Anthony D'Amato in the UK this month with The Felice Brothers

After more than a decade in New York City, Anthony D’Amato headed west for his latest album, At First There Was Nothing, relocating to American Fork, Utah, for recording sessions in the autumn and winter with acclaimed songwriter and producer Joshua James. Bristling with joyful energy and piercing insight, the record marks D’Amato’s first first full-length release in six years, and the growth is palpable, with sprawling, unpredictable arrangements accompanying some of his most gripping and incisive lyrical work yet. Drawing on everything from hazy ’60s soul to rootsy ’70s rock and roll, the songs are loose and playful here, even as they grapple with faith and trust, mortality and loss, resilience and regret, all set against sweeping sonic backdrops every bit as epic and rugged as the landscapes that inspired them.  

Inspired in part by time spent studying with the Pulitzer Prize-winning Irish poet Paul Muldoon, the album garnered rave reviews on both sides of the pond, with NPR inviting D’Amato for a Tiny Desk Concert and lauding that “he writes in the tradition of Bruce Springsteen or Josh Ritter," and Uncut proclaiming that his songwriting "echoes with early Bob Dylan." Along the way, D’Amato toured extensively across the US and Europe, and this month he's back over for a select number of dates with The Felice Brothers:

04/11: Glasgow, UK - St Luke's
05/11: Birmingham, UK - Hare & Hounds SOLD OUT
06/11: Cardiff, UK - The Globe 
07/11: London, UK - Electric Ballroom
09/11: Bristol, UK - Strange Brew (matinee)
09/11: Bristol, UK - Strange Brew SOLD OUT
10/11: Brighton, UK - Chalk