The Taxpayers announce West Coast Tour Dates with Walter Mitty and His Makeshift Orchestra

The Taxpayers announce West Coast Tour Dates with Walter Mitty and His Makeshift Orchestra

June East Coast Tour Dates with Pigeon Pit on sale now

New Album Circle Breaker out now on Ernest Jenning Record Co.

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Genre-bending punk band The Taxpayers are hitting the road this summer in support of their new album Circle Breaker, out now via the boundary-pushing Ernest Jenning Record Co. (order). Today the band is excited to announce West Coast tour dates with Walter Mitty and His Makeshift Orchestra. The July tour will include shows in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento and more.

The Taxpayers will play a special World Refugee Day Benefit Show on June 20 at Pillar Forum Cafe in Minneapolis. Tickets are available HERE. From there, the band will head to the East Coast for a string of dates with labelmates Pigeon Pit, including shows in Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Washington, D.C., and more.

Tickets for all shows are on sale now.

Circle Breaker features acclaimed singles “I Am On Thousand,” “At War With The Dogcatchers” “Circle Protector” and “Evil Everywhere,” which have earned praise from major outlets such as NPR, The AV Club, Brooklyn Vegan, Beats Per Minute, and more.

Last month the band shared their video for their track “Outline Of Your Blood,” which features fan-submitted footage, showcasing the band’s community of fans, pets, and families.

On the song and video, Rob Taxpayer says:

"'Outline of Your Blood' is the final song on Circle Breaker, and it’s for those that we love. For the video, we asked Taxpayers fans to send us clips of the ones they love. We’re honored with what they shared - dancing with their aging pets, their child’s first steps, their snails and cows listening to the Taxpayers."

The Taxpayers Tour Dates:
June 20 - Minneapolis, MN @ Pillar Forum Cafe (World Refugee Day Benefit Show)
June 25 - Asbury Park, NY @ House Of Independents w/ Pinkwash, Shy Godwin *
June 26 - Hartford, CT @ Webster Underground w/ Perennial *
June 27 - Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live w/ Paper Bee *
June 28 - Brooklyn, NY @ The Meadows w. HIRS Collective *
June 29 - Washington, D.C. @ Black Cat w/ Sloot *
July 25 - San Diego, CA @ Che Cafe w/ Suzie True & Loitering #
July 26 - Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom w/ Suzie True #
July 27 - Fresno, CA @ Strummers w/ Jackie Bootstraps #
July 29 - Sacramento, CA @ Harlow's w/ Dog Party #
July 30 - San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill w/ Street Eaters #
July 31 - San Jose, CA @ Art Boutiki w/ Street Eaters #

* with Pigeon Pit
# Walter Mitty and His Makeshift Orchestra

After a multi-year hiatus, long-running experimental punk band The Taxpayers are back and ready to make their mark once again. Formed in Portland, Oregon in 2007, The Taxpayers have been known for their genre-bending, DIY punk sound and their ability to push musical boundaries. Following a series of critically acclaimed albums, including 2012’s concept album God, Forgive These Bastards and their last full-length release Big Delusion Factory (2016).

The Taxpayers have been busy during their time away, selling out shows across the U.S. and headlining festivals in Australia. Their album Circle Breaker marks a bold new chapter in their musical evolution.

Circle Breaker moves from the quasi-religious vocal harmonies of “Circle Protector” to the electro-funk of the furious “Evil Everywhere.” There’s chaotic punk (“I Am One Thousand,” “Nightmarish Population”), stripped back heartbreak (“Nobody is a Lost Cause”, “Empty Shed”), and genre spanning epics (“At War With the Dogcatchers”, “Everything Will Be Different”). Perhaps most surprising of all, at least for a mildly nihilistic punk band, are the songs of love and hope (“Naked Trees”, “Future Island”, “Outline of Your Blood.”)

“These are songs about circles, and they're the most personal songs we've ever shared,” says Rob. “The amount of death and birth we experienced prior to and during the making of this album - the violent deaths of friends and family members, the births of our children…it's been a journey for us.”

That journey is illustrated by the simple, provocative album art: a tree stump with new growth, created collaboratively by band members Nasrene Taxpayer, Rob Taxpayer, and artist Shauna Corinne Murray.

“Just as we began working on this album, our guitar player Andrew had a family member gunned down and murdered at a park near his home,” says Rob. “The next day, the city came and cut down the cherry tree in front of his house. A week or two later, Andrew texted me a picture: the gnarled stump of the cherry tree had sprouted new growth. A new tree being born from the old.”

When taken as a whole, the results of Circle Breaker are staggering; at once furious, heartbreaking, contemplative, joyous, and moving.