The hardest working men in showbiz Ed Kuepper and Jim White reunite for a limited run of shows this October in support of their new album After the Flood.
“… the results are stunning. Playing tunes as old as The Saints Swing For the Crime and as new as The Ruins (from Kuepper’s 2015 Lost Cities), the album is a brilliant roll of invention” – Byron Coley (The Wire)
“This is a superbly magnificent collection of gems that capture the ethereal songwriting skills of Kuepper over the years with the added frisson of White’s innovation and creativity, adding numerous layers and nuances to the tracks.” – Backseat Mafia
Kuepper, who just completed a solo Australian tour which followed an Australian tour with The Saints ’73-78 which predates an international tour for the same and who has just completed his parts for a new Asteroid Ekosystem album joins White, currently touring Europe with The Hard Quartet following a US tour for the same before joining both Bill Callahan and Xylouris White for a series of dates ahead of the first Dirty Three European tour in 15 years, will perform their shows in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
“Extended crowd appreciation finally coaxes the two musicians back into the fray and we’re treated to a robust rendition of Kuepper’s solo track ‘Rue The Day’ to bring things home, both Kuepper and White standing by the end of the righteous and powerful performance and seemingly as engrossed in the music as the adoring, sold out throng before them.” – Steve Bell / Rhythms
To coincide with the tour. Kuepper White have released a video for Swing For the Crime, a reworking of the opening track from The Saints 1978 album Prehistoric Sounds and a feature track from After the Flood.
Tickets on-sale 11am Wed July 23.