Paste.com: everybodyfields hit southeast to promote new album

Writer: Rebecca Bowen

Tennessee alt.country group the everybodyfields will cause tears to drop into PBRs across the southeast this summer and fall while touring their honest, heartbreaking melodies. Friends and labelmates of fellow twang-enthusiasts the Avett Brothers, the everybodyfields was founded by Sam Quinn and Jill Andrews, who met on the job nine years ago at summer camp.

The everybodyfields’ third full-length, Nothing Is Okay, hits shelves August 21 on Ramseur Records. On the album cover, above the soul-crushing title, is a rainbow (frown)? turned upside-down, leaked upon by a gloopy brown substance. Possible and likely incorrect interpretation: even if you grin and bear it, you’ll still get shit on?

”What the hell's going on? I lost my show, I lost my best friend, I lost my girl. I'm being shit on, that's all, shit on!”
-Wayne Campbell

Loss and loneliness are indeed subjects the everybodyfields lyricize most effectively: Don’t turn around/don’t you smile/I closed the door on sunshine, they sing on “Don’t Turn Around.” Just wave goodbye/say you’re sorry. Damn! Good thing the music itself is gorgeous enough to induce a kind of bittersweet warmth.

Take yer hankies along on the following dates:

July:
12 - Knoxville, Tenn. @ WDVX Blue Plate Special
12 - Athens, Tenn. @ Black Box Theater @ The Arts Center
13 - Gatlinburg, Tenn. @ Arrowmount School of Arts and Crafts
14 - Boone, N.C. @ Boone Saloon
18 - Charlottesville, Va. @ Gravity Lounge
19 - Vienna, Va. @ Jammin Java
20 - New York, N.Y. @ The Knitting Factory
21 - Saratoga Springs, N.Y. @ Parting Glass
23 - Philadelphia, Penn. @ Tin Angel
26 - Nashville, Tenn. @ 3rd & Lindsley
28 - Abingdon, Va. @ Virginia Highlands Festival
29 - Asheville, N.C. @ Bele Chere Festival

August:
3 - Pinehurst, N.C. @ First Friday in Southern Pines
15 - Chattanooga, Tenn. @ Rhythm & Brews
16 - Atlanta, Ga. @ The Earl
17 - Greenville, S.C. @ Gottrocks
21 - Nashville, Tenn. @ Grimey¹s
25 - Johnson City, Tenn. @ Down Home
30 - Blowing Rock, N.C. @ Canyons
31 - Knoxville, Tenn. @ World Grotto

September:
1 - Winston-Salem, N.C. @ The Garage
13 - Athens, Ga. @ Melting Point
14 - Bristol, Tenn. @ Rhythm & Roots Reunion
15 - Bristol, Tenn. @ Rhythm & Roots Reunion
19 - Charleston, S.C. @ Pour House
20 - Jacksonville, Fla. @ European St. Listening Room
20 - Lake Worth, Fla. @ Bamboo Room
29 - Roanoke, Va. @ 202 Market

Related links:
theeverybodyfields.com
everybodyfields MySpace
RamseurRecords.net