The Rock Tribune

July 18, 2011 – Los Angeles, CA – Savannah, GA based rock band Passafire will release their fourth studio album, Start From Scratch, on September 20^th via their newly formed FlameGuy Records.  Currently performing on the Vans Warped Tour, Passafire has premiered the title track from the new album today on VansWarpedTour.com.  Listen here: http://vanswarpedtour.com/blog/id/1844876.  Passafire has also announced they will kick off their “Start From Scratch Fall Tour” with special guests Jimkata in September in support of the new album.

Made up of Ted Bowne (guitar/vocals), Will Kubley (bass/vocals), Mike DeGuzman (keys) and Nick Kubley (drums), Passafire cohesively melds influences of rock, funk, reggae and electronic creating an upbeat dance party that has fans across the country singing along.

Passafire spent the beginning of 2011 in El Paso, TX where they recorded Start From Scratch with producer Paul Leary (guitarist for Butthole Surfers and producer for Sublime and Meat Puppets).  For their fourth album, the band explored their roots and broadened their horizons further than ever before, incorporating new sounds and ideas within the music.

“This album represents a new era of Passafire music in that it digs deeper into what we have only scratched the surface of so far in the studio,” says Bowne.  “We got to elaborate on our ideas of incorporating electronic and acoustic sounds surrounding the core style we have already established.  Fans can expect a few acoustic “slow jam ballads” as well as a few new up-beat rockers that push the boundaries of Passafire’s hard rock side.  The lyrics are playful, insightful, and carefully placed. Once again we have managed to make a record with no profanity which, I think, helps to push it out toward a broader audience. There are songs with stories behind them and songs written like abstract pieces of art. It’s a good variety of slow and fast paced stuff with a good amount of synths and acoustic.”

Formed in 2003 by students attending Savannah College of Art and Design, Passafire got their big break from Pepper in 2007, who saw the band’s amazing potential and would go on to sign and release their albums Submersible and Everyone on Everynight on the band’s independent LAW Records.  Submersible was recognized by iTunes as one of the “10 Best Reggae Albums” of 2007 and Everyone on Everynight debuted at #1 on iTunes reggae chart.

No strangers to the road, Passafire has performed with a variety of acts like 311, Toots and the Maytals, Matisyahu and The Wailers over the years, honing their craft and assembling a swell of grass roots support along the way.  The band is currently on the Vans Warped Tour and will kick off their “Start From Scratch Fall Tour” in September.

July 19 – Milwaukee, WI – Marcus Amphitheatre

July 20 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH – Blossom Music Center

July 21 – Camden, NJ – Susquehanna Bank Center

July 22 – Burgettstown, PA – First Niagara Pavilion

July 23 – Uniondale, NY – Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

July 24 – Oceanport, NJ – Monmouth Park Raceway

July 26 – Columbia, MD – Meriwether Post Pavilion

July 27 – Virginia Beach, VA – Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach

July 28 – Charlotte, NC – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

July 29 – Orlando, FL – Central Florida Fairgrounds

July 30 – West Palm Beach, FL – Cruzan Amphitheatre

July 31 – St. Petersburg, FL – Vinoy Park

Aug 1 – Atlanta, GA – Aaron’s Amphitheater at Lakewood

Aug 2 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center

Aug 3 – Maryland Heights, MO – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

Aug 4 – Council Bluffs, IA – Westfair Fairgrounds

Aug 5 – Denver, CO – Invesco Field at Mile High

Aug 6 – Salt Lake City, UT – Utah State Fairpark

Aug 7 – Phoenix, AZ- Ashley Furniture Homestore Pavilion

Aug 9 – San Diego, CA – Cricket Amphitheatre

Aug 10 – Carson, CA – Cal State Dominguez Hills

Aug 11 – Marysville, CA – Sleep Train Amphitheater

Aug 12 – Nampa, ID – Idaho Center Amphitheatre

Aug 13 – George, WA – The Gorge Amphitheatre

Aug 14 – Hillsboro, OR – Washington County Fairgrounds

Sept 14 – Wilmington, NC – Soapbox

Sept 15 – Virginia Beach, VA – The Jewish Mother

Sept 16 – Vienna, VA – Java

Sept 17 – Vienna, VA – Java

Sept 18 – Winston-Salem, NC – Ziggy’s Tavern

Sept 20 – Black Mountain, NC – Pisgah

Sept 21 – Charlotte, NC – Double Door

Sept 22 – Charleston, SC – Pourhouse

Sept 23 – Live Oak, FL – Blackwater Music Festival

Sept 24 – Jupiter, FL – Guanabanas

Sept 25 – St. Petersburg, FL – Local 662

Sept 27 – Columbia, SC – 5 Points

Sept 28 – Raleigh, NC – Pour House

Sept 29 – Baltimore, MD – 8X10

Sept 30 – Philadelphia, PA – Hard Rock

Oct 2 – Cambridge, MA – Middle East

Oct 4 – Pittsburgh, PA – Rex Theatre

Oct 5 – Cleveland, OH – Cambridge

Oct 6 – Columbus, OH – Basement

Oct 7 – Pontiac, MI – Pike

Oct 8 – Chicago, IL – Sub T

Oct 9 – Ames, IA – IA State

Oct 11 – Lincoln, NE – Knickerbockers