{"id":485321,"date":"2019-05-01T13:06:32","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T19:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=829736"},"modified":"2019-05-01T13:06:32","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T19:06:32","slug":"harry-and-the-potters-conjure-first-album-in-13-years-lumos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/harry-and-the-potters-conjure-first-album-in-13-years-lumos\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry and the Potters Conjure First Album in 13 Years \u2018Lumos\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wizard-rockers Harry and the Potters will release their first full-length album in 13 years, Lumos,<\/em> June 21st before embarking on a nationwide library tour in support of the record.<\/p>\n

Inspired by J.K. Rowling\u2019s Harry Potter<\/a><\/em> series, Harry and the Potters were at the forefront of the wizard rock movement which emerged in the early 2000s. Founded by brothers Joe and Paul DeGeorge, the band released their self-titled debut in 2003 then followed it up with Voldemort Can\u2019t Stop the Rock!<\/em> in 2004 and Harry and the Potters and the Power of Love<\/em> in 2006. After writing and recording Lumos<\/em> last year, the band launched a Kickstarter<\/a> where the record is available for purchase on CD and double-vinyl. Pledges over $35 will come with a bonus disc, Mostly Camping<\/em>, which features 11 additional new songs.<\/p>\n

Lumos<\/em> is based on the seventh Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows<\/em>, and pointedly spins the story\u2019s political undertones into a commentary on contemporary American politics. Per a statement, \u201cUsing the magic of rock and roll, [Lumos<\/em>] chronicles the events of the seventh and final Harry Potter book where J.K. Rowling\u2019s teen wizard and his friends are on the run from a xenophobic, authoritarian regime and must work diligently to take down a dark wizard who capitalizes on fear and emboldens supremacist wizards.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harry and the Potters teased Lumos<\/em> with a video modeled after cheesy late-night infomercials, which features snippets of several new songs (it also opens with a screen grab of the band\u2019s old MySpace page for anyone looking for a real nostalgia trip). The track list includes songs about the wizard surveillance state (\u201cThe Trace\u201d), media literacy and propaganda (\u201cOn the Importance of Media Literacy Under Authoritarian Rule\u201d) and cats (\u201cWhat Happened to the Cat?\u201d). There\u2019s even a duet with the Moldy Peaches\u2019 Kimya Dawson, who gamely portrays Hermione Granger on the \u201cplatonic friendship power ballad duet,\u201d \u201cWhere\u2019s Ron?\u201d<\/p>\n

Harry and the Potters will kick off their library tour June 21st at the Sawyer Free Library in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The trek wraps August 24th at the Boston Public Library in Boston. Additional dates are expected to be announced soon and complete ticket information is available on the band\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a> last year, Harry and the Potters spoke about the social justice themes in the Harry Potter books and how Rowling\u2019s work has helped inspire a generation of young activists (the band also co-founded the activist organization, the Harry Potter Alliance<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe started working together in 2005 to use these stories as a framework for introducing people to social justice work: to create a real-world Dumbledore\u2019s Army,\u201d said Paul DeGeorge. \u201cI\u2019ve seen a handful of think-pieces recently that are basically like \u2018Harry Potter isn\u2019t real and it should be a basis for any sort of activism,\u2019 but I think those takes miss the point entirely. That\u2019s fine if you came out of the womb super-woke, but people learn in different ways and follow different paths to activism. The Harry Potter Alliance has been particularly successful at creating thousands of first-time activists, many of whom have gone on to make this work an important part of their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lumos <\/strong><\/em>Track List<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. \u201cLumos\u201d
2. \u201cYou\u2019re Not the Wizard\u201d
3. \u201cGood Riddance (Privet Drive)\u201d
4. \u201cThe Trace\u201d
5. \u201cOn the Importance of Media Literacy Under Authoritarian Rule\u201d
6. \u201cHermione\u2019s Army\u201d
7. \u201cWhat Happened to the Cat? \u201c
8. \u201cThe Banality of Evil (Song for Albert Runcorn)\u201d
9. \u201cGone Campin\u2019\u201d
10. \u201cWhere\u2019s Ron?\u201d (featuring Kimya Dawson as Hermione Granger)
11. \u201cNo Pureblood Supremacy\u201d
12. \u201cVoldemort in Your Head\u201d
13. \u201cThe Sword, The Cup, and the Dragon\u201d
14. \u201cThe Cloak\u201d
15. \u201cThe Stone\u201d
16. \u201cThe Wand\u201d<\/p>\n

