Janus - singer David Scotney, guitarist Mike Tyranski, bassist Alan Quitman and drummer Johnny Salazar - experienced great success with their 2009 debut album, "Red Right Return", but the band's new album, "Nox Aeris", reveals how far they've come.
That musical revelation is the self-produced "Nox Aeris", which is drops March 27 on Realid Records (through Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group). The first single, "Stains," is already getting spins at WIIL (Chicago), KPNT (St. Louis), WBUZ (Nashville), WJJO (Madison), WWBN (Flint), KHTQ (Spokane), as well as SiriusXM's "Octane" and "Hard Drive XL."
"Stains" explores what can happen when you don't follow your heart, the marks left on your spirit when you become someone you're not. "
It embodies what I was trying to say on the record," says singer David Scotney, "
it's a dark point of view, but represents a cathartic process of self-healing."
In 2012 touring news, the band's first round of tour dates will be with Chevelle and Middle Class Rut starting February 24 in Grand Rapids, MI. Additional dates will be announced in the coming weeks.
The record's title, which is Latin for "night air," comes from the 14th Century, a period where a third of the European population was killed off by the plague. Then, people believed going outdoors at night would cause them to succumb to the Black Death. While writing Nox Aeris, Janus found this idea to be an apt metaphor for their own journey, preconceived notions of their own being flipped around as they became a bigger, more established band since the release of Red Right Return. Nox Aeris reveals who Janus is and what they've gone through.
Janus Tour dates w/ Chevelle and Middle Class Rut:
02/24 - Grand Rapids, MI - Orbit Room
02/25 - Fort Wayne, IN - Piere's
02/26 - Niagara Falls, NY - Rapids Theatre
02/28 - Portland, ME - State Theater
02/29 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza
03/02 - Providence, RI - Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
03/03 - Atlantic City, NJ - House of Blues
03/05 - Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live
03/06 - Norfolk, VA - The Norva
03/08 - Knoxville, TN - Valarium
03/09 - Nashville, TN - Marathon Music
03/10 - Indianapolis, IN - Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
03/11 - Springfield, MO - Gillioz Theatre
03/13 - Wichita, KS - Cotillion Ballroom
03/14 - Omaha, NE - Sokol Auditorium
03/16 - Oklahoma City, OK - Diamond Ballroom
