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“The Damn Truth’s ‘This Is Who We Are Now’ single is a powerful statement with a chorus bigger than a bus and a guitar solo that absolutely soars.” – Classic Rock
Psychedelic Montreal’s four-piece rock and roll band, The Damn Truth, are pleased to announce the release of their new single and accompanying music video,
“Lonely.” The video is available to watch here:
“The song Lonely started taking shape in our touring van as we began a cross-Canada tour,”
says TDT’s lead singer, Lee-La Baum. “Three days into that journey, our van went up in flames with our acoustic instruments, personal belongings and our hopes to continue our long-awaited tour.”
Continues Lee-la, “We put together a GoFundMe campaign so that we could rent wheels that would take us and our trailer of stage gear home. 24 hours later there was an incredible amount of money in our account. It was enough to buy a new van, and clothes, and rent the gear to continue our tour. It was the beginning of our love affair with the incredible hearts and souls that make up our rock n roll community.”
“After the tour, we started recording demos for the songs that would later become Now or Nowhere. ‘Lonely’ was one of the first songs we sent to Bob Rock, but it was originally called ‘Needs Help.’ It was just an acapella vocal line because, after the van fire, which was the way we were playing it on tour. It was an ode to our fans that saved us from being lonely and stranded on the highway.”
“Bob fell in love with the song right away and told us not to worry; that Tom should just try to play a guitar lick along with the vocal melody and the rest would all fall into place in the studio. That’s exactly what happened. Bob walked into the live room and said, ‘The whole song is there, just play it.’ With his masterful, skilful ear and delicate direction, within two hours the song was recorded. Done.”
“Lonely” dovetails The Damn Truth’s summer concerts in the UK throughout July. The band will play a series of headline concerts and will also play Steelhouse Festival on Saturday, July 29th. Tickets for the band’s July headline concerts are available from TheGigcartel.com
The Cold Stares will support The Damn Truth at London O2 Islington Academy 2 on July 21st. Empyre will support the band on all other dates, except Sheffield Greystones on June 30th, where support will come from Zac and the New Men and Tessio.
The Damn Truth are Lee-La Baum (vocals, guitar), Tom Shemer (guitar), PY Letellier (bass) and Dave Traina (drums).
They play London, O2 Islington Academy (July 21), Shoreham Ropetackle (July 22), Blackpool, Waterloo (July 23), Leicester Musician (July 25), Buckley Tivoli (July 27), Leek Foxlowe Arts (July 28), Steelhouse Festival (July 29), Sheffield Greystones (July 30), and Milton Keynes, The Stables (August 1).
In 2021, The Damn Truth released their critically acclaimed album “Now or Nowhere.” Produced by the legendary Grammy Award-winning Bob Rock, the album is available from www.thedamntruth.com.
No stranger to UK radio, The Damn Truth have had three singles from the “Now Or Nowhere” album playlisted on Planet Rock. These include – “This Is Who We Are Now,” “Tomorrow,” and “Only Love.” “This Is Who We Are Now” was played on BBC Radio 2’s Rock Show with Johnnie Walker. On several occasions, the band won Tracks of the Week on Classic Rock’s Louder Sound.
The band have been championed by the British music press with extensive magazine coverage in Rolling Stone, Classic Rock, Blues Matters, Guitarist, Powerplay, Guitar Techniques, Record Collector, Fireworks, Blues in Britain, Hard Rock Hell, MNPR, and R’N’R Magazine.
“The real magic of The Damn Truth is best experienced uncut, in our full set,” says TDT’s lead singer and guitarist, Lee-La Baum. “Our connection with our audiences is the most important thing, so don’t miss our intimate headline shows in July!”
“The Damn Truth are a fresh revivalism of the psyche music scene from the mid-60s,” says Jeff Laufer, editor Rock Bands of LA. “Critics and fans praise their regeneration of the hard rock sound and values.” Continues Jeff, “Bob Rock found a spirit within the band that he hadn’t experienced for many years. “He saw something special… an artist with burning talent that needed the right direction to break wide open… like lightning in a bottle.”
Six tracks on the new album “Now or Nowhere” were produced by legendary Grammy Award-winning Bob Rock (Metallica, Aerosmith, Motley Crue, Bon Jovi, Bryan Adams, The Cult, The Offspring) at Bryan Adams’ recording studio “The Warehouse” in Vancouver.
“Now or Nowhere” chronicles the band as they navigate life, love, and everything else in a world gone seemingly upside down and sideways. Due to the fact that they were unable to finish the album with Bob because of COVID-19 restrictions, the band recorded the remaining three songs with help from Juno Award-winning producer Jean Massicotte who mixed “Everything Fades”; and the rest of the mixing was done by Vance Powell (Jack White, Chris Stapleton), Nick DiDia (Bruce Springsteen, Rage Against The Machine), and Mike Plotnikoff (Van Halen, Cranberries).
The Damn Truth have toured Europe and North America and opened tours for Z.Z. Top (they partied with Billy Gibbons in his pyjamas), The Sheepdogs, Styx, King King, and Rival Sons, and were also featured on Joe Bonamassa’s 2021 Keeping The Blues Alive Stream-A-Thon.
They sold out the legendary Whisky a Go-Go in Los Angeles and the Corona Theatre in their hometown of Montreal. One of their music videos was featured on the official Janis Joplin Facebook page. It’s a culmination of a lot of hard work, blood, sweat and tears.
THE DAMN TRUTH
SUMMER 2023 UK TOUR
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS:
*THE COLD STARES, **EMPYRE,
***ZAC AND THE NEW MEN & TESSIO
TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM
*London, 02 Islington Academy
with special guests: The Cold Stares
Friday 21 July 2023
**Shoreham, Ropetackle
with special guests Empyre
Saturday 22 July 2023
**Blackpool, Waterloo
with special guests: Empyre
Sunday 23 July 2023
**Leicester, The Musician
with special guests Empyre
Tuesday 25 July 2023
**Buckley, The Tivoli
with special guests Empyre
Thursday 27 July 2023
**Leek, Foxlowe Arts
with special guests Empyre
Friday 28 July 2023
Steelhouse Festival
Saturday 29 July 2023
Tickets: www.steelhousefestival.com
***Sheffield, The Greystones
with special guests: Zac and the New Men and Tessio
Sunday 30 July 2023
**Milton Keynes, The Stables
with special guests: Empyre
Tuesday 1 August 2023
