CYNIC – Kindly Bent To Free Us – July 8, 2014

Progressive, hard rock innovators CYNIC (guitarist/vocalist Paul Masvidal, drummer Sean Reinert, bassist Sean Malone) have kicked off their string of North American tour dates. The trek, which started on July 6 in Vancouver, BC, will see the band perform select dates in the US and Canada before concluding on August 12 in New York City. CYNIC will also be trekking to Canada for an exclusive performance as part of the Heavy Montreal festival in early August. A full list of tour dates can be found below.

Dates with LESSER KEY and WE ARE THE CITY:
7/6 Vancouver, BC @ The Imperial
7/8 Seattle, WA @ Neumos
7/10 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
7/11 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
7/12 Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey

Dates with LESSER KEY and THE REIGN OF KINDO:
8/7 Philadelphia, PA @ Theater of the Living Arts
8/8 Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
8/9 Toronto, ON @ Opera House
8/10 Montreal, QC @ Heavy MTL
8/12 New York, NY @ Gramercy Theater

The critically acclaimed band recently graced the front page of the LA times, and has also been featured in Guitar World, Drum! Magazine, Decibel Magazine, and more. ‘Kindly Bent to Free Us’ has been called “an album that, while most definitely in the realm of prog rock, has the kind of open, unpretentious air that makes Rush such an easy-to-love band” (AllMusic), and “an album that transcends all the limitations of genre and era, and in the end will come to represent what you want it to be, nothing more, nothing less. There are few albums which can claim such a remarkable hold.” (Prog Magazine).

‘Kindly Bent to Free Us’ was released last February and is available in various editions (including a deluxe CD book with bonus tracks and goodies) at the Season of Mist e-shop.

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The artwork for ‘Kindly Bent to Free Us’ has been created by the sadly late long-time CYNIC artist Robert Venosa.

The band’s highly-anticipated new record ‘Kindly Bent to Free Us’ was produced by CYNIC at L.A.’s Perfect Sound Studios and engineered by Jason Donaghy (BAND OF HORSES, FEIST, ROB ZOMBIE, RYAN ADAMS). The mix was done by R. Walt Vincent (PETE YORN, LIZ PHAIR, TOMMY KEENE) and the mastering by Maor Appelbaum (SEPULTURA, CATHEDRAL, PHILM, INQUISITION).