Winona’s sludgy garage-pop foursome known as The Ultrasounds will be stumbling across the Midwest August 7- 16th on the second tour in support of their debut album, “Lost My Mind EP,” which was released on March 7, 2014. The five-track album which was recorded and produced in Winona by local recording engineer and musician Randal Kline has been described as “a solid debut recording that leans heavy on deft distorted guitar work — just like their raucous live performances” by Adam Wiltgen of All Lights Off Radio and The Noisy Neighbor.
The Ultrasounds formed in 2011 when Megan Hanson, former front woman of Winona’s punk-rock titans, Thumbelina and the Tangerine Fists of Justice, was introduced to Amber Fletcher, Courtney Guenveur, and Kelly Mason. After Mason moved across the country, Megan’s husband, Todd Hanson, joined the band, which led the group in a louder and heavier direction.
The Ultrasounds regularly perform across southern Minnesota and Wisconsin, and have played three years of Winona’s ever growing Mid West Music Fest. After the release of their EP in March, the group, packed tightly into their unreliable, yet beloved, 2000 Chrysler mom-van, set out on their first six-day tour, playing places like Minneapolis, Chicago, Milwaukee, and Dubuque.
With ten days and eight states now on the itinerary, the “Lost My Mind EP Summer Tour” is certain to be even more wild and unpredictable than the first.
Tour Itinerary:
August 7th
Cavalier Theater & Lounge
La Crosse, WI
August 8th
Driftwood Char Bar
Minneapolis, MN
August 9th
Ed’s (no name) Bar
Winona, MN
August 10th
Eronel
Dubuque, IA
August 11th
Vaudeville Mews
Des Moines, IA
August 12th
Knickerbockers
Lincoln, NE
August 13th
Replay Lounge
Lawrence, KS
August 14th
The Heavy Anchor
St. Louis, MO
August 15th
Melody Inn
Indianapolis, IN
August 16th
The Spookhouse
Evanston, IL