LISTEN TO NEW SINGLE SHAKER DOWN

NEW ALBUM BADLANDS SET FOR RELEASE EARLY 2019

Toronto, ON – October 12, 2018 – Canadian rock duo, The Standstills, have shared their new single, Shaker Down, on October 5th. It’s the third track and second single released from their highly anticipated full-length album, Badlands, set to release in the spring of 2019. The First single, Wild, which was co-written with Three Days Grace member, Neil Sanderson, climbed to number #7 on the active rock charts in Canada and was eOne’s fastest charting Top 10 Rock songs in their roster’s history. The band also recently announced a cross-Canada tour, co-headlining with The Lazy’s. Full list of tour dates below.

The new record will follow the success of the band’s 2015 EP, From The Devil’s Porch, featuring Orleans, which reached #4 on BDS active rock charts in Canada, and Rise of the Fall, which also reached top 10 in Canada. As a result, The Standstills were awarded Best New Rock Group at the Canadian Radio Music Awards. The album received over 1.4 million streams globally and the band performed extensively across Canada with acts such as Pop Evil, Billy Talent, Theory of a Deadman, Seether, Eagles of Death Metal and many more.

More notably, The Standstills accomplished their first arena tour across Canada supporting Our Lady Peace and I Mother Earth. “It was an amazing experience to perform alongside two legendary Canadian bands on home turf. We learned a lot on that tour and we are really grateful to all the fans who interacted with us and connected to our music,” says drummer, Rene Couture.

Stay tuned for more music from The Standstills and catch them on tour this fall!

TOUR DATES:
October 17 – Hamilton, ON – The Casbah
October 18 – Windsor, ON – The Dominion House
October 19 – Waterloo, ON – Maxwell’s
October 21 – London, ON – Rum Runners
October 24 – Peterborough, ON – The Red Dog
October 25 – Montreal, QC – Chom Rock Room
October 26 – Oshawa, ON – Oshawa Music Hall
October 27 – Ottawa, ON – 27 Club
November 1 – Thunder Bay, ON – Crocks
November 2 – Winnipeg, MB – The Pyramid
November 3 – Saskatoon, SK – Coors Event Center
November 4 – Regina, SK – The Exchange
November 7 – Edmonton, AB – Starlite Room
November 8 – Grand Prairie, AB – Better Than Fred’s
November 10 – Calgary, AB – The Commonwealth
November 11 – Red Deer, AB – Bo’s Bar and Grill
November 14 – Vancouver, BC – Venue Nightclub
November 15 – Victoria, BC – Distrikt Nightclub
November 16 – Kamloops, BC – Cactus Jack’s
November 17 – Kelowna, BC – The Habitat
November 22 – Toronto, ON – Velvet Underground

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