September 27th

New album is now available online!

That’s right ya’ll, starting today you can download Beautiful was the Night from most major digital music stores. Pick yer poison:

The Shants - Beautiful was the Night LP

Download from iTunes $9.99

Download / order CD from Bandcamp $9.99

Download from Amazon $8.99

Or, to order CD direct from us via PayPal, just drop us a line at: theshants (at) gmail.com. We should have the actual CDs in stock by tomorrow.

Try before you buy! Stream the whole thang right here:


Don’t forget, the album release party is Saturday Oct 8 at Viracocha in San Francisco, with friends Quinn DeVeaux, Brianna Lea Pruett & Rachel Toups. RSVP: Facebook Event

Kickstarter backers! Your prize packages should go out next week!

ABOUT THE RECORD:
Beautiful was the Night, the band’s debut full length album, is a haunted love letter to singer Skip Allums’ home state of Louisiana. The album was recorded in Oakland at Rec Center and Tones On Tail Studios by Eliot Curtis, with some vocal harmonies from Brianna Lea Pruett & Quinn DeVeaux, violin by Howie Cockrill, and horns by Ralph Carney (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Black Keys) as well as the Blue Bone Express.

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