South African singer-songwriter and guitarist, Dan Patlansky, is set to the release his new studio album Perfection Kills in the UK on Friday 2^nd February 2018. The album is the follow up to 2016’s critically acclaimed Introvertigo which was voted #1 BluesRock Album 2016 by Blues Rock Review.

 To dovetail with the release of the new album, Dan will be special guest on Joanne Shaw Taylor’s nationwide 7-date UK tour that starts on Tuesday 7^th November at Gateshead Sage. To coincide with the tour, he will release a new single Dog Day taken from the Perfection Kills album.

 Patlansky was nominated as one of Classic Rock magazine’s hotly tipped new artists of 2015. His album, Dear Silence Thieves received accolades and praise from the British press. He’s been voted Most Promising Male Blues Artist by Blues & Soul Magazine, and only recently has he been nominated as Best International Solo Artist at the Planet Rock Radio ‘Rocks’ Awards.

 Perfection Kills was recorded at Scherzo Productions, a recording studio in Dan’s home town of Pretoria, South Africa. Dan chose Scherzo because he wanted to make a different sounding record and he felt it was the right studio for his vision.

Patlansky produced the album himself, something he hadn’t done in years. Says Dan, “I learnt so much working with Theo Crous who was the producer on previous two albums Dear Silence Thieves and Introvertigo. I worked on pre-production and song writing with Theo on a couple of the tracks for Perfection Kills and applied what I learnt to the recording and production process of the album.”

Perfection Kills is all about my vision of making a record that still make the song writing a priority as in the past, the final product delivers a far more real and organic result.”

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Photo by Tobias Coetsee

JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR NOVEMBER 2017 UK TOUR WITH SPECIAL GUEST DAN PATLANSKY – TICKETS – thegigcartel.com, danpatlansky.com

Gateshead, The Sage – Tuesday 7 November
Cambridge, Corn Exchange – Thursday 9 November
Manchester, Bridgewater Hall – Friday 10 November
Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall – Sunday 12 November
Bristol, Colston Hall – Tuesday 14 November
London, Royal Festival Hall – Wednesday 15 November
New Brighton Floral Pavilion – International Guitar Festival – Friday 17 November
Birmingham, Symphony Hall – Monday 20 November

DAN PATLANSKY – PERFECTION KILLS MARCH 2018 UK TOUR TICKETS – thegigcartel.com, danpatlansky.com

Manchester, Deaf Institute – Thursday 15 March
Newcastle, The Cluny – Friday 16 March
Leek, Foxlowe Arts Centre – Saturday 17 March
Bristol, The Tunnel – Sunday 18 March
Sheffield, Greystones – Tuesday 20 March
London, Borderline – Wednesday 21 March