.25.09 Tilburg, Holland: Beyond the Pale/Roadburn Fest