Battler (album)

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Battler
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 2009
Genre Indie rock, acoustic, rock, cabaret
Label Emote Records
Producer Erin "Syd" Sidney & Gregory Douglass
Gregory Douglass chronology
Up & Away
(2008)
Battler
(2009)
Merry
(2009)
Professional ratings
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Battler is a 2009 album from indie-rock artist Gregory Douglass. The first video from the record will be "Cathedrals," as stated on www.gregorydouglass.com

Contents

On the record, Gregory experiments with cabaret themes and heavy, striking instrumentation, which is a departure from the piano and guitar work on this previous records. The record features fellow Vermont artists Grace Potter of the Nocturnals, as well as Anaïs Mitchell.

The Battler Tour

To promote the record, Gregory went on The Battler Tour in the Winter of 2009. The show opened in Cambridge, MA and traveled all throughout the United States. Opening acts varied and included Chad Perrone. [2] The setlist contained many tracks from the new album as well as material from his previous albums Teeter, Pseudo-Rotary and Up & Away. Many of the tracks were reinvented to suit a full-band including guitar, drums, keyboards, backing vocals, and a cello.

DateCityStateVenue
North America
February 24, 2009 Cambridge Massachusetts Club Passim
February 26, 2009 Burlington Vermont Higher Ground Showcase Lounge
February 28, 2009 Ossipee New Hampshire Ossipee Mt. Grange Hall
March 1, 2009 Portland Maine North Star Music Cafe
March 2, 2009 New York New York The Living Room
March 3, 2009 Jersey City New Jersey Collective House Concert
March 4, 2009 Vienna Virginia Jammin' Java
March 5, 2009 Doylestown Pennsylvania Puck Live
March 6, 2009 Lancaster Pennsylvania Chesnuthill Cafe
March 11, 2009 Decatur Georgia Eddie's Attic
March 13, 2009 Gainesville Florida Wild Iris
March 14, 2009 Savannah Georgia Metro Coffee House
April 2, 2009 Phoenix Arizona Mama Java's Coffeehouse
April 5, 2009 San Diego California Lestat's
April 6, 2009 Los Angeles California Hotel Cafe
April 8, 2009 Ventura California Zoey's
April 10, 2009 San Francisco California Dolores Park Cafe
April 14, 2009 Springfield Missouri Drury University
May 1, 2009 Des Moines Iowa Ritual Cafe
May 2, 2009 St. Paul Minnesota Ginkgo Coffeehouse
May 6, 2009 Sheboygan Wisconsin Paradigm
May 8, 2009 Chicago Illinois Uncommon Ground
May 17, 2009 Ithaca New York Felicia's Atomic Lounge

Track listing

All songs by Gregory Douglass.

  1. "Broken Through"
  2. "Cathedrals"
  3. "Devotion"
  4. "Day of the Battler"
  5. "No Apology"
  6. "Stay"
  7. "Madeline"
  8. "Sadly"
  9. "This Is My Life"
  10. "Lifeline"
  11. "Harlequin"
  12. "Ordinary Man"

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References

  1. Wildys World Review
  2. "Gregory Douglass, Chad Perrone". Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved November 1, 2009.