let’s call me a baptist/ call this the drowning of the past

The Scottish band, Frightened Rabbit, ceaselessly knocks the wind out of me with their heart string tugging brand of folk rock. Their 2008 release, Midnight Organ Fight, has not stopped reminding me that the most powerful and strong steps a person can take often come right after getting knocked down. That album propelled me forward, challenging its audience to find the invigorating will to rewrite after everything you knew was erased.

And come March 1, they're going to do it again. Unapologetically, and you're going to like it (at least that's my 100% objective viewpoint). Swim Until You Can't See Land, also the name of the single, sounds just like what I need in the middle of a bleak, gray winter. It's full of jumping strings, scraping guitar, horizons full of blood red light from a cyclical sun, and Scott Hutchinson's vocals sounding as full and raw and hopeful as I could ever hope to handle. Frightened Rabbit has a way of making me feel renewed and expansive, both rooted inextricably in my past, and blowing blindly toward something that holds a world of promise.

Swim Until You Can't See Land- Frightened Rabbit

Frightened Rabbit - 2010 Tour Dates
Feb 02 - Metro Theatre Sydney, New South Wales %
Feb 03 - The Filth @ Beach Road Hotel Sydney
Feb 04 - The Palais Melbourne %
Mar 04 - Duchess York, UK
Mar 05 - Club Academy Manchester, Uk
Mar 06 - West End Centre Aldershot, UK
Mar 08 - Thekla Bristol, UK
Mar 09 - Academy 2 Oxford
Mar 10 - Koko London, UK
Mar 12 - Academy 2 Birmingham, UK
Mar 13 - Leadmill 2 Sheffield, UK
Mar 14 - Arts Centre Norwich, UK
Mar 17 - Austin, Texas @ SXSW
Mar 18 - Austin, Texas @ SXSW
Mar 19 - Austin, Texas @ SXSW
Mar 20 - Austin, Texas @ SXSW
Apr 17 - Indio, Calif. @ Coachella
Apr 19 - Tempe, Ariz. @ The Clubhouse
Apr 21 - Houston, Texas @ Walters
Apr 22 - Dallas, Texas @ Loft @ Palladium Ballroom
Apr 23 - Little Rock, Ark. @ Revolution
Apr 24 - Atlanta, Ga. @ The Masquerade
Apr 25 - Carrboro, N.C. @ Cat's Cradle
Apr 27 - Washington, D.C. @ Black Cat
Apr 28 - New York, N.Y. @ Webster Hall
Apr 29 - Boston, Mass. @ Paradise
Apr 30 - Philadelphia, Pa. @ First Unitarian Church
May 03 - Montreal, QC @ Petit Campus
May 04 - Toronto, ONT @ Opera House
May 06 - Newport, Ky. @ Southgate House
May 07 - St. Louis, Mo. @ The Old Rock House
May 08 - Chicago, Ill. @ Metro
May 09 - Milwaukee, Wisc. @ Pabst Theatre
May 10 - Minneapolis, Minn. @ Varsity Theater
May 12 - Denver, Colo. @ Bluebird Theatre
May 13 - Salt Lake City, Utah @ Urban Lounge
May 15 - Vancouver, B.C. @ Biltmore Cabaret
May 16 - Seattle, Wash. @ Neumo's Crystal Ball Reading Room
May 17 - Portland, Ore. @ Berbati's Pan
May 19 - San Francisco, Calif. @ The Fillmore
May 22 - San Diego, Calif. @ Casbah