2014 Schedule
Interactive: March 7–11  •  Film: March 7–15  •  Music: March 11–16

Blacklist Royals

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Working their way up from the dingiest of clubs and barrooms sprawling in and across North America's borders to the stages of European festivals
performing in front of thousands, Blacklist Royals have spent the last three years on the road supporting their debut full length Semper Liberi… chasing
the often fleeting rock-n-roll dreams of youth like a siren song, and finding their own voice along the way.

Their long awaited follow-up album, Die Young With Me, is a testament to that. There was a very deliberate change in the writing process as twin brothers
and founding members Nat and Rob Rufus entered the studio to begin going through new material with the band, and the record went on to take shape as
a truly autobiographical collection of songs. Topically revolving around the personal account of a childhood spent battling cancer, the album unfolds as a
fluid thing, exploring new directions both sonically and lyrically with candor and heart like never before.

Blacklist Royals will soon head back out on the roads and highways whose miles echo through each track of their new record. As production comes to a
close, the album itself seems to spin like tires on faded blacktop, taking the listener on both a personal and collective journey of love and heartbreak, born
rolling reckless under the star-spangled nights of America.
"Like a heartland version of Rancid, The Hold Steady with less lyrics and more balls, or Bruce Springsteen if he'd grown up getting loaded behind the pool
hall with Mike Ness…" - ALTERNATIVE PRESS
"A modern classic…" - ROCK SOUND

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