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DeVotchKa’s fifth album, A Mad And Faithful Telling, came out last week, and if press and radio are any indication, this is turning out to be their best received release ever. The Denver quartet holds the coveted #1 spot on both the CMJ Top 200 chart and the CMJ AAA chart, and is receiving rave reviews from across the globe.

“DeVotchKa’s latest melodious exploration both stymies geographic boundaries and champions dysfunctional underdogsDeVotchKa has liberated an essential and ethnically diverse album of universal allure.” -Harp

“If there’s any justice in the world, A Mad and Faithful Telling will finally yield the adulation this extraordinary band deserves.” -Villiage Voice

“Nick Urata and the three other members of the band deliver these exultant, extraordinary songs, whose arrangements defy prediction while providing exactly what is called for. Rousing , majestic, they seem to have been here forever, just waiting to be heard.”

5/5 The Observer Music Monthly UK

“It’s a rare group that can make you wistful while wielding a caravans worth of instruments like a theremin, accordian, and sousaphone.” -Entertainment Weekly

“The Denver band still cavort like daffy outsiders on their stirring fifth album, a sultry brew of Gypsy, Mexican, and pop ingredients that’s adorably silly and unexpectedly moving.” -Spin

“Fans of the current wave of rock groups playing world music should say hello to their new favourite bandDenver based four piece overflows with inspiration, vision and ambition.”

4/5 The Times UK

“A Mad and Faithful Telling continues to deliver DeVotchKa’s expansive, eclectic sound.

-Filter

“This Denver band’s fifth and best album manages to deliver intense and cinematic epics”

The Independent UK

“This Denver based four piece invented the global mongrel shtickYou’ll be hopelessly DeVotchKa’d on the first listen” NME

DeVotchKa are currently readying the Mad and Faithful tour, which begins next week in Manchester England. After nearly three weeks abroad, DeVotchKa will begin the U.S leg of the tour with an appearance at the prestigious Coachella Valley Arts and Music festival, followed by a month of touring across the States.

DeVotchKa Mad and Faithful in Europe

Friday, April 4 Manchester, UK Academy 2

Saturday, April 5 Dublin, IRE Crawdaddy

Sunday, April 6 Glasgow, SCO King Tuts Wah Wah Hut

Monday, April 7 Newcastle Upon, UK Academy 2 Newcastle

Tuesday, April 8 Birmingham, UK Academy 2 Birmingham

Wednesday, April 9 London, UK Scala

Friday, April 11 Rotterdam, Hol Rotown

Saturday, April 12 Amsterdam, Hol Melkweg

Sunday, April 13 Paris, FR Caf de la Danse

Monday, April 14 Zurich, SWI Abart Music Club

Tuesday, April 15 Istanbul, TUR Garaj Istanbul

Wednesday, April 16 Copenhagen, DEN Vega

Thursday, April 17 Berlin, GER Tacheles

Friday, April 18 Cologne, GER Underground

Saturday, April 19 Brussels, BEL Ancienne Belgique

Sunday, April 20 Nigmegen, HOL Doornroosje

Mad and Faithful Tour U.S

Saturday, April 26 Indio, CA Coachella

Monday April 28 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore

Tuesday April 29 Eugene, OR McDonald Theatre

Wednesday April 30 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom

Friday, May 2 Vancouver, BC Richard on Richards

Saturday May 3 Seattle, WA Showbox Sodo

Sunday, May 4 Boise, ID The Big Easy

Wednesday May 7 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue

Thursday, May 8 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall

Friday, May 9 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre

Saturday, May 10 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue

Sunday, May 11 Nashville, TN Mercy Lounge

Tuesday, May 13 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse

Wednesday, May 14 Ashville, NC Orange Peel

Thursday, May 15 Richmond, VA Toads Place

Friday, May 16 Washington, DC 9:30 Club

Saturday, May 17 Philadelphia, PA The Fillmore at TLA

Sunday, May 18 Boston, MA Paradise

Tuesday, May 20 New York, NY Terminal 5

Wednesday, May 21 Pittsburgh, PA Diesel Club Lounge

Thursday, May 22 Newport, KY Southgate House

Friday, May 23 St. Louis, MO The Pageant

Saturday, May 24 Omaha, NE Slowdown