Harry and the Potter Tour Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n

June 21 \u2013 Gloucester, MA @ Sawyer Free Library
June 22 \u2013 Buffalo, NY @ Buffalo and Erie County Public Library
June 23 \u2013 London, ON @ The Rec Room
June 24 \u2013 Toronto, ON @ The Rec Room
June 26 \u2013 Ann Arbor, MI @ Ann Arbor District Downtown Library
June 28 \u2013 Athens, OH @ Athens Public Library
June 29 \u2013 Louisville, KY @ Louisville Free Public Library
June 30 \u2013 Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen
July 1 \u2013 DeForest, WI @ DeForest Area Public Library
July 2 \u2013 Dubuque, IA @ Eagle Point Park (rain location: Carnegie-Stout Public Library)
July 3 \u2013 Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center
July 4 \u2013 Rapid City, SD @ Memorial Park Bandshell
July 5 \u2013 Steamboat Springs, CO @ Strings Music Festival
July 6 \u2013 Boulder, CO @ Band Shell in Central Park
July 7 \u2013 Denver, CO @ Mercury Cafe
July 8 \u2013 Provo, UT @ Provo Library at Academy Square
July 9 \u2013 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
July 12 \u2013 Missoula, MT @ Missoula Public Library
July 13 \u2013 Calgary, AB @ The Rec Room
July 14 \u2013 Edmonton, AB @ The Rec Room
July 16 \u2013 Vancouver, BC @ Vancouver Public Library
July 17 \u2013 Anacortes, WA @ Causland Park
July 18 \u2013 Olympia, WA @ Olympia Timberland Library
July 19 \u2013 Seattle, WA @ Seattle Public Library
July 20 \u2013 Portland, OR @ St. Johns Library
July 20 \u2013 Portland, OR @ Gresham Library
July 21 \u2013 Eugene, OR @ Downtown Eugene Public Library
July 23 \u2013 Santa Clara, CA @ Northside Branch Library
July 24 \u2013 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
July 25 \u2013 Oakland, CA @ Oakland Public Library Main Branch
July 27 \u2013 Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Public Library
July 30 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
July 31 \u2013 Huntington Beach, CA @ Huntington Beach Public Library
August 1 \u2013 Las Vegas, NV @ Clark County Library
August 2 \u2013 Phoenix, AZ @ Burton Barr Central Library
August 3 \u2013 Tucson, AZ @ Flowing Wells Branch Library
August 4 \u2013 El Paso, TX @ El Paso Public Library
August 5 \u2013 San Antonio, TX @ The Magik Theater
August 6 \u2013 Houston, TX @ Houston Public Library, Barbara Bush Literacy Plaza
August 7 \u2013 New Orleans, LA \u2013 New Orleans Public Library, Main Library
August 8 \u2013 Ridgeland, MS @ Ridgeland Public Library
August 9 \u2013 Dallas, TX @ LeakyCon
August 11 \u2013 Dallas, TX @ Renner Frankford Branch Library
August 12 \u2013 Austin, TX @ Mohawk
August 14 \u2013 Shawnee, KS @ Monticello Library
August 15 \u2013 Tulsa, OK @ Tulsa City County Library, Hardesty Regional Library
August 16 \u2013 Springfield, MO @ The Library Center
August 18 \u2013 Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Public Library
August 20 \u2013 Washington, DC @ Woodridge Library
August 21 \u2013 Lewes, DE @ Lewes Public Library
August 22 \u2013 Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory
August 24 \u2013 Boston, MA @ Boston Public Library (Dartmouth Street Steps)<\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